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Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

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 Climate action means stepped-up efforts to
reduce greenhouse gas emissions and strengthen
resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-
induced impacts, including: climate-related
hazards in all countries; integrating climate
change measures into national policies, strategies
and planning; and improving education,
awareness-raising and human and institutional
capacity with respect to climate change
mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early
warning.

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 Definition of terms:

• "Climate change" means a change of climate which is attributed directly or

indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global
atmosphere and which is in addition to natural climate variability observed
over comparable time periods.
• "Adverse effects of climate change" means changes in the physical
environment or biota resulting from climate change which have significant
deleterious effects on the composition, resilience or productivity of natural
and managed ecosystems or on the operation of socio-economic systems or
on human health and welfare.
• "Greenhouse gases" means those gaseous constituents of the atmosphere,
both natural and anthropogenic, that absorb and re-emit infrared radiation.

*Definitions from United Nations Framework Convention On Climate Change

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 Definition of terms:

• "Climate system" means the totality of the atmosphere, hydrosphere,

biosphere and geosphere and their interactions.
• "Emissions" means the release of greenhouse gases and/or their precursors
into the atmosphere over a specified area and period of time.

*Definitions from United Nations Framework Convention On Climate Change

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 “STRENGTHEN RESILIENCE AND ADAPTIVE CAPACITY
TO CLIMATE-RELATED HAZARDS AND NATURAL
DISASTERS IN ALL COUNTRIES.”

SDG INDICATOR 13.1.1

Deaths and injuries from natural disasters
SDG INDICATOR 13.1.2
National disaster risk management
SDG INDICATOR 13.1.3
Local disaster risk management

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 SDG INDICATOR 13.1.1
Deaths and injuries from natural disasters
Definition: Indicator 13.1.1 is the number of deaths, missing persons and directly affected persons attributed to
disasters per 100,000 population.

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 SDG INDICATOR 13.1.2
National disaster risk management
Definition: Indicator 13.1.2 is
the number of countries that adopt and
implement national disaster risk
reduction strategies in line with the
Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk
Reduction 2015–2030.

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 SDG INDICATOR 13.1.3
Local disaster risk
management
Definition: Indicator 13.1.3 is
the proportion of local governments
that adopt and implement local
disaster risk reduction strategies in
line with national disaster risk
reduction strategies.

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 “Integrate climate change measures into national
policies, strategies and planning.”

SDG INDICATOR 13.2.1

Integration of climate change into national policies
Definition: Indicator 13.2.1 is the number of countries that have communicated the
establishment or operationalization of an integrated policy/strategy/plan which
increases their ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change and foster
climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development.

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 “Improve education, awareness-raising and human and
institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation,
impact reduction and early warning.”
SDG INDICATOR 13.3.1
Education on climate change
Definition: Indicator 13.3.1 is the number of countries that have integrated
mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning into primary,
secondary and tertiary curricula.
SDG INDICATOR 13.3.2
Capacity-building for climate change
Definition: Indicator 13.3.2 is the number of countries that have communicated
the strengthening of institutional, systemic and individual capacity-building to
implement adaptation, mitigation and technology transfer, and development
actions.
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 “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.”

SDG INDICATOR 13.A.1

Green Climate Fund mobilization of $100 billion
Definition: Indicator 13.A.1 is the mobilized amount of United States dollars per year
between 2020 and 2025 accountable towards the $100 billion commitment.

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 “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.”

SDG INDICATOR 13.B.1

Support for planning and management in least-developed countries
Definition: Indicator 13.B.1 is the number of least developed countries and
small island developing States that are receiving specialized support, and
amount of support, including finance, technology and capacity-building, for
mechanisms for raising capacities for effective climate change-related planning
and management.

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 Learning objective of SDG 13
1. The learner knows which human activities – on a global, national, local and individual level –
contribute most to climate change.
2. The learner understands the greenhouse effect as a natural phenomenon caused by an
insulating layer of greenhouse gases.
3. The learner knows about prevention, mitigation and adaptation strategies at different levels
(global to individual) and for different contexts and their connections with disaster response
and disaster risk reduction.
4. The learner is able to encourage others to protect the climate.
5. The learner is able to recognize that the protection of the global climate is an essential task for
everyone and that we need to completely re-evaluate our worldview and everyday behaviors in
light of this.
6. The learner is able to evaluate whether their private and job activities are climate friendly and –
where not – to revise them.
7. The learner is able to act in favour of people threatened by climate change.
8. The learner is able to promote climate-protecting public policies.
9. The learner is able to support climate-friendly economic activities.
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 Who are
affected by the
goal?
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 How can we Contribute?

As an Individual, we can contribute by turning off lights, reducing water waste, recycling, and reducing
the amount of things we buy and throw away.

Companies can contribute to this SDG by decarbonizing their operations and supply chains through
continuously improving energy efficiency, reducing the carbon footprint of their products, services and
processes, and setting ambitious emissions reductions targets in line with climate science, as well as
scaling up investment in the development of innovative low-carbon products and services.

To address the growing risks, the government institutionalized reforms and preparatory measures
undertaken, including the formulation of guidelines/frameworks in mainstreaming climate and disaster
risks; provision of additional financing for adaptation and disaster risk reduction (DRR); development of
vulnerability and risk-assessment tools and methodologies; and capacity-building and awareness-raising
activities.

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 Solar Plant in Toledo City, Cebu

Solar Plant in Cadiz, Negros Occidental

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 Ickburgh school,
London

A 24-storey timber high rise in

Vienna, Austria. 75% of the
hybrid building is timber and
the rest is concrete and steel.

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 Government’s plans to achieve goal 13
Climate Change Act of 2009 (RA 9729)
Established the Climate Change Commission (CCC) and directed the formulation of national and local
climate change actions plans.
National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010 (RA 10121)
Provides for the overarching country policy for DRRM, and established the national and local DRRM funds
Efficiency and Conservation Act of 2019 (RA 11285)
Which intends to secure sufficiency and stability of the country’s energy resources by promoting the
development and utilization of efficient renewable energy technologies and systems .
Green Jobs Act of 2016 (RA 10711)
Encourages the creation of green jobs, and provides incentives to business enterprises that use green
technologies to produce environmental goods and render services.
Green Building Code of 2016
Promotes resource efficiency in buildings

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 Government’s plans to achieve goal 13
People’s Survival Fund Act of 2013 (RA 10174)
Established a special fund of at least PHP2 billion (US$45 million) from the 2013 to 2015 annual national
budget to augment financial support for local adaptation projects.
The Cabinet Cluster on Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation (CCAM), and DRR
Created under EO 43, s. 2011 and strengthened through EO 24, s. 2017 to lead the effective coordination,
harmonization, and complementation of policies and programs on climate risk management, DRR, and
sustainable development.
The Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards (NOAH) Project
Utilized advanced technologies such as Light Detection and Ranging to generate high-resolution and
accurate hazard maps.
Securities and Exchange Commission Memorandum Circular No.4 s. 2019
Provides the Sustainability Reporting guidelines to help publicly-listed firms manage non-financial
performance along economic, environmental, and social aspects of their organization, including their
contributions in attaining the SDGs.
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