Only some 32 of these multilateral environmental agreements contain trade provisions for the effective achievement of their environmental goals.

This cooperation enables the setting of appropriate environmental and developmental goals and recommends priority actions to maintain or restore environmental productive capacity.

Equally necessary are institutions that mediate the goals of social equity and environmental sustainability.

Technology assessment and forecasting capabilities were a key link between environmental and industrialization goals.

We stress that environmental sustainability is key to meeting all the other Millennium Development Goals.

The Goals and their implementation have been and continue to be highlighted in UNEP environmental assessments.

Linking multilateral environmental agreements and implementation of the Millennium Development Goals, including through valuing ecosystem services

My Government recognizes the critical role of environmental issues in the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.

The policy is designed to assist the achievement of Australia apos s economic, social and environmental goals.

Goals Green nanotechnology has two goals producing nanomaterials and products without harming the environment or human health, and producing nano products that provide solutions to environmental problems.

They should agree to address shared global goals, including the fight against poverty, hunger, and disease (the Millennium Development Goals), as well as climate change and environmental destruction.

Environmental protection is a threat that is a major challenge in the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals.

The report provides a blueprint for actions required to meet the Millennium Development Goals and recognizes the importance of environmental sustainability as a necessary condition for meeting these goals.

These eight goals range from eradicating extreme poverty, providing universal primary education, and reducing health threats, to ensuring environmental sustainability.

(b) To enhance the contribution of forests to the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, in particular with respect to poverty eradication and environmental sustainability

These principles could be applied in the areas of economic development, education, environmental stewardship, and governance, for example, to generate development goals and construct new indicators to measure progress towards these goals.

It also contributes to those Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) related to poverty reduction, access to clean drinking water and environmental sustainability.

4. To balance and achieve the goals of increased productivity, poverty reduction and environmental protection, a change of approach was required.

One of the major development goals is to ensure environmental sustainability, particularly by integrating the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programmes, so as to reverse the loss of environmental resources.

Ideally, natural disaster reduction activities should yield collateral benefits for economic development and environmental protection, hence the need for integrated approaches in development policies to take into account environmental and disaster reduction goals.

Sri Lanka accorded high priority to the implementation of Agenda 21 and the Millennium Development Goals, including target 7 on environmental sustainability.

Noting the role of the military sector in the promotion of national environmental goals and objectives in the transition to sustainable development,

quot Recognizing that the eradication of poverty and the full achievement of social, economic and environmental objectives and strategies are interrelated goals,

International security also depends upon social development, the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), environmental sustainability and the promotion of international trade.

Everywhere sustainable development was key to breaking the cycle of poverty and environmental decline, to the achievement of the goals of Agenda 21.

This can bring the benefits of better synergy among other environmental goals because this ministry is often charged to deal with other local and global environmental issues, such as pollution control, biodiversity, desertification and ozone depletion.

Unlike the other goals, the target corresponding to MDG 7 (Ensure environmental sustainability) is not established in specific quantitative terms or with particular timelines.

Environmental protection measures, as laid down in goal 7 of the Millennium Development Goals and the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation, should be taken seriously.

The attempts to raise new barriers, such as those ostensibly designed to promote environmental goals but actually motivated by protectionist aims, were therefore deplorable.

Ministers and Government Representatives also reaffirm their commitment to achieving the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, in particular the goals to halve the proportion of people living in extreme poverty and to achieve environmental sustainability by 2015.

The centrality of the relationship between the environmental sustainability and development has been eloquently summed up in the Millennium Projects Task Force report on environmental sustainability, which that states quite simply, environmental sustainability is the foundation upon which achieving all the other Millennium Development Goals must be built .

The ministers had highlighted the failure to operationalize the link between environmental sustainability and the Goals, recommending systematic integration of environmental sustainability considerations into all national poverty reduction strategies, United Nations development assistance frameworks and national development plans.

The United Nations Millennium Development Goals set ambitious targets for lowering poverty, improving health and nutrition, expanding education, increasing gender equality, and ensuring environmental sustainability.

The aforementioned issues and the basic objective of integrating economic, social and environmental goals were addressed in depth by the United Nations conferences and summits.

The MDGs constitute a set of time bound and measurable goals, targets and indicators for combating poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation and gender inequality.

There is often a lack of synergy between policy (such as climate change policy) goals developed under environmental ministries and policies developed under other ministries.

Private sector initiatives to meet corporate environmental goals and develop more environment friendly products as part of strategic marketing initiatives are also drivers of change.

Whereas the role of markets is critical, it needs to be seen within the context of broader societal goals of social equity and environmental sustainability.

On that occasion, in Rio, the links between legitimate development goals, environmental concerns and the well being of future generations were thoroughly established and developed.

Participants had unanimously expressed their conviction that environmental sustainability was crucial for the successful implementation of the Millennium Development Goals, and that the sustainable use of the natural resource base and responsible environmental management practices were prerequisites for development.

This includes joint projects in Kenya, Rwanda and the United Republic of Tanzania Cooperation with UNDP on the implementation of Millennium Development Goal 7 and other Goals where environmental sustainability could make a significant contribution to achieving the Goals.

If political, economic, social and environmental goals were to be achieved within the context of sustainable development, cities had to work well, and be soundly managed, through the devolution of responsibilities and resources commensurate to their economic and environmental tasks.

Rather than focusing solely on income, sustainable development encourages cities, countries, and the world to focus simultaneously on three goals economic prosperity, social inclusion, and environmental sustainability.

Human rights, gender equality, sexual and reproductive health and rights, environmental sustainability and education are cross cutting issues contributing to the realization of the Millennium Development Goals.

It is also structured to enhance ministerial discussions and conclusions on this central interrelationship between environmental sustainability, economic development and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.