Events
21 March, 2023

Futures of Green Democracy

Maison de la Paix
Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy
213
Publications
Journal article, 28 December, 2018

International law and feeding the world in times of climate change

Anne Saab
News
27th June 2024

Multilateralism, the climate crisis, and democracy

Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy
News
17th August 2022

Sustainability Initiative Days – 17-21 October 2022

Centre for International Environmental Studies
13
Events
29 May, 2020

Keep Environment High up on the Agenda!

Maison de la Paix
Valérie d'Hoedt Meyer
13
News
3rd May 2021

Greening International Trade: Pathways Forward

Global Governance Centre
13
Research
Research project

The Domestic Politics of Transnational Climate Change Governance

Liliana B. Andonova and Centre for International Environmental Studies
13
News
12th November 2021

The Road after Glasgow

Joëlle Noailly
213
News
4th March 2021

The diffusion of modern crop varieties during the Green Revolution

Centre for International Environmental Studies
News
28th June 2022

CIES Publications News | June 2022

Centre for International Environmental Studies
News
6th August 2024

Local environmental democracy and green transitions

Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy
Teaching
Academic courses

Conservation and Sustainable Development

Marc Hufty
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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