Lack of Water Threat to the Poor – UNDP

Prosperous countries have not lived up to their promises to help the poor, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) declares, saying poor people often go hungry because of polluted water, drought and other environmental factors that are increasing poverty.

In its annual report on the quality of life worldwide, the UNDP says that more should be done to address international environmental concerns and that sustainability must become a way of life as the world population grows above 7 billion.

UNDP Administrator, Helen Clark, points out that, "Sustainability is not exclusively or even primarily an environmental issue."

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