Measuring progress in the combat against climate change is only possible if the targets are quantifiable. For SDG13, there are easily quantifiable targets such as 13.1: Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in all countries and 13.a: Implement the commitment undertaken by developed-country parties to the UNFCC to a goal of mobilizing jointly $100 billion annually by 2020[...]. There are also targets that are harder to measure such as 13.3: Improve education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate change[...] and 13.b Promote mechanisms for raising capacity for effective climate change-related planning and management in LDCs including focusing on women[...]. Finally,
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Due to their quantifiable nature, targets 13.1 ,13.2 are effective in dealing with climate change through goal-oriented progress. Since there is a lot of data available on natural disaster mitigation and national policies, it is possible to quantify the SDG 's impact by comparing the measures available now the with measured that will be available in 2030. Including a target on natural disaster mitigation is particularly good, because such events tend to have enormous media coverage which can be leveraged to raise awareness on climate-change [15]. The amount of media coverage on a climate change-related disaster is indeed related to the number of deaths it causes and its geographic location, where U.S. natural disasters are given disproportionate attention compared to other parts of the world …show more content…
This method is hard to quantify, which makes it an undesirable choice. It is however touching an important aspect, which is the focus on women in LDCs. This can be illustrated with the example of Africa 's agricultural sector, where 80% of the workforce is composed of women [18]. The consequences of climate change will affect this already marginalized community the hardest, and they have little say on it because they are omitted from policy debates on climate change. Target 13.b should therefore be modified to say: Strengthen then presence of marginalized communities, including women, in climate change-related planning and management in
Due to their quantifiable nature, targets 13.1 ,13.2 are effective in dealing with climate change through goal-oriented progress. Since there is a lot of data available on natural disaster mitigation and national policies, it is possible to quantify the SDG 's impact by comparing the measures available now the with measured that will be available in 2030. Including a target on natural disaster mitigation is particularly good, because such events tend to have enormous media coverage which can be leveraged to raise awareness on climate-change [15]. The amount of media coverage on a climate change-related disaster is indeed related to the number of deaths it causes and its geographic location, where U.S. natural disasters are given disproportionate attention compared to other parts of the world …show more content…
This method is hard to quantify, which makes it an undesirable choice. It is however touching an important aspect, which is the focus on women in LDCs. This can be illustrated with the example of Africa 's agricultural sector, where 80% of the workforce is composed of women [18]. The consequences of climate change will affect this already marginalized community the hardest, and they have little say on it because they are omitted from policy debates on climate change. Target 13.b should therefore be modified to say: Strengthen then presence of marginalized communities, including women, in climate change-related planning and management in