Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
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12.8 By 2030, ensure that people everywhere have the relevant information and
awareness for sustainable development and lifestyles in harmony with nature
12.a Support developing countries to strengthen their scientific and technological
capacity to move towards more sustainable patterns of consumption and production
12.b Develop and implement tools to monitor sustainable development impacts for
sustainable tourism that creates jobs and promotes local culture and products
12.c Rationalize inefficient fossil-fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful
consumption by removing market distortions, in accordance with national
circumstances, including by restructuring taxation and phasing out those harmful
subsidies, where they exist, to reflect their environmental impacts, taking fully into
account the specific needs and conditions of developing countries and minimizing
the possible adverse impacts on their development in a manner that protects the poor
and the affected communities
Goal 13. Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts *
13.1 Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and
natural disasters in all countries
13.2 Integrate climate change measures into national policies, strategies and
planning
13.3 Improve education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on
climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning
13.a 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 by 2020 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
13.b 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
Goal 14. Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources
for sustainable development
14.1 By 2025, prevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds, in
particular from land-based activities, including marine debris and nutrient pollution
14.2 By 2020, sustainably manage and protect marine and coastal ecosystems to
avoid significant adverse impacts, including by strengthening their resilience, and
take action for their restoration in order to achieve healthy and productive oceans
14.3 Minimize and address the impacts of ocean acidification, including through
enhanced scientific cooperation at all levels
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Acknowledging that the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is the
primary international, intergovernmental forum for negotiating the global response to climate
change.
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