XLRI Students' Blog on Corporate Sustainability

  Sustainable Development Goal 13: CLIMATE ACTION Introduction Climate action the 13th Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) set by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). It is one of the most important goals as it affects each and every individual on this planet. [1]   Climate change is a direct and undeniable danger to our civilization as a whole. Unless we act now, the repercussions are already apparent and will be devastating. Climate change is increasing the frequency and severity of extreme weather conditions, such as heatwaves, droughts, floods, and tropical cyclones, worsening the problems of water management, decreasing agricultural productivity and food security, increasing health threats, destroying vital infrastructure, and disrupting the provision of essential services such as water, sanitation, education, energy, and transport. India is surrounded by water from three sides and having the snow-capped Himalayas in the north makes it at risk of the change...

  Introduction to SDG As we all know, our oceans are threatened by marine pollution, nutrient pollution, climate change, and resource depletion, now more than ever, all of which are primarily a result of human actions. Further, these threats pressurize our environmental systems, such as our biodiversity, and present us with global socio-economic problems, endangering our health and safety in the process (1) . Another thing that should be considered is that more than 3 billion people are dependent on marine resources that provide them their livelihoods, but today, about 30% of the world's fish stocks are being overexploited, making them incapable of producing sustainable yields. The oceans also provide us with clean, breathable air by absorbing 30% of us' carbon dioxide, but the increasing acidification has even put this in danger (2) . Here our Sustainable Development Goal 14 comes in. This SDG aims at conserving and sustainably using the oceans, sea, and marine resources f...