
SDG 13 - Climate Action
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

The Hunter has localised the targets and chosen to report against the following primary indicators* to determine our progress:
- 13.1.1 Persons directly affected by natural disasters
- Requests for assistance calls to NSW State Emergency Service (SES)
- Number of disasters in Hunter LGAs
- Number of disasters in Australia and NSW
- 13.2.2 Greenhouse gas emissions per capita by sector
- Scope 1 emissions by industry source (kilotonnes CO 2 -e) and kg per person
- Scope 2 emissions by industry source (kilotonnes CO 2 -e) and tonnes per person
* Data provided was last updated in 2023. It is anticipated that the data sets will be updated once every 2 years.