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Sustainable Pathways to Attain the Millennium Development Goals – Assessing the Role of Water, Energy and Sanitation

This report highlights the importance of the environment in achieving all MDGs. It focuses on three core aspects of goal fulfillment, namely freshwater to eradicate hunger and sustain ecosystems, energy for poverty alleviation and sanitation for poverty alleviation, health improvements and environmental sustainability.

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Rockström, J.; Axberg, G. A.; Falkenmark, M.; Lannerstad, M.; Rosemarin, A.; Caldwell, I.; Arvidson, A.; Nordström, M. (2005). Sustainable Pathways to Attain the Millennium Development Goals - Assessing the Role of Water, Energy and Sanitation. SEI Publications.

 

The objective is to clarify the large environmental investments required to attain the MDGs, and to identify sustainable solutions where synergies between the environment and development can be achieved for more rapid MDG achievement and to secure long-term sustainability also beyond 2015.

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Göran Nilsson Axberg

SEI Affiliated Researcher

Arno Rosemarin
Arno Rosemarin

Senior Research Fellow

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Ian Caldwell
Ian Caldwell

IT and Data Security Manager

Global Operations

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