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Elements of Responsible Leadership in Driving Climate Action (SDG 13)

2021
The 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change calls for ambitious greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation efforts to limit global warming to a maximum 2 °C to curb climate change. Both the Paris Agreement and the Initiative for Climate Action Transparency (ICAT) emphasise the role of non-state actors, such as private sector companies, in setting ambitious ...
Yolande Steenkamp, Karien Erasmus
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Minding the Gap? The Media and the Realisation of SDG 13 in Kenya

Sustainable Development Goals Series, 2019
J. Maweu, Chris Paterson
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SDG 13 and Environmental Governance in the Nigerian Financial Sector

2021
This chapter examines how the board of directors of financial organisations and the regulatory bodies have responded to climate change as it has occurred over time, with particular reference to the banking sector in Nigeria. It reflects on the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 13, which is about taking urgent action to combat climate change and its ...
Temiloluwa O. Akinsola, Michael Olajide Adelowotan   +1 more
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Evaluating the environmental impacts of Chinese decentralization policies toward SDG 13

Sustainable Development
As local governments play a decisive role in attaining sustainable development goals, notably SDG 13 (climate action), decentralization policies offer the flexibility to modify climate strategies according to local necessities and enhance resource ...
T. Yousaf, Muhammad Faisal Shahzad, Q. Ain   +2 more
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The importance of education and role of educational institutions in climate change mitigation and achieving UN SDG 13 Climate Action

Indonesian Journal of Applied Environmental Studies
Climate change is a long-term shift in weather patterns driven by natural and human activities, leading to global warming and extreme weather events. Education - both formal and informal, plays a crucial role in climate change mitigation by enhancing ...
D. Priatna, S. Khan
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Quest for SDG‐13: The Aptness of Green Investments and Information and Communications Technology (ICT) to Emission Mitigation Among Central‐African States

Sustainable Development
The Sustainable Development Goal 13 (SDG‐13) enunciates the need to combat climate change by encouraging necessary actions to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and this laudable goal was re‐echoed at COP‐28 in the UAE.
Stephen Taiwo Onifade, Mohammed Musah, B. Gyamfi, Divine Q. Agozie, Evans Opoku‐Mensah   +4 more
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SDG 13: Case Study – Monitoring and Assessment of Flood-Inundated Areas

2019
Spatial information technology has the capability to monitor and assess natural calamities such as floods, droughts, forest fires, cyclones etc. Floods are one of the most devastating natural calamities, causing extensive damage to life, property, soil, biodiversity, cropland etc.
Ram Babu Singh, Ranjeet Kaur, Dilip Kumar   +2 more
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The role of renewable energy investment in tackling climate change concerns: Environmental policies for achieving SDG ‐13

Sustainable Development, 2023
Xiuzhi He, Samiha Khan, I. Ozturk, Muntasir Murshed   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Leveraging microalgae utilization for anthropogenic CO2 emission abatement in Malaysian urban centre: Revisiting the sustainable development goal (SDG-13)

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C, 2023
O. A. Olalere, C. Gan, P. Yap, Hamoud Alenezi, M. Abdulhasan, S. O. Babalola   +5 more
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Uncovering the role of stringent environmental policies and energy transition in the achievement of SDG-13: Evidence from BRICS countries by WLMC model

Energy & Environment
Countries take measures to protect the environment as compatible with the increasing interest in climate change-related issues. In this context, this research analyzes the impact of environmental policy stringency (EPS), energy transition index (ETI ...
M. Kartal, Shahriyar Mukhtarov, Özer Depren, F. Ayhan, Talat Ulussever   +4 more
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