GOAL 13: Climate Action
<p>There is no country in the world that is not experiencing first-hand the drastic effects of climate change. Greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, and are now more than 50 percent higher than their 1990 level. Further, global warming is causing long-lasting changes to our climate system, which threatens irreversible consequences if we do not take action now. The annual average losses from tsunamis, tropical cyclones and flooding amount to hundreds of billions of dollars, requiring an investment of US$6 billion annually in disaster risk management alone. The goal aims to mobilize $100 billion annually by 2020 to address the needs of developing countries and help mitigate climate-related disasters. Helping more vulnerable regions, such as land locked countries and island states, adapt to climate change must go hand in hand with efforts to integrate disaster risk measures into national strategies. It is still possible, with the political will and a wide array of technological measures, to limit the increase in global mean temperature to two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. This requires urgent collective action.</p>
Projects
Latest Projects
Algeria
Experimentation of Waste management Project
Regional
Women, Peace and Security
Regional
The Venice Forum on the Future of Cities/Cities of the Future
Regional
Green Finance Innovation Platform: Derisking Renewable Energy Investments in the Arab Region
Sudan
Big Data for Development – Scaling Out, Up and Deep for Development Impact in Sudan
Somalia
Scaling Future Ready
Lebanon
A human-centred approach to crisis response in Lebanon
Lebanon
Development of Impact Investment Platform LiveLebanon 2.0 with crowdinvesting and blockchain technology: CedarCoin
Sudan
Engaging citizens to measure public service delivery via community radio
Regional
Hacking the Project Cycle for Impact in Arab States & Africa
Multiple Countries
Colour of Innovation
Regional
Measuring SDG Tier III Indicators
Egypt
Africa Impact Investment Summit
Egypt
Behavioural Insights and designing low-cost evaluations to combat violence against women
Egypt
Funding for impact
Egypt
”Internet of Things” Competition to Promote Inclusive Living for Persons with Disabilities
Jordan
Voices of marginalized and at- risk communities to improve interventions targeting social cohesion and the prevention of violent extremism - Jordan
Somalia
Future Ready
Somalia
Social Innovation Camp
Somalia
Open Innovation Challenge
Kuwait
Behavioural Insights Unit
Bahrain
The King Hamad Youth Empowerment Award
Bahrain
Youth Empowerment in Education
Lebanon
Speak Your Mind to Prevent Conflict
