Climate Action Padlet by

Goal #13

Janeth_Mendoza — 2025-01-14 16:47:45 UTC

I chose this goal because I feel like as we move forward in life, taking care of our environment and climate will benefit our well-being. Being clean and cautious of what we do to our climate will benefit not only our health but different ecosystems.

Climate records shattering in the past years

Janeth_Mendoza — 2025-01-14 16:52:29 UTC

On the SDG website one fact that caught my attention about climate action was that a study showed that the year 2023 broke every single climate indicator and was the warmest year on record according to the World Meteorological Organization. Also the fact that Carbon dioxide levels are 150% above pre-industrial levels.

What places are at risk due to climate change?

Janeth_Mendoza — 2025-01-15 14:14:22 UTC

I began wondering where this climate change took place. I found that the top 10 countries affected by it were in the African region. Problems like flash floods, food insecurity, and earthquakes all affect Somalia, Syria, and The Democratic Republic of Congo.

CLIMATE ACTION Definition

Janeth_Mendoza — 2025-01-16 01:31:58 UTC

"stepped-up efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-induced impacts"

These include:

1. Climate-related hazards in all countries

2.Integrating climate change measures into national policies

3.Strategies and planning; and improving education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity with respect to climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning.

Policies that have helped make progress to Climate Action

Janeth_Mendoza — 2025-01-16 01:43:05 UTC

This website describes different policies that governments around the world have established and have had progress done to stop climate change. For example, it talks about Colombia and how they enacted a green building code in 2015. By the end of 2022, they had more than 11.5 meters of green space certified by the IFC's EDGE program.

TED Talk video on Climate Action

Janeth_Mendoza — 2025-01-16 01:49:28 UTC

This TED talk video really shared a lot of new information that I had no idea about. She made some really great points and shared that in the middle east temperatures were rising more than twice the global average. Which is a really bad jump from what it was in past years.

Global Warming in Antarctica

Janeth_Mendoza — 2025-01-16 01:55:33 UTC

Rising temperatures are also affecting Antarctica. We should pay more attention to this because it will throw everyone around the world off balance. Like how it says on the website, Antarctica regulates global climate by slowing global heating, it drives ocean currents, and helps diminish the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. However climate change is disrupting these systems.

Global Warming in Africa

Janeth_Mendoza — 2025-01-16 16:04:22 UTC

In Africa, global warming is a really big issue. It is said that by 2030, 118 billion extremely poor people will be exposed to extreme drought, floods, and high temperatures. Not only that, but the cost to even try to stop climate change is really high and is not possible for them to adapt to. Although it is reported that exceptional rainfall has caused many deaths in both Sudan and South Sudan.

Global Warming in Asia

Janeth_Mendoza — 2025-01-16 16:13:05 UTC

Intense heat waves have led to severe impacts across the African continent.

1. Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria and many others have experienced temperatures above 40°C.

2.These heat waves have led to many deaths that are often looked over but those that have been reported are a large amount.

3.These rising temperatures have also been affecting agriculture work and harvesting seasons.

Global Warming in Europe

Janeth_Mendoza — 2025-01-16 16:19:24 UTC

Europe is said to be the fastest warming continent. These rises in temperatures are threatening food and energy security, ecosystems, water resources, and people's health. The people most affected are those living in more rural areas. Meaning that low-income families are the ones exposed to air pollution, noise and higher temperatures.

Global Warming in South/Central America

Janeth_Mendoza — 2025-01-16 16:48:24 UTC

Major weather events like typhoons, hurricanes, thunderstorms, hailstorms, and tornadoes have started to take effect in places in Central and South America. Since early years, Amazonia, northeastern Brazil, Central America, the Caribbean, and some parts of Mexico will see increased droughts to their climates. Sea levels have also started to rise meaning that shorelines have started to erode.

Arctic Blasts hitting the U.S

Janeth_Mendoza — 2025-01-17 03:19:46 UTC

The start of 2025 was really cold compared to past years. Weather forecasters have reported that temperatures have dropped below zero in several U.S States. Not only this, but in cities like Houston, Texas, where temperatures normally stay around the 50s, the temperatures have dropped to 30 degrees or lower. These are clear signs that the environments around us are changing rapidly because of increases in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

Solution for climate change

Janeth_Mendoza — 2025-01-17 03:33:00 UTC

At home there are many ways that we can support climate action. Here are some examples:

1.Cutting down carbon dioxide emissions by switching to a more environmentally friendly form of transportation.

2. We are not able to control the weather but what we can do is adapt to its different forms.

3.Spread the word to others and let them know that this is real and everyone is being affected by climate change. Taking action in your community will help start that movement.

4.By helping plant more trees in forests or around you, it will benefit us by helping regulate the CO2 levels in the atmosphere.

How is Houston dealing with Climate Change?

Janeth_Mendoza — 2025-01-17 03:40:01 UTC

Houston is one of the major cities that had a large amount of greenhouse gas emissions. This is largely caused by the emissions that come from our transportation. Although Houston is keeping itself on track by having an action plan already set in progress. Overall our greenhouse gas emissions did drop from what they were in 2007 because of new implements of renewable energy sources.

Topic Selection

Janeth_Mendoza — 2025-01-23 16:11:09 UTC

I think I want to research global warming which must be addressed to reach SDG Goal #13. I will focus on solving the climate crisis in Africa. I want to research this goal because I believe that it is very important to focus on issues such as climate change because it is an essential part of our life. Especially in places that don't receive enough attention, like Africa.

Research Question #1

Janeth_Mendoza — 2025-01-23 16:15:03 UTC

How can climate change be prevented in places like Nigeria, who have little to no resources?

Answer to my research question

Janeth_Mendoza — 2025-01-24 00:15:11 UTC

In Nigeria, they struggle a lot from climate disasters because they are still a developing country. Although there are some ways they can help further prevent these disasters.

Implementing Mitigation and adaptation is both necessary for the people to be able to adapt to the changing climate.
Water management is really important for Nigeria to be able to combat flash floods and be able to benefit their struggling economy.
Climate Resilient Housing will also help Nigeria help their people by providing safer homes. Building homes on stilts, and building barriers to help protect them from water damage.

Nigeria and how it is affected by rising temperatures

Janeth_Mendoza — 2025-01-24 00:44:12 UTC

Nigeria has started to experience really high temperatures which have been affecting their society. There have been reported a lot of health impacts including their electricity grid collapsing. Frequent power outages are also due to these increase in temperatures as well as higher prices in fuel. Meningitis has also been more easily spread due to these extreme heat and dry conditions. Lastly, their crops and their livestock have started to decline because the weather is way too hot for what they are used to.

Innovation being done to tackle rising heat temp. in Nigeria.

Janeth_Mendoza — 2025-01-24 01:05:20 UTC

Here are few examples of innovations being done by Nigeria to combat not only higher temperatures but also flash floods, etc:

The NEWMAP Project launched in 2012 which greatly benefited Nigeria. It helped combat and implement a lot of new technology that would help them prevent future disasters. Restores 90 gully sites, and waste management improved to decrease flooding.
The Government of Nigeria used green Bonds that raised $30 million in 2017 and $41 million in 2019. This helped decrease greenhouse gas emissions, deforestation, and their dependence on fossil fuels.