Focus area 15. ClimateCompared to other focus areas, there are slightly less proposals in the e-Inventory that tackle the issue of climate change, perhaps owing to the fact that a separate intergovernmental process (UNFCCC) exists to specifically address this matter. Nevertheless, those which do discuss climate, tend to do so at the target level rather than through a standalone goal. A small number of specific climate and disaster risk reduction goals have been proposed – the most comprehensive of which are detailed below. As expected, factors associated with the interlinked focus area of means of implementation are frequently listed at the target level.
Standalone Climate Change Goal
| Goal | A stand-alone climate goal [52] | Interlinkages |
| Targets | World stays within two degree target. | |
| Global GHG emissions reduced by x of 1990 by 2030. | 
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| All countries have reduced carbon intensity of their economies by x relative to 1990 by 2030. | 
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| Number of people vulnerable to climate change impacts reduced by x by 2030. | |
| Losses of life and livelihoods from climate events reduced by x by 2030. |  
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| All countries have financial and technical capacity to respond to climate change by 2030. | 
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