Climate change will constrain the ability of developing countries
to reach their poverty reduction and sustainable development objectives
under the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
| MDGs |
Climate Risks |
| Goal 1: Eradicate extreme hunger and poverty |
Changes in natural systems and infrastructure will:
Reduce the livelihood assets of poor people
Alter the path and rate of national economic growth
Undermine regional food security
|
| Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education |
Climate change could lead to a reduction in the ability of children to participate in full-time education by causing:
Destruction of infrastructure (such as schools)
Loss of livelihood assets (increasing the need for children to
__engage in income-earning activities)
The displacement and migration of families
|
| Goal 3: Promote gender equality |
Depletion of natural resources, reduced agricultural productivity and increased climate-related disasters could:
Place additional burdens on women's health
Limit women's time to participate in decision-making and
__income-generating activities
Reduce the livelihood assets of women |
| Goals 4, 5, and 6: Reduce child mortality, improve maternal health and combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other
diseases |
Increased child mortality, reduced maternal health and the undermining of the nutritional health needed by individuals to
combat HIV/AIDS are expected to occur as a result of climate change-induced:
Extreme weather events
Increase in prevalence of certain vector-borne and water-borne
__diseases
Heat-related mortality
Declining food security
Decreased availability of potable water
|
| Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability |
Climate change will have a direct impact on environmental sustainability because it:
Causes fundamental alterations in ecosystem relationships
Changes the quality and quantity of natural resources
Reduces ecosystem productivity |
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