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Krishna Giri
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The Millennium Development Goals And some Facts
September 12, 2006 - 05:14 AM
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ENSURE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
We can't maintain a healthy society or economy without taking care of our environments, and protecting our environment contributes to reaching all the other Goals. Improved water and sanitation help to reduce child mortality, and better drainage reduces the risk of malaria. Today, human activiities are causing losses in biodiversity at a rate 50 to 100 times faster than would otherwise be expected. Goal 7 aims to improve the way we take care of the environment, so the natural resources people need to survive will be available to future generations.
2 million children die every year from infections spread by dirty water or the
lack of toilets
1.2 billion people lack access to safe drinking water and 2.4 billion people
lack access to proper sanitation facilities
The collapse of fisheries around the world threatens to increase hunger and
poverty among poor coastal communities throughout the developing world
DEVELOP A GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR DEVELOPMENT
What the world is like in 2015 will be a reflection of how developing and developed countries worked together to achieve the MDG's. This collaboration is key to achieving Goal 8. The deal makes clear that the primary responsibility of developing countries is to work towards achieving the first seven Goals. But for developing countries to succeed, it is critical that developed countries deliver on their end of the bargain, with more and more effective aid, more sustainable debt relief and fairer trade rules, well in advance of 2015. Developed countries pledged more than thirty years ago 0.7% of their national income in development aid, but few have achieved this target.
Europe's cows receive $2 a day in subsidies, more than the income of half
the world's population
Developed countries pledged to give 0.7% of their national income in aid.
Only 5 countries are living up to the commitment; the USA is giving less
than 0.2%
It is estimated that if there were developed countries to break down trade
barriers, this could help lift 300 million people out of poverty by 2015
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