The Sustainable Development Goals are the most ambitious sustainable development agenda ever adopted by the world’s countries and are designed to achieve four great things by 2030: ending extreme poverty. To reduce inequalities and injustices in the world. To promote peace and justice. Solving the climate crisis.
The Sustainable Development Goals can make this a reality. Fitnessfestivalen contributes to these objectives through a range of actions. We have chosen to focus on goals 3, 12 and 13, which we feel are closest to us and where we can have the most impact.
Goal 13 - Combat climate change
We are working with our exhibitors to encourage visitors to also invest in a better climate. We highlight the importance of this at the event. And make the pledging during the event a fun activity. The money from the pledge goes to charity, which also continues as a campaign throughout the year.
– Climate change is a real and undeniable threat to our entire civilization. Greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise and as a result we risk reaching an average global warming of more than two degrees, which would have serious consequences for ecosystems, ocean acidification, human security, food production, water availability, health and increased risk of natural disasters.
– The effects are already visible and will be disastrous unless we act now. Through education, innovation and compliance with our climate commitments, we can make the necessary changes to protect the planet. These changes also offer great opportunities to modernize our infrastructure that will create new jobs and promote prosperity worldwide.
– Global efforts to achieve Goal 13 and combat climate change are further embodied in the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement. The UNFCCC is a global convention that sets out measures to stop climate change. The UNFCCC was signed at the UN Conference on Environment and Development in Rio in 1992. The UNFCCC is linked to the Paris Agreement, a global climate treaty that entered into force in 2016. The Paris Agreement sets out to limit the global temperature increase to below two degrees, with the aim of limiting it to 1.5 degrees. This will be achieved primarily by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Another part of the agreement is to provide support to those affected by the impacts of climate change and increase opportunities for adaptation.
Source: Globalamalen.se