Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

Blog

• View the official blog from The Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching Effectiveness (GMCTL) at the University of Saskatchewan. This post helps instructors to identify ways in which they can infuse Goal 13 Climate Action into their own courses. It provides learning outcomes, ways to reflect, share & act and curricular connections and questions for students related to Goal 13. 

Case Studies

• The Urban Sustainability Exchange (USE) website has case studies specific to each Sustainable Development Goal. These provide information on programs, projects and policies being implemented in cities around the globe to accomplish Sustainable Development Goals.

• Visit the Global Environmental Education Partnership (GEEP) for the case studies. The GEEP was launched by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the Taiwan Environmental Protection Administration, and the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE). The GEEP developed a list of topics in environmental education to achieve the environmental protection goals in each country and address issues such as climate change through environmental education and citizen engagement.

Infographics

• View this infographic on SDG 13 by the UN’s Department of Economic and Social Affairs(UNDESA). This infographic illustrates an overview of impacts of climate change, targets and indicators and progress reports. UNDESA acts as the Secretariat for the SDGs, providing substantive support and capacity-building for the goals and their related thematic issues, including water, energy, climate, oceans, urbanization, transport, science and technology, the Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR), partnerships and Small Island Developing States.

• View this infographic and report on SDG 13 by the UN’s Department of Economic and Social Affairs(UNDESA). This document shares eye-opening statistics on the subjects related to climate change such as global greenhouse gas emissions, CO2 emissions and effects on humanity.

Lesson Plan

• SDG 13: Climate Action – The Corporate Strategies for Climate Resilience lesson is from the Gustavson School of Business at the University of Victoria in British Columbia. This lesson provides insights into the urgent need for climate action and discusses the strategies businesses can adopt to mitigate climate change.

• The following link will take you to a PDF with the direct link to multimedia educational resources, pedagogical resources and ideas for classroom activities and lesson plans for infusing SDG 13. View the PDF document here. 

• View the TROPICSU website to access lessons to infuse SDG 13 in the teaching of various disciplines. Instructors will find curated materials for videos, e-learning courses, lessons, readings, visualizations, modules, and laboratory activities. 

•  View the Empowering Learners in a Warming World guide by Learning for a Sustainable Future (LSF) for a blend of quality content (resources, websites, books, videos and ideas) and exemplary pedagogy to guide students through an inquiry-driven approach to climate change learning. LSF is a non-profit Canadian organization that was created to integrate sustainability education into Canada’s education system.

Video Library

• View the SDG Academy Library which is a video library that consists of a vast collection of videos in the form of lectures. There is a series of lectures on different themes by Professors from around the world. Videos related to many different themes and issues under each sustainable development goal can be found in this library.  

Websites

• View the World’s Largest Lesson website that has many creative tools and resources for educators to promote learning about Sustainable Development goals. There are a variety of resources on the website that can be used to teach each SDG such as lesson plans, guides, videos, books, comics, games, quizzes, and many other resources. The resources are available in many different languages.  

• View the website Springer Nature to access a collection of different resources related to SDG 13. There are interviews, books, journal chapters and articles, blogs, collections and special issues related to SDG 13. 

• View the Makematic website with animated and live-action videos that focus on global learning for teachers and students. The website has 68 animated and live-action films dedicated to Sustainable Development Goals. There are videos exploring each SDG.  

• View the SDG Tracker website to access data related to the progress of Goal 13, its related targets, and indicators. It is a free, open-access resource that tracks global progress toward the SDGs.

• View ed-hawkins GitHub to access the latest version of climate visuals by Professor Ed  Hawkins. These climate visuals provide important evidence such as warming maps, arctic maps and climate indicators. Professor Ed Hawkins is a climate scientist at National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Reading.

• View Canadian Indicators For Sustainable Development Goals for Canada-specific statistics and reports categorized by each SDG targets and indicators. The data is provided by Statistics Canada and presented in charts and tables.