Global Monitoring Report, 2008: MDGs and the Environment: Agenda for Inclusive and Sustainable Development

World Economic and Financial Surveys, April 8, 2008

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Global Monitoring Report 2008 is the fifth in an annual series, covering the global development agenda and debate in 2008.
Marks the midpoint toward the 2015 deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Builds on the foundation laid at the Bali climate change conference in December 2007.
Provides a comprehensive assessment of progress toward the MDGs, related policies and actions, and implications of climate change and environmental sustainability for development.

The report's assessment of MDGs at midpoint presents a mixed picture, with both significant progress and formidable challenges.
The first MDG (reducing extreme poverty by half) is likely to be met at the global level, attributed to a remarkable surge in global economic growth over the past decade.
On current trends, the human development MDGs are unlikely to be met.
Prospects are gravest for:
- reducing child mortality,
- reducing maternal mortality.
Shortfalls are also likely in:
- primary school completion,
- nutrition,
- sanitation MDGs.
The potential effects of climate change compound the challenge of achieving the development goals and sustaining progress.
The goals of development and environmental sustainability are closely related, and the paths to those goals have important synergies.

Urgent action is needed to combat climate change that threatens the well-being of all countries, but particularly of poor countries and poor people.
The report addresses the challenge of climate change and environmental sustainability and assesses its implications for development.
Emphasizes the need for a global consensus on responding to climate change, building on Bali (December 2007).

Urgent action is needed to help the world get back on track to achieve the MDGs.
Urgent action is also needed to combat climate change.
Emphasizes synergies between development objectives and environmental sustainability in policy design and implementation.

Subject: Climate change, Environment, Greenhouse gas emissions, Health, Natural resources
Keywords: Africa, air pollution, carbon dioxide, Caribbean, Climate change, country, developing country, financial support, GHG emission, Global, greenhouse gas, Greenhouse gas emissions, income, income group, Middle East, MISC, MISC RPT, Natural resources, private sector, South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, water resource

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