Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of the Sustainable Development Goals and International Law
- The Cambridge Handbook of the Sustainable Development Goals and International Law
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: The Sustainable Development Goals, Agenda 2030, and International Law
- 1 SDG 1: End Poverty in All Its Forms Everywhere
- 2 SDG 2: End Hunger, Achieve Food Security and Improved Nutrition and Promote Sustainable Agriculture
- 3 SDG 3: Ensure Healthy Lives and Promote Well-Being for All at All Ages
- 4 SDG 4: Ensure Inclusive and Equitable Quality Education and Promote Lifelong Learning Opportunities for All
- 5 SDG 5: Achieve Gender Equality and Empower All Women and Girls
- 6 SDG 6: Ensure Availability and Sustainable Management of Water and Sanitation for All
- 7 SDG 7: Ensure Access to Affordable, Reliable, Sustainable and Modern Energy for All
- 8 SDG 8: Promote Sustained, Inclusive and Sustainable Economic Growth, Full and Productive Employment and Decent Work for All
- 9 SDG 9: Build Resilient Infrastructure, Promote Inclusive and Sustainable Industrialization and Foster Innovation
- 10 SDG 10: Reduce Inequality within and among Countries
- 11 SDG 11: Make Cities and Human Settlements Inclusive, Safe, Resilient and Sustainable
- 12 SDG 12: Ensure Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns
- 13 SDG 13: Take Urgent Action to Combat Climate Change and Its Impacts
- 14 SDG 14: Conserve and Sustainably Use the Oceans, Seas and Marine Resources for Sustainable Development
- 15 SDG 15: Protect, Restore and Promote Sustainable Use of Terrestrial Ecosystems, Sustainably Manage Forests, Combat Desertification, and Halt and Reverse Land Degradation and Halt Biodiversity Loss
- 16 SDG 16: Promote Peaceful and Inclusive Societies for Sustainable Development, Provide Access to Justice for All and Build Effective, Accountable and Inclusive Institutions at All Levels
- 17 SDG 17: Strengthen the Means of Implementation and Revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development
- Index
13 - SDG 13: Take Urgent Action to Combat Climate Change and Its Impacts
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 September 2022
Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of the Sustainable Development Goals and International Law
- The Cambridge Handbook of the Sustainable Development Goals and International Law
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: The Sustainable Development Goals, Agenda 2030, and International Law
- 1 SDG 1: End Poverty in All Its Forms Everywhere
- 2 SDG 2: End Hunger, Achieve Food Security and Improved Nutrition and Promote Sustainable Agriculture
- 3 SDG 3: Ensure Healthy Lives and Promote Well-Being for All at All Ages
- 4 SDG 4: Ensure Inclusive and Equitable Quality Education and Promote Lifelong Learning Opportunities for All
- 5 SDG 5: Achieve Gender Equality and Empower All Women and Girls
- 6 SDG 6: Ensure Availability and Sustainable Management of Water and Sanitation for All
- 7 SDG 7: Ensure Access to Affordable, Reliable, Sustainable and Modern Energy for All
- 8 SDG 8: Promote Sustained, Inclusive and Sustainable Economic Growth, Full and Productive Employment and Decent Work for All
- 9 SDG 9: Build Resilient Infrastructure, Promote Inclusive and Sustainable Industrialization and Foster Innovation
- 10 SDG 10: Reduce Inequality within and among Countries
- 11 SDG 11: Make Cities and Human Settlements Inclusive, Safe, Resilient and Sustainable
- 12 SDG 12: Ensure Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns
- 13 SDG 13: Take Urgent Action to Combat Climate Change and Its Impacts
- 14 SDG 14: Conserve and Sustainably Use the Oceans, Seas and Marine Resources for Sustainable Development
- 15 SDG 15: Protect, Restore and Promote Sustainable Use of Terrestrial Ecosystems, Sustainably Manage Forests, Combat Desertification, and Halt and Reverse Land Degradation and Halt Biodiversity Loss
- 16 SDG 16: Promote Peaceful and Inclusive Societies for Sustainable Development, Provide Access to Justice for All and Build Effective, Accountable and Inclusive Institutions at All Levels
- 17 SDG 17: Strengthen the Means of Implementation and Revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development
- Index
Summary
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 13, Climate Action, is an anomaly among the SDGs. Although combating climate change is critical to achieving the SDGs and vice versa, SDG 13 itself is of relatively little consequence. When the SDGs were developed, it had to be included, given the importance of the climate change issue. But it needed to be a placeholder in order to ensure that it did not interfere with the Paris Agreement on Climate Change negotiations, which were underway concurrently. As a result, the importance of the interlinkages between climate and the SDGs is reflected less in SDG 13 than in non-climate SDGs, including those addressing energy, industry, infrastructure, consumption and production, and cities.
Keywords
SDG 13, climate change, global warming, adaptation, mitigation, international law
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022