Index
Federica Doni
(University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy)
Andrea Gasperini
(Italian Association of Financial Analysts, Italy)
João Torres Soares
(Universidade de Passo Fundo, Brazil)
SDG13 – Climate Action: Combating Climate Change and its Impacts
ISBN: 978-1-78756-918-8, eISBN: 978-1-78756-915-7
Publication date: 28 April 2020
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Doni, F., Gasperini, A. and Soares, J.T. (2020), "Index", SDG13 – Climate Action: Combating Climate Change and its Impacts (Concise Guides to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 117-122. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78756-915-720201002
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:Emerald Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2020 Federica Doni, Andrea Gasperini, João Torres Soares
INDEX
Index
Accountability system
, 39
Adaptation
, 42
climate change
, 29
Agenda 2030 (see 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development)
Agriculture
, 34
Alarming
, 9
Anthropogenic GHG emissions
, 50
Arctic sea ice
, 48
Benchmarking methods
, 60
Best in class selection
, 66
Budgeting practices
in executive
, 38
and procedures
, 40
Building Resilient in Power Sector
, 82
Business Theme GHG Emission
, 80–82
Businesses
, 85
context
, 46–47
leaders
, 73
C40 Cities Finance Facility
, 44
Capacity-building for climate change
, 26
Carbon dioxide (CO2)
, 32
Carbon emissions
, 79
Casablanca Finance City Authority
, 71
Casablanca statement on financial centers for sustainability
, 71
Cities Development Initiative for Asia
, 44
City Inventory Reporting and Information System tool
, 44
Climate action for URBan sustainability (CURB)
, 44
Climate Action Tracker (CAT)
, 38
Climate change
, 3–4, 7–8, 34, 83
adaptation
, 29
build knowledge and capacity to meet
, 26–30
climate change-related effects
, 8
education on
, 26
integrating climate change measures into policy and planning
, 25–26
promoting mechanisms to raising capacity for planning and management
, 27–30
SDG 13 and main focus on
, 21–22
urgent action to combating climate change and impacts
, 23
Climate Change Agreement
, 31–32
Climate risk assessment
, 47–56
Climate Transparency
, 38
Climate-related disasters
, 23–25
CO2 equivalent (CO2-eq)
, 51
Colour-based method
, 15
Conflict
, 28
Contextualisation of climate actions
, 30
Coordinating units in executive
, 38
COP21
, 22, 31, 42
COP22
, 9, 42
Corporate reporting, new trends in
, 73–74
Direct emissions
, 31
Displacement
, 24, 28
Education on climate change
, 26
Empowerment
, 7
Engagement and active ownership
, 66
Environmental, social and governance (ESG)
, 47, 56, 58, 61–68
factors
, 75
integration
, 68
issues
, 62–64
Environmental reporting
, 75
European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA)
, 47
European pension funds
, 75
European Union (EU)
, 39
Eurostat
, 39
Exclusion process
, 65–66
Exclusionary screening
, 65
Extreme events
, 49
Financial Centers for Sustainability
, 70–71
Financial Stability Board (FSB)
, 54–55
Financial system
, 70
Fluorinated gases
, 32
Fossil fuels
, 5
Fragility
, 28
G20 countries
, 39
Glaciers
, 49
Global Climate Action Summit
, 43
Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy
, 41
Global Protocol for Community-scale standard (GPC standard)
, 44
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
, 77–82
Global sustainable development goals
, 3
actions to implementing SDGs
, 10–11
calculation of SDG indicator at ‘country’ level
, 12–19
implementation of Agenda 2030 and SDGs
, 7–10
Global temperature
, 48
Global warming
, 37
Governance
, 7
Governments for SDG 13
, 37–40
Green and sustainable finance
, 56
mobilising
, 69–71
Green Climate Fund (GCF)
, 26–27
Green House Protocol
, 79
Greenhouse gas (GHG)
, 3
Greenhouse gas emissions (GHG emissions)
, 31, 37, 42
anthropogenic
, 50
in IPCC scenarios
, 51
RCPs
, 51
GRI Report Index
, 78–79
High-level Expert Group on sustainable finance (HLEG)
, 57
High-power gas global warming (Gas high GWP)
, 32
Homelessness
, 24
Human and natural systems
, 48
Hydrofluorocarbons
, 32
Ice caps
, 48
ICLEI’s Transformative Actions Programme
, 44
Impact investing
, 68
Impact Reporting and Investment Standards
, 82
Inclusiveness
, 45–46
Indicators of SDG 13
, 22–30
Indirect emissions
, 31
Innovative financial mechanisms
, 56–61
Integrated Reporting (IR)
, 82–83
Integration of climate change into national policies
, 25–26
Intended nationally determined contributions (INDCs)
, 8
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
, 3, 50
International Council for Science
, 33
International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions
, 40
International policymakers
, 8
Investment policy, principles of
, 75
Investors
, 73
Legal risks
, 52
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT)
, 65
Local disaster risk management
, 25
Localisation of SDGs
, 40–45
Low-carbon benchmark
, 60–61
Market risk
, 52, 54
McKinsey Centre for Business and Environment
, 44
Methane (CH4)
, 32
Migration
, 28
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
, 7–8
Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI)
, 7
Multi-stakeholder platform
, 59
National disaster risk management
, 25
National economies
, 21
National policymakers
, 8
National strategy and baseline assessments in executive
, 37–38
Nationally determined contributions (NDCs)
, 9
Natural capital
, 7
Nitric oxide (N2O)
, 32
Nitrogen trifluoride
, 32
Non-financial information
, 74–75
Non-financial statement
, 76
Norm-based screening
, 65
Ocean acidification
, 49
Ocean warming
, 48
One Planet Summit
, 42
Open participatory approach
, 46
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
, 10–11
Paris Agreement
, 9, 22, 44, 70
Paris Climate Agreement
, 42, 61
Participatory approach
, 45–46
Perfluorocarbons
, 32
Performance budgeting
, 40
Policy frameworks
, 43–44
Political risks
, 52
Positioning of communication
, 55
Positive carbon impact benchmark
, 61
Principle of materiality
, 55
Private sector
, 46–47
Public sector for SDG 13
, 37–40
Renewable energy
, 5
mitigation and investments in
, 28
Representative concentration paths (RCPs)
, 51
RCP2. 6
, 52
Reputational risk
, 54
Rio Earth Summit
, 9
Scaled-up climate finance
, 29
Scenario analysis
, 55–56
Scoring approach
, 33
SDG 13
, 21, 73
Climate Change Agreement
, 31–32
ESG and sustainable finance
, 61–68
and focus on climate change
, 21–22
governments and public sector
, 37–40
inclusiveness and participatory approach
, 45–46
innovative financial mechanisms
, 56–61
interactions frameworks
, 32–35
local agenda and key interactions frameworks
, 31
mobilising green and sustainable finance
, 69–71
new trends in corporate reporting
, 73–74
planning
, 47–56
practical tools and mechanisms
, 37
private sector and business context
, 46–47
targets and indicators
, 22–30
voluntary to compulsory disclosures
, 74–76
Sea level rise
, 21, 48
SGDs Compass Guide
, 77–78
Small island developing state (SIDS)
, 9
Snow cover reduction
, 49
Socially responsible investments (SRI)
, 47
Spending reviews
, 40
Stakeholders
, 73–75
‘Strategic-level’ analysis
, 44
Sub-national governments
, 45
Sulphur hexafluoride
, 32
Supreme audit institutions (SAIs)
, 39
Sustainable agricultural practices
, 34
Sustainable development
, 6, 69
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
, 1, 6–7
actions to implementing
, 10–11
calculation of SDG indicator
, 12–19
and GRI
, 77–82
implementation
, 7–10, 86
and IR
, 82–83
localisation of SDGs
, 40–45
most and least-researched globally
, 87
SDG 7
, 35
SDG 14
, 35
SDG Index & Dashboards
, 12, 18–19
Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)
, 12
Sustainable finance
, 61, 64–68
Sustainable investment
, 64
Targets
, 6
of SDG 13
, 22–30
Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)
, 54
Technological risk
, 54
Thematic investment
, 67
Transformative action in food systems
, 34
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
, 4, 28, 44–45, 70, 82
implementation
, 7–10
UCLG
, 41–42
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
, 8
UNDP
, 30
Human Development Index
, 14
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
, 69
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
, 26–27
United Nations Global Compact (UNGC)
, 77
Urban-climate nexus
, 43
Voluntary to compulsory disclosures
, 74–76
Well-being of Future Generations Act
, 43
World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
, 77
World Federation of Exchanges (WFE)
, 61
Zero-carbon development
, 29
- Prelims
- 1. Introduction
- 2. What are the Global Sustainable Development Goals?
- 3. What is the SDG 13?
- 4. Climate Change Trends: Understanding SDG 13 Local Agenda and Key Interactions Frameworks
- 5. Practical Tools and Mechanisms for SDG 13 Implementation
- 6. Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting on SDG 13 Implementation
- 7. Conclusions
- Appendix
- References
- Index