SDG 13 aims to take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts. The world is experiencing rising sea levels, extreme weather conditions and increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases which is threaten- ing lives of all, specially populations placed in the coastal areas. With rising greenhouse gas emissions, ambitious plans and accelerated action are needed on mitigation and adaptation of climate change impacts including access to finance and strengthened capacities. Goal 13 talks about building this resilience and adaptive capacity to climate related hazards and integration of such measures into national policies. It focuses not only on early warning but also on impact reduction. It emphasizes the role of part- nerships and commitment among nations for the same.
India’s National Action Plan for Climate Change (NAPCC), with 8 sub-missions is a programme to mitigate and adapt to the adverse impact of climate change. The plan aims at fulfilling India’s developmental objectives with focus on reducing emission intensity of its economy. Govern- ment strives to make disaster resilient societies and these efforts by Government have considerably reduced the causalities from disastrous events over the years. India achieved its pre 2020 goal of reduction in emission inten- sity and implementing programs for the post 2020 goals.
There are 5 targets in Goal 13 to measure the changing impacts of climate related hazards. A total of 6 indica- tors have been identified at national level to measure and monitor the progress of these targets.
