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
Number of deaths, missing persons and directly affected persons attributed to disasters per 100,000 population
Number of countries that adopt and implement national disaster risk reduction strategies in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030
Proportion of local governments that adopt and implement local disaster risk reduction strategies in line with national disaster risk reduction strategies
Integrate climate change measures into national policies, strategies and planning
Number of countries with nationally determined contributions, long-term strategies, national adaptation plans and adaptation communications, as reported to the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Total greenhouse gas emissions per year
Improve education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning
Extent to which (i) global citizenship education and (ii) education for sustainable development are mainstreamed in (a) national education policies; (b) curricula; (c) teacher education; and (d) student assessment
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
Amounts provided and mobilized in United States dollars per year in relation to the continued existing collective mobilization goal of the $100 billion commitment through to 2025
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
Number of least developed countries and small island developing States with nationally determined contributions, long-term strategies, national adaptation plans and adaptation communications, as reported to the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Financing — Global
We need a new form of capitalism, one that values and rewards sustainable practices and gets us on the path to 1.5°C. Business leaders are rising to the challenge and rallying behind a bold agenda for business action and long-term value creation, fully aligned with the SDGs and the Paris Agreement
Climate — Global
After years of rhetoric and little action, is this year finally the moment when political will, technological advancement, and ESG investment combine to set the Earth on a path to net zero?
Biodiversity — Global
Without action, this century will see many more species go extinct. Halting biodiversity loss calls for all countries to act now to transform how we produce, consume, and manage resources
Financing — Global, Latin America and the Caribbean
If generating the finance to achieve the SDGs seemed a tall order pre-pandemic, it looks much harder now. We must rapidly accelerate the take-up of financial instruments for sustainable development, and attract a wider range of investors, if we’re to meet the 2030 deadline
For the world’s growing urban populations, the ‘new normal’ must mean better and sustainable places to live and work, and ways to travel, for all – not just a privileged few
Data and monitoring — Middle East and Northern Africa
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority is harnessing the power of space
technology to transform its electricity and water networks
Energy — Middle East and Northern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
What is holding up progress on the transition to carbon neutrality, and what must we do to speed it up?
Food systems and sustainable agriculture — Europe
Origin Green is creating a template for sustainable food production in Ireland that is science-based and quantifiable
Energy — Global
This Decade of Action demands a decisive shift from polluting to renewable energy. We need robust political, economic, and technological levers and deeper sectoral collaboration if we’re to bring clean power to all
Cities — Global
While regulations for new buildings are improving sustainability, the vast majority of existing properties predate these rules. How can we ‘fix’ older buildings?
