Goal 13 - Climate Action
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in all countries
Integrate climate change measures into national policies, strategies and planning
Improve education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning
Implement the commitment undertaken by developed-country parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to a goal of mobilizing jointly $100 billion annually by 2020 from all sources to address the needs of developing countries in the context of meaningful mitigation actions and transparency on implementation and fully operationalize the Green Climate Fund through its capitalization as soon as possible
Promote mechanisms for raising capacity for effective climate change-related planning and management in least developed countries and small island developing States, including focusing on women, youth and local and marginalized communities
Acknowledging that the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is the primary international, intergovernmental forum for negotiating the global response to climate change.
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Events
SEE MOREUNEA-7
8-12 December 2025
Nairobi, Kenya
2025 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 30)
10-21 November 2025
Brazil
IUCN World Conservation Congress
9-15 October 2025
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
20th Regular Session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
24-28 March 2025
Roma, Lazio, Italy
68th Meeting of the GEF Council
16-20 December 2024
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International Conference on Enhancing Nuclear Safety and Security
2-6 December 2024
Vienna, Wien, Austria