SDG Goals

In India
Submitted by – Anirban Mukhopadhyay
Regn. No. – 12116009
Submitted to – Mr. Vinod Singh Parmar
B. Planning 2 Year
nd

LSAD
 The United Nations Sustainable Development
Goals (UN SDGs), also known as the Global
Goals, are a broad set of 17 goals that all UN
member states have committed to working
towards. The goals cover a wide range of areas,
including poverty alleviation, gender equality,
healthcare, education, and climate change.
SDG Goals

The UN SDGs are an ambitious attempt to

address the world’s most pressing problems,
and they offer a framework for countries to
develop sustainable policies and programs.
While the UN SDGs are not legally binding,
they provide an important blueprint for how the
international community can work together to
build a better future for all.
SDG 13: Climate Action
•2019 was the second warmest year on record and the
end of the warmest decade (2010- 2019) ever recorded.
•Carbon dioxide (CO2) levels and other greenhouse
gases in the atmosphere rose to new records in 2019.
•Climate change is affecting every country on every
continent. It is disrupting national economies and
affecting lives. Weather patterns are changing, sea
levels are rising, and weather events are becoming more
extreme.
•The Paris Agreement, adopted in 2015, aims to
strengthen the global response to the threat of climate
change by keeping a global temperature rise this century
well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial
levels.
•The agreement also aims to strengthen the ability of
countries to deal with the impacts of climate change,
through appropriate financial flows, a new technology
framework, and an enhanced capacity-building
framework.
 • 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
SDG 13 Targets
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 the least
developed countries and small island developing States, including
focusing on women, youth, and local and marginalized
communities*Acknowledging that the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change is the primary international,
intergovernmental forum for negotiating the global response to
climate change.
 • Besides the above-mentioned targets, the Government of
India is also implementing the National Action Plan on
Climate Change which provides an overarching policy
framework for all climate actions including mitigation and
adaptation.
India’s Take on

• It comprises eight core Missions in specific areas of solar

energy, enhanced energy efficiency, sustainable habitat,
water, sustaining Himalayan ecosystems, Green India,
sustainable agriculture, and strategic knowledge for climate
change. 
• 33 States and Union Territories have prepared State Action
Plan on Climate Change (SAPCC) consistent with the
SDG 13

objectives of NAPCC. 
• The adaptation activities in the States and Union Territories
of India are being supported through National Adaptation
Fund for Climate Change (NAFCC). 
• NAFCC is implemented in project mode and to date, 30
adaptation projects have been approved under NAFCC in 27
States and UTs.
India’s •To measure India’s
performance towards the
Take on Goal of Climate Action,
five national-level
SDG 13 indicators have been
identified, which capture
two out of the five SDG
targets for 2030 outlined
under this Goal. The
indicator set also covers
one SDG target each
from Goals 3, 7, and 11).
•These indicators have
been selected based on
the availability of data at
the sub-national level and
to ensure comparability
across States and UT’s
•Goal 13 Index Score
SDG Index Score for
Goal 13 ranges
between 16 and 70 for
States and between 18
and 77 for us.
•Odisha and Andaman
and Nicobar Islands
are the top performers
among the States and
the UTs, respectively.
•Six States and three
UTs bagged a position
in the category of
Front Runners (score
range between 65 and
99, including both).
•However, ten States
and two UTs fell
behind in the Aspirants
category (with Index
scores less than 50)
 • Achieving the SDGs in a country as
diverse as India will be a Herculean
task, but not unachievable. 
• We need to clearly identify priorities,
have locally relevant and people-
Way forward centric development policies and build
strong partnerships. 
• The government also needs to have a
focused plan for tracking and
evaluating impact and scaling up
successful interventions.