Subject Guides: Sustainable Development Goals at NSCC: Goal 13: Climate Action

About Goal 13

Goal 13, Climate Action, aims to take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts. This goal identifies that climate change measures need to be integrated into national policy and planning to strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity. It also calls for improved education about climate change and climate change impacts. 

Learn more about Goal 13

Nations United. (2020, September 24). Climate and our planet [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/ZQxPYjLNXwo

NSCC and Goal 13

Examples of NSCC initiatives that are helping to advance Goal 13: Climate Action.

NSCC Climate Change Action Plan (CCAP)	The NSCC Climate Change Action Plan (CCAP) outlines a pathway for our institution to make a significant impact on the sustainable development of our province as we work with our communities to address climate change. Through continuous improvements, the College aims for net-zero emissions by 2050.
Centre for the Built Environment (CBE)	With an emphasis on sustainable building practices, environmental stewardship and collaborative learning, the Centre for the Built Environment (CBE) at Ivany Campus represents a new educational model. The CBE is an example of restorative building design, blending elements of the 'natural' environment with the 'built' environment, with features like a green roof, living walls, solar and wind energy, and geothermal systems.
NSCC Applied Energy Research	The NSCC Applied Energy Research (AER) team develops and tests sustainable energy alternatives and has extensive experience in solar energy technologies, monitoring devices and microgrids. Through grant-based research, AER works with local industry and community partners to reduce greenhouse gases by analyzing energy hardware, software and data analytics to generate new energy products and services.

Resources and Links

Canada's changing climate report
Released in 2019, this report is about how and why Canada’s climate has changed and what changes are projected for the future.
Flood Maps Viewer
Four maps present current conditions, and eight maps capture changes in floodplain regimes over Canada due to climate change.
Government of Canada: Climate action map
See how the Government of Canada is fighting climate change in communities across the country.
Project Neutral
Project Neutral's award-winning carbon calculator gives you the tools to understand your climate impact and what you can do about it.

Books

eBook - Environmental Success Stories by Frank Dunnivant
Sharing the stories of the people, organizations, and governments who have addressed these problems successfully, the book explains how we might confront the world's largest and most complex environmental crisis: climate change.
This Changes Everything by Naomi Klein
Explains why the climate crisis challenges us to abandon the core "free market" ideology of our time, restructure the global economy, and remake our political systems.
Predicting our climate future: What we know, what we don't know, and what we can't know by David Stainforth
How climate science works and why you should absolutely trust some of its conclusions and absolutely distrust others.
Climate Champions by Rachel Sarah
About 15 contemporary climate champions who are on the frontlines of science to create a sustainable future on Earth.
Lead for the planet: Five practices for confronting climate change by Rae Andre
This guide details five key practices for effective sustainability leadership, and develops climate solutions that prioritize the wellbeing of people and ecosystems globally.

Key Organizations

Climate Change Nova Scotia
How the Province of Nova Scotia is fighting climate change
Ecology Action Centre
A member-based environmental charity in Nova Scotia, taking leadership on critical environmental issues from biodiversity protection to climate change to environmental justice.
Environment and Climate Change Canada
Informs Canadians about protecting and conserving our natural heritage, and ensuring a clean, safe and sustainable environment for present and future generations.
Project Drawdown: Table of Solutions
Drawdown describes the 100 most substantive solutions to global warming. For each solution, we describe its history, the carbon impact it provides, the relative cost and savings, the path to adoption, and how it works.
United Nations: Climate action
At the United Nations, we are calling on people everywhere to work together to solve climate challenges and realize the commitments of the 2015 Paris Agreement.