In 2015, countries adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs are a blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future. They address global challenges related to poverty, inequality, climate action, environmental degradation, prosperity, and peace and justice. The Goals interconnect and are interdependent. Goal No. 13 addresses Climate Action with an objective to:

Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts by regulating emissions and promoting developments in renewable energy.

The Goal recognizes Climate Change as a global challenge that does not respect national borders and requires solutions that need to be coordinated at the international level to help developing countries move toward a low-carbon economy. Further, it serves to underpin international, European and National policy context and frameworks that address climate action and pursue efforts to combat climate change.