MILLENNIUMDEVELOPMENTGOALS

INTRODUCTION
Inadditiontounderstandingandimprovingthebasicneedsandrightsofhumanbeings,

allnationsandtheirpeoplemustbeawareofthefateoftheplanetEarth.Forsometime now,theplanethasdeterioratedtothepointofspeciesbecomingextincteveryday.Dead zonesexistwithinouroceans,veryfewrainforestsremain,andbasichabitatsforanimals haveallbutdisappeared.Pollutionandsmogaredangerousproblemstomankind,toxic carcinogensareinthewatersupply,theairandtheatmosphereconsequently, contaminatingthefreshfoodsweeateveryday. Andwhilerichercountriesbelievethattheyarecopingwiththeseissuesandtakingsteps toreversethetrendsofdestruction,poorercountriesareimpactedmorenegatively causingthemevenmoresufferingandpain.Asindustrializedwasteisdumpedintoareas inwhichthecitizenshavenocontrolortheypermitthepracticebecausetheyneedthe money,poverty,diseaseandillnesscontinuetopermeatetheirlives.Forpoorernations, reversingthedamageisgreatersincebasicnecessitiesarerequired. Butinreality,preservingtheenvironmentandforcingcountriestorecognizethe destructionwillactuallyhelptoimprovetheconditionofsomanylives.Infact,thefirst sixgoalswouldbeuselessiftheEarthissodamagedthatpeoplecannotlivehere.Sothe seventhgoaloftheMDGshasfourtargetsuponwhichtowork.

TARGETS
Target7A:Integratetheprinciplesofsustainable

developmentintocountrypoliciesandprograms; reverselossofenvironmentalresources

Target7B:Reducebiodiversityloss Target7C:Halve,by2015,theproportionofthe

populationwithoutsustainableaccesstosafedrinking waterandbasicsanitation(formoreinformationsee theentryonwatersupply) improvementinthelivesofatleast100millionslum dwellers.

Target7D:By2020,tohaveachievedasignificant

Target7A:
Integrate

the principles ofsustaina ble developme ntinto country policies and programs;

Target7B:Reducebiodiversity
Proportionoflandareacoveredbyforest

Country Philippines

Year 2010

Value 25.7

CO2emissions,total,percapitaandper$1GDP(PPP)
Country

AnnualCO2emissions(in GDP(current,in thousandsofmetrictons) billionsofUSdollars)

Philippines UnitedStates

68,328 5,752,289

117.57 13,178.35

Consumptionofozonedepletingsubstances
Ozonedepletiondescribestwodistinctbutrelatedphenomenaobservedsincethe late1970s:asteadydeclineofabout4%perdecadeinthetotalvolume

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SOMEOFTHESUBSTANCESthatCAUSESOZONE DEPLETION:
Chlorofluorocarbons(CFCs) presenceofchlorinecontainingsourcegases

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ExtinctionofANIMALS:

Theworldhasmissedthe2010targettoslow thedeclineinbiodiversity.Nearly17,000speciesof plantsandanimalsarecurrentlyatriskofextinction, andthenumberofspeciesthreatenedbyextinctionis

Target7C:Halve,by2015,theproportionofthepopulationwithout sustainableaccesstosafedrinkingwaterandbasicsanitation(for moreinformationseetheentryonwatersupply)

Theworldwillmeetorevenexceedthedrinkingwatertargetby2015ifcurrent

trends continue. By that time, an estimated 86 per cent of the population in developing regions will have gained access to improved sources of drinking water, up from 71 per cent in 1990. Four regions Northern Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Eastern Asia and SouthEastern Asia have alreadymetthetarget.Eventhoughprogresswasmadeprimarilyinruralareas, thoseareasstillremainatadisadvantage.Globally,eightoutof10peoplewho arewithoutaccesstoanimproveddrinkingwatersourceliveinruralareas.
QuickFacts
Some 1.7 billion people have gained access to safe drinking water since 1990. Yet 884

millionpeopleworldwidestilldonot.

Target7D:By2020,tohaveachievedasignificantimprovementinthe livesofatleast100millionslumdwellers
Thetargetofimprovingthelivesofatleast100millionslumdwellershasalreadybeen

achievedtwiceover.Inthelasttenyears,morethan200millionslumdwellershave gainedaccesstoimprovedwater,sanitationordurableandlesscrowdedhousing,greatly enhancingtheirprospectsofescapingpoverty,diseaseandilliteracy.Theseimprovements, however,arefailingtokeeppacewiththegrowingranksoftheurbanpoor.Eventhough theshareoftheurbanpopulationlivinginslumshasdeclinedfrom39percentto33per centoverthelasttenyears,theabsolutenumberofslumdwellersinthedevelopingworld isgrowingandwillcontinuetoincreaseinthenearfuture.Thenumberofurbanresidents livinginslumconditionsinthedevelopingworldisnowestimatedatsome828million, comparedto657millionin1990and767millionin2000.Thetargetsetintheyear2000 wassettoolow,basedontoosmallanestimatednumberofpeoplelivinginsubstandard conditions.Forgovernmentstosetmeaningfulcountryspecificgoals,makeserious commitmentsandbeheldaccountableforcontinuedprogress,thetargetwillrequire redefinition,suchas,Halvetheproportionofslumdwellersby2020.

QUICKFACTS!!
Slumimprovementsarefailingtokeeppacewiththegrowingnumberofurbanpoor. TheabsolutenumberofSlumdwellerskeepsrising,withsome828millionpeoplelivingin slumstoday,eventhoughtheshareftheurbanpopulationlivinginslumsisdeclining.

OVERVIEW
Policiesaddressingincreasedaccesstoglobalscarcities,includingfood,water,andenergy,needto takeenvironmentalchangesintoaccount.ThiscouldbothhelpinachievingtheMDGsandinmakingthose achievementsmoresustainable. Of the estimated 10.5 million child deaths annually, the vast majority are from preventable and treatablediseasesandconditions,includinglowdietaryenergyconsumption(underweight),unsafedrinking waterandthelackofbasicsanitation(diarrhea),andindoorairpollutionrelatedtosolidfueluseforcooking andheating(pneumonia). Risingdemandforfood,water,andmodernenergywillputpressureonscarcenaturalresources. This will increase the prices of (especially) food and energy. And it will hurt poor people in importing countriesinSubSaharanAfricaandSouthAsiawhosegovernmentsareunabletoguaranteeaffordableprices whenglobalpricesincrease. Furthermore,provisionoffood,water,andenergybecomesmoredifficultwhennaturalresources arenotproperlymanagedordegradeasaresultofglobalenvironmentalchange. For example, climate change induces changes in rainfall and temperature patterns, potentially increasing the likelihood of shortterm crop failures and longterm production declines as well as deterioration in water quality. The most vulnerable are poor and foodinsecure countries at lower latitudes thatlargelydependonrainfedfarminginSubSaharanAfricaandSouthAsia. Many such pressures are slow moving and cannot easily be stopped because of major inertia, includingthepressuresoffertilitytransitionandgreenhousegasaccumulation.Theybecomeapparentonlyin thelongterm,after2015orevenafter2030,trappingpeopleintheirpovertyandreversingprogress.