Climate Change Data

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Poverty
• Hunger
• Health
• Education
• Gender Equality
• Clean Water and Sanitation
• Affordable and Clean Energy
• Decent Work and Economic Growth
• Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
• Reduced Inequalities
• Sustainable Cities and Communities
• Responsible Consumption and Production
• Climate Action
• Life Below Water
• Life On Land
• Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
• Partnerships for the Goals

Environmental Achievements

• Increased number of cities monitoring air quality (over 6,000 in 117 countries)
• Increased global coverage of MPAs to 8% of global coastal waters and oceans in 2021
• Progress in reducing deforestation rate
• Progress in implementing frameworks for sustainable use of genetic resources

Social Achievements

• Introduction of new social protection measures in response to COVID-19 crisis in almost all countries
• Increased number of countries adopting national disaster risk reduction strategies (from 55 in 2015 to 123 in 2021)
• Progress in reducing child mortality rates
• Progress in reducing adolescent birth rate
• Increased access to clean cooking fuels and technologies (reaching 69% in 2020)
• Increased access to electricity (reaching 91% in 2020)
• Increased number of countries with operationalized national youth employment strategies (more than half of 81 reporting countries in 2021)

Governance Achievements

• Increased number of countries incorporating ecosystem and biodiversity values into national accounting and reporting systems
• Increased number of countries with local disaster risk reduction strategies (from 51 to 98 countries between 2015 and 2021)
• Increased share of women in national parliaments (from 22.4% in 2015 to 26.2% in 2022)

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• COVID-19 pandemic and war in Ukraine exacerbating existing crises
• Rising inflation and food prices
• Supply chain disruptions
• Climate change impacts (heatwaves, droughts, floods)
• Data gaps in SDG monitoring
• Insufficient funding for statistical activities
• Disruptions in essential health services
• Increased prevalence of anxiety and depression
• Disruptions in education systems
• Inequalities in access to education
• Slow progress in gender equality
• Lack of access to clean water and sanitation
• Slow progress in energy efficiency
• Lack of access to clean cooking fuels and technologies
• High unemployment rates
• Child labour
• Slow recovery in LDCs
• High levels of air pollution
• Insufficient public transportation
• Unsustainable consumption and production patterns
• High levels of fossil fuel subsidies
• High levels of conflict and displacement
• Corruption

Mitigation Strategies

• Implementation of social protection measures
• Investment in data and information infrastructure
• Increased collaboration among government agencies, academic institutions, and civil society organizations
• Use of innovative data collection methods
• Modernization of ICT systems
• Increased investment in water and sanitation
• Increased investment in renewable energy
• Strengthening policy support for energy efficiency
• Implementation of national youth employment strategies
• Efforts to curb illicit trade in small arms
• Implementation of gender-responsive budgeting
• Efforts to protect and restore wetlands
• Efforts to reduce food loss and waste
• Efforts to improve e-waste management
• Efforts to sustainably manage forests
• Efforts to protect key biodiversity areas
• Efforts to promote peace and justice
• Increased international cooperation

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Heatwaves
• Droughts
• Floods
• Wildfires
• Sea-level rise
• Ocean acidification
• Ocean warming

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Global Indicator Framework for the SDGs

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• All 17 SDGs

The report tracks progress towards all 17 SDGs.