SDG 13.1: Strengthen Resilience and Adaptive Capacity to Climate Related Disasters

“Because of the Great East Japan Earthquake that struck on March 11, 2011, a wide area of 500 km along North East Japan's Pacific coast suffered enormous damage. Although many precious lives and valuable properties were tragically lost, many lives were also saved. In the areas affected by the...

“This guide, supported with examples and illustrations, provides a scientific model and methodology for risk examination and assessment. It enables cultural heritage professionals and institutions to devise intervention plans based on thorough assessment, which can ultimately facilitate...

“Discussion of the likely impacts of climate change on archives is significantly deficient in the archival profession. Archives hold rare and unique materials that are irreplaceable and institutional adaptation to climate change is critical to the survival of these resources. The earliest effects of...

“This impact management solution enables businesses worldwide to set goals, track progress, and stay motivated on their actions toward the SDGs… The SDG Action Manager will help you: find your starting point, learn which SDGs matter most to you based on your company profile, and how to take action...

“The seed collecting ‘hub’ provides a ‘one-stop-shop’ for seed banking information and training resources in order to build capacity to support seed collecting and raise seed banking standards.” (Seed Banking Hub and Training Resources)

Disaster impacted countries and communities are often times much better equipped to Build Back Better during the extended period of recovery, rehabilitation, and reconstruction when they have taken actions to strengthen recovery capacity and decision-making effectiveness prior to the onset of...

“…There has been considerable progress in addressing the environmental impacts of tourism, although there is a long way to go to achieve sustainability; and that more limited progress has been made in harnessing tourism for local economic development, for the benefit of communities and indigenous...

“CHERISH is a truly cross-disciplinary project. It aims to raise awareness and understanding of the past, present and near-future impacts of climate change, storminess, and extreme weather events on the rich cultural heritage of the Irish and Welsh regional seas and coast. We will be employing...

“At CIMAM we recognize climate and ecological emergency and are seriously committed to working towards sustainability understood in the broadest terms set out by the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, Agenda 2030. As an international organization dedicated to promoting best practices in modern and...

“This resource is intended to empower museums to embed environmental sustainability into the core of how they operate.

The Climate Action Toolkit provides information tailored to museums on the various steps they can take to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and green their operations. The...

“How can we engage individuals and communities more effectively around flood risks in a changing climate?” “This is a practical resource for campaigners, policy makers and those working with communities directly affected by flooding too. Its purpose is to help build community resilience for future...

“Community level seed-saving initiatives have been around for about 30 years. They have been designed and implemented to conserve, restore, revitalize, strengthen and improve local seed systems, especially, but not solely, focused on local varieties… This book aims to fill a gap in the scientific...