Page 124 - Built Expressions - Online Construction Magazine - November 2014 Issue

Techno-Crate A number of course corrections, including better implementation of progressive policies and programmes that already exist, reforms in other existing policies and programmes to make them more progressive, and fundamental changes in pathways of development and governance are necessary if holistic human well- being is to be achieved. mdG 7 - SeventH millennium development Goal INDIA’S RESPONSE TO ‘ENSURE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY’ ndia has made some progress extreme poverty and hunger, achieve towards the Seventh Millennium universal primary education, promote IDevelopment Goal (MDG) of gender equality and empower women ensuring environmental sustainability. and reduce child mortality among Forest cover has increased to 21.02% others. MDG7 being on ‘Ensure and protected areas cover to about Environmental Sustainability’, gains 4.83% of the country’s total land importance in the context of sustainable area. Reducing the energy intensity environmental issues. It aims to of GDP growth through higher energy integrate the Principles of Sustainable effciency will be the key to achieving Development into Country Policies energy security. and Programmes and Reverse the loss The MDGs are eight international of Environmental Resources. development goals that were Additionally, there is increasing established following the Millennium evidence of the ecological Summit of the United Nations in 2000, unsustainability of the current path following the adoption of the United of development, and of the growing Nations Millennium Declaration. All chasm between rich and poor. Even 189 United Nations member states at the limited targets set under MDG7 on the time (there are 193 currently) and ensuring environmental sustainability at least 23 international organizations have not been met; the interconnections committed to help achieve the following between this and other goals continue Millennium Development Goals by to be weak or ignored. A fundamentally 2015; that includes eradication of different framework of development, PG 124 Built Expressions Vol: 3 Issue: 11 November 2014