Taking urgent action to combat climate change and its devastating impacts is therefore an imperative to save lives and livelihood, and key to making the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Goals – the blueprint for a better future – a reality. By 2030, an estimated 700 million people will be at risk of displacement by drought alone. Impacts of climate change also includes flooding and drought, displacing millions of people, sinking them into poverty and hunger, denying them access to basic services, such as health and education, expanding inequalities, stifling economic growth and even causing conflict. The global temperature has already risen 1.1✬ above the pre-industrial level, with glaciers melting and the sea level rising.
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