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Table 1 Key focus areas of SDGs 6, 13 and 14

From: Australian policies on water management and climate change: are they supporting the sustainable development goals and improved health and well-being?

Sustainable Development Goals

Key focus areas for action

SDG 6: Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all

Fresh water resource management, safe drinking water, sanitation facilities, water scarcity, flooding, wastewater management and efficiency of water use.

SDG 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards, mitigate risks where possible, lower greenhouse gas emissions, improve education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity, and implement early warning systems.

SDG 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development

Sustainable use and conservation of oceans, overfishing, ocean acidification, expansion of protected areas for marine biodiversity, intensification of research capacity to preserve marine resources and reduce marine pollution.

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