Events
5 December, 2019

Forest conservation, community development and reconciliation in Melanesia. A new paradigm?

Maison de la paix
Centre for International Environmental Studies
313
Teaching
Academic courses

Apocalypse Then and Now: Advanced Research Seminar in Understanding Systemic Collapse and Adaptation

Susanna Hecht
13
Events
5 July, 2022

Strategic Climate Litigation: an effective governance tool to address climate change?

Centre for International Environmental Studies
News
28th June 2021

The Right to a Sound Environment

Jorge Vinuales
13
News
20th September 2019

The Super Wicked Problem of Climate Change Action

Anne Saab
Events
29 June, 2021

Environmental Governance & Policy-Making

Executive Education and Anne Saab
713
News
1st March 2021

CIES Annual Report 2020

Centre for International Environmental Studies
13
Events
17 October, 2022

COP27: On the Political Economy of Climate Finance and Investment

Maison de la Paix
Centre for International Environmental Studies and Centre for Finance and Development
Events
30 September–4 October 2024

Law, Policy and Science in Environmental Peacebuilding Training

Ljubljana
Executive Education
13
Events
4 June, 2024

ITLOS Advisory Opinion on Climate Change

Online
Anne Saab
13
Events
25 May, 2022

Geneva SDG Community Coffee – Young People driving Climate Action

Global Governance Centre
13
Publications
Journal article, September 2018

Harnessing cross-border resources to confront climate change

Susanna Hecht
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Climate change presents the single biggest threat to development, and its widespread, unprecedented impacts disproportionately burden the poorest and most vulnerable. The UN Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform stresses that “urgent action to combat climate change and minimize its disruptions is integral to the successful implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals”. Read more about Goal 13.

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Target 13.1

Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in all countries

Target 13.2

Integrate climate change measures into national policies, strategies and planning

Target 13.3

Improve education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning

Target 13.a

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

Target 13.b

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