No country is immune to the impacts of climate change. Our climate system is undergoing deep and long-lasting changes which threaten us with irreversible and grievous consequences. In the light of such challenges, Goal 13 seeks to combine climate change measures, disaster risk reduction initiatives and sustainable natural resource management strategies. With a view to arresting the impact of natural disasters, it focuses on developing resilience and adaptive capacity at individual, community and institutional levels on early warning, adaptation, and mitigation. The Goal also lays stress on wider development cooperation for addressing the causes and consequences of climate changes.