SDG 13

Question 1

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Answer 1

This SDG aims to take urgent action to combat climate change.
Strengthen the resilience of countries to disasters.
Improve environmental education.
Integrate environmental concerns into policies and planning.

Question 2

Why is it important

Answer 2

Unpredictable rainfall patterns make it difficult to grow crops, which hinders low and middle income countries’ abilities to achieve food security as they depend on agriculture for their nutritional needs.

Global warming is destroying the ozone layer, increasing the effects of UV radiation and increasing the risk of people developing cancer,.

Question 3

LINK TO SDG 3

Answer 3

Being able to prevent rainfall patterns by taking climate action will allow farmers to easily grow crops, allowing people to achieve food security which strengthens children’s immune system which means they are less prone to diseases which reduces u5mr and infant mortality rates’

preventing climate disasters, such as floods, which contaminate water means that there are fewer breeding grounds for mosquitoes. which leads to malaria and other water borne diseases which weakens the immune system meaning people will be less prone to communicable diseases such as HIV/AIDS