Goal 13 · UN Sustainable Development Goals
Climate Action
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.
Goal 13 covers climate-resilience integration, mitigation policy, climate finance, adaptation capacity, and education and awareness.
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African research focus
African research is central to climate-vulnerability science, drought-resilient agriculture, loss-and-damage measurement, and just-transition policy in the most exposed economies.
Top universities for Climate Action
Institutions producing the most publications tagged with this goal.
- 1.
University of the Witwatersrand
South Africa
310 publications
- 2.
Abdelmalek Essaâdi University
Morocco
205 publications
- 3.
University of Pretoria
South Africa
194 publications
- 4.
Ain Shams University
Egypt
182 publications
- 5.
Addis Ababa University
Ethiopia
180 publications
- 6.
Stellenbosch University
South Africa
176 publications
- 7.
Mohammed V University
Morocco
170 publications
- 8.
Tunis El Manar University
Tunisia
169 publications
- 9.
University of South Africa
South Africa
161 publications
- 10.
University of Cape Town
South Africa
151 publications
- 11.
Mohammed VI Polytechnic University
Morocco
145 publications
- 12.
Kafr el-Sheikh University
Egypt
142 publications
Recent publications
Most recent research from African institutions tagged with Climate Action.
- 2026Open Access3 citations
Benefit of physical activity initiatives for climate change mitigation and adaptation
Nature Health · University of Ibadan
- 20263 citations
Enriching African genome representation through the AGenDA project
Nature · Tunis El Manar University
- 20262 citations
From Disruption to Immersion: Reimagining Vehicle Motion as Environmental Feedback through Force Mappings in In-Car VR
Unknown source · Menoufia University
- 2026Open Access2 citations
Compost improves soil fertility index and tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.) yield under drought: integrating multivariate soil–plant modeling and Monte Carlo Simulation across sandy loam and silty clay soils
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems · Ibn Tofail University
- 2026Open Access2 citations
From hydrocarbons to hydrogen: how GCC oil giants are reinventing energy leadership
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications · Tunis El Manar University
- 20261 citations
Journalism in Transition: Navigating Threats and Resilience in Ethiopia after the 2018 Political Reform
African Journalism Studies · Bahir Dar University
- 2026Open Access1 citations
Potential Impacts of Climate Interventions on Marine Ecosystems
Reviews of Geophysics · University of Cape Town
- 2026Open Access1 citations
The impact of hazard indicator selection on urban heat risk assessment: evidence from two Sub-Saharan African cities
City and Environment Interactions · University of the Witwatersrand
- 2026Open Access1 citations
Climate-driven reproductive decline in Southern right whales
Scientific Reports · University of Pretoria
- 2026Open Access1 citations
Engineering resilience in woody plants: multi-omics, genome editing, and microbiome strategies to boost abiotic stress tolerance
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems · Université Moulay Ismail de Meknes
- 20261 citations
Salicylic Acid Enhances Yield and Alleviates Drought-Induced Oxidative Damage in Two Carrot Cultivars with Contrasting Tolerance
Russian Journal of Plant Physiology · South Valley University
- 2026Open Access1 citations
Anti‐Globalization Dynamics and Africa's Structural Transformation: Identifying Avoidable Environmental Degradation Thresholds
Sustainable Development · University of Nigeria
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Source: UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs · Goal 13