Climate action: take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

This document from the World Bank’s Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals 2017 focuses on Goal 13: Climate Action, emphasizing the urgent need to combat climate change to safeguard development gains and prevent over 100 million people from falling into extreme poverty by 2030. It highlights the sharp rise in global greenhouse gas emissions, associated temperature increases, and the growing intensity of extreme weather events, which disproportionately affect low- and middle-income countries, particularly Small Island Developing States. The document outlines international responses such as the 2015 Paris Agreement and stresses the importance of integrating climate action into national policies and strategies. It also addresses the scale of required investments, noting that climate finance from developed countries reached nearly $93 billion in 2020, with the majority coming from public sources.