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Editors:
  1. Walter Leal Filho

    1. European School of Sustainability, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Germany

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  2. Anabela Marisa Azul

    1. Center for Neuroscience & Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

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  3. Luciana Brandli

    1. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo University Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo, Brazil

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  4. Pinar Gökcin Özuyar

    1. Istinye University, Istanbul, Turkey

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  5. Tony Wall

    1. International Centre for Thriving, University of Chester, CHESTER, United Kingdom

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  • Fosters knowledge to support the UN Sustainable Development Goal to take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
  • Comprehensively describes research, projects and practical action
  • Provides government agencies, education institutions and non-governmental agencies with a sound basis to promote sustainability efforts
  • Covers many countries, very international
  • Fills a market need, being the world´s most comprehensive publication on the topic

Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (ENUNSDG)

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Table of contents (93 entries)

  1. Climate Change in Human History

    • Maria Rosário Bastos, João Pedro Cunha Ribeiro

  2. Climate Change Literacy to Combat Climate Change and Its Impacts

    • Julie D. Johnston

  3. Climate Change Mitigation

    • Isabella Alloisio, Simone Borghesi

  4. Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation: Role of Mangroves in Southeast Asia

    • Hock Lye Koh, Su Yean Teh

  5. Climate Change Planning: Understanding Policy Frameworks and Financial Mechanisms for Disaster Relief

    • Chris Down, S. Jeff Birchall

  6. Climate Change, Forest Policy, and Governance in Africa: Insights into the Congo Basin Forests

    • Bertrand Tessa Ngankam, Serge Christian Tekem

  7. Climate Change, Human Health, and Sustainable Development

    • Andréia Faraoni Freitas Setti

  8. Climate Change, Multiple Stressors, and Responses of Marine Biota

    • Eduardo Sampaio, Rui Rosa

  9. Climate Finance: Unlocking Funds Toward Achievement of Climate Targets Under the Paris Agreement

    • M. Motty, E. K. Ackom

  10. Climate Induced Displacement and the Developing Law

    • Irene Antonopoulos

  11. Climate Justice Movements and Sustainable Development Goals

    • Summer Gray, Corrie Grosse, Brigid Mark, Erica Morrell

  12. Climate Literacy and Environmental Activism

    • Iris Alkaher

  13. Climate Refugees: Why Measuring the Immeasurable Makes Sense Beyond Measure

    • Johannes M. Luetz

  14. Climate Risks and Adaptation to Crop Yield in Pakistan: Toward Water Stress Tolerance for Food Security

    • Ijaz Rasool Noorka

  15. Climate-Resilient Cities in Latin America

    • Maria Jose Pacha, Gabriela Villamarin, Alexandra Vasquez, Mireya Villacis, Emily Wilkinson

  16. Climate, Crop Production, and Water Resources in Western Asia

    • Sama M. Al-Jubouri, Saeid Eslamian, Basma I. Waisi, Zaid F. Makki

  17. Co-benefits of Climate Change Mitigation

    • Sebastian Helgenberger, Martin Jänicke, Konrad Gürtler

  18. Community Planning Challenges: Climate Change Impacts on Cultural Heritage

    • Vada B. Antonakis, S. Jeff Birchall

  19. Community Planning Opportunities: Building Resilience to Climate Variability Using Coastal Naturalization

    • Cellina Heang, S. Jeff Birchall

  20. Community Planning Priorities

    • Marko D. Petrović
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About this book

The problems related to the process of industrialisation such as biodiversity depletion, climate change and a worsening of health and living conditions, especially but not only in developing countries, intensify. Therefore, there is an increasing need to search for integrated solutions to make development more sustainable. The United Nations has acknowledged the problem and approved the “2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. On 1st January 2016, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the Agenda officially came into force. These goals cover the three dimensions of sustainable development: economic growth, social inclusion and environmental protection.  

The Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals comprehensively addresses the SDGs in an integrated way. It encompasses 17 volumes, each one devoted to one of the 17 SDGs. This volume addresses SDG 13 "Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts" and contains the description of a range of terms, which allow a better understanding and foster knowledge. Climate change is a threat to development with unprecedented impacts. Urgent action to combat climate change and development of integrated strategies on climate change mitigation and adaptation and sustainable development are critical for a sustainable future.

Concretely, the defined targets are:

  • Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in all countries
  • Integrate climate change measures into national policies, strategies and planning
  • Improve education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning
  • Implement the commitment undertaken by developed-country parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to a goal of mobilizing jointly $100 billion annually from all sources to address the needs of developing countries in the context of meaningful mitigation actions and transparency on implementation and fully operationalize the Green Climate Fund through its capitalization as soon as possible
  • Promote mechanisms for raising capacity for effective climate change-related planning and management in least developed countries and small island developing states, including focusing on women, youth and local and marginalized communities
Editorial Board


Ulisses Azeiteiro
Anabela Marisa Azul
Jeff Birchall
Federica Doni
Silvia Serrao Neumann
Dragan Nonic
Luis R. Vieira


Editors and Affiliations

  • European School of Sustainability, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

  • Center for Neuroscience & Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Anabela Marisa Azul

  • Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo University Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo, Brazil

    Luciana Brandli

  • Istinye University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Pinar Gökcin Özuyar

  • International Centre for Thriving, University of Chester, CHESTER, United Kingdom

    Tony Wall

About the editors

Walter Leal Filho (BSc, PhD, DSc, DPhil, DEd, DL, DLitt) is a Senior Professor and Head of the Research and Transfer Centre "Sustainable Development and Climate Change Management” at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences in Germany, and Chair of Environment and Technology at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. He is the initiator of the Word Sustainable Development Symposia (WSSD-U) series, and chairs the Inter-University Sustainable Development Research Programme. Professor Leal Filho has written, co-written, edited or co-edited more than 400 publications, including books, book chapters and papers in refereed journals.

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