Posts for SDG13 on Climate Action
Channel: Universal Postal Union
Date: 2023-06-13

Every person, business and nation in the world has a stake in the fight against the climate crisis. Sustainable Development Goal 13 calls on the world to take urgent action to tackle climate change and its impacts, outlining targets on resilience and adaptation, policy-making, education, resource mobilization and building capacity in LDCs and small island developing states. 

The postal sector has heard this call to action and many posts have now implemented measures to reduce their carbon footprint, including through using renewable energy sources, planning smarter delivery routes and creating re-useable and environmentally-friendly postal packaging.

Climate action is also a priority for the UPU, whose members have adopted a resolution on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in the postal sector. This resolution commits the UPU to investigate possible emission reduction targets and carbon-neutral cross-border services in the postal sector. It will also encourage knowledge sharing on emission reduction strategies, climate finance and climate adaptation. 

The UPU is already tracking carbon emissions of designated postal operators through its Online Solution for Carbon Analysis and Reporting (OSCAR). 

More updates and activities here: https://www.upu.int/en/Universal-Postal-Union/Outreach-Campaigns/SDGs-in-focus