The global scale of mounting pressures on the environment, epitomized by problems such as global warming and the thinning of the ozone layer, underscores the fact that countries are becoming increasingly interdependent and vulnerable. Sustainable development is grounded in the recognition of the role played by the environment and natural resources in providing the material and environmental basis, the ecosystems and the energy on which economic processes depend.

Information from: The Millennium Development Goals: a Latin American and Caribbean perspective (UN, 2005)

ECLAC is working in the translation of the Regional Progress report and Sumary Table. At the moment only the Spanish version is available.

 
7.A. Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programmes and reverse the loss of environmental resources
7.B. Reduce biodiversity loss, achieving,  by 2010, a significant reduction in the rate of loss
7.C. Halve, by 2015, the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation
7.D. By 2020, to have achieved a significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers
 
 
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  2007
Tugurios, migración y objetivos de desarrollo del Milenio
  2008
Energía y metas del milenio en Guatemala, Honduras y Nicaragua