GoalSeven
Ensure Environmental Sustainability
Most countries have committed to the principles of sustainable development. But this has not resulted in sufficient progress to reverse the loss of the worlds environmental resources. Achieving the goal will require greater attention to the plight of the poor, whose day-to-day subsistence is often directly linked to the natural resources around them, and an unprecedented level of global cooperation. Action to prevent further deterioration of the ozone layer shows that progress is possible.
Access to safe drinking water has increased, but half the developing world still lack toilets or other forms of
basic sanitation. Nearly 1 billion people live in urban slums because the growth of the urban population is outpacing
improvements in housing and the availability of productive jobs.
Source: UN MDG Report 2005
What are the targets?
Goal 7 of the Millennium Development Goals sets out by the year 2015 to:- Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programmes; reverse loss of environmental resources.
- Reduce by half the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water.
- Achieve significant improvement in lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers, by 2020.