Building resilience and reducing exposure and impact from climate-related hazards and other shocks and disasters (targets 1.5, 11.5 and 11.b and Goal 13)

Target 1.5 aims at building the resilience of the poor and those in vulnerable situations to climate-related extreme events and other economic, social and environmental shocks and disasters; target 11.5 aims at making human settlements sustainable and inclusive by ensuring the protection of people in vulnerable situations from disasters; target 11.b aims at inter alia substantially increasing the number of cities and human settlements adopting and implementing integrated policies and plans towards inclusion, resource efficiency, mitigation and adaptation to climate change and resilience to disasters; and Goal 13 aims at taking urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts. Within Goal 13, target 13.1 aims at strengthening resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in all countries; target 13.3 aims at improving education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning; and target 13.b aims at combating climate change by enhancing capacities for effective climate change-related planning and management, with a focus on marginalized communities.

Sustainable Development Goals:

Good Health and Well-Being

Gender Equality

Reduced Inequalities