In some societies women and children are responsible for performing chores out in the open and when sources of water and fuel are disrupted by climatic conditions, they are forced to travel long distances to secure these basic goods. Some women make a living in fishing or agriculture and extreme weather events can deplete them of food and income. Women and children are also more exposed to certain indoor household risks, such as air pollution from the use of solid fuel, a leading cause of respiratory illness. (4) Soil and water pollution and soil depletion from unsustainable farming practices exacerbate environmental degradation. This can lead to food insecurity and malnutrition, an underlying cause of poor health and poverty, particularly among women and children.” (Presern). Therefore improving environmental well-being would also improve the living standards of many people. This is emphasized in an article entitled The Millennium Project: the positive health implications of improved environmental sustainability. “Ensuring environmental sustainability is essential to achieving all the Millennium Development Goals. Longterm solutions to problems of drinking-water shortages, hunger, poverty, gender inequality, emerging and reemerging infectious diseases, maternal and childhood health, extreme local weather and global climate changes, and conflicts over natural resources need systematic strategies to achieve environmental sustainability.” (Melnick, D. J., et al.) Unless environmental sustainability is achieved, much of the world’s population will go without basic human rights: to food, to water, to
In some societies women and children are responsible for performing chores out in the open and when sources of water and fuel are disrupted by climatic conditions, they are forced to travel long distances to secure these basic goods. Some women make a living in fishing or agriculture and extreme weather events can deplete them of food and income. Women and children are also more exposed to certain indoor household risks, such as air pollution from the use of solid fuel, a leading cause of respiratory illness. (4) Soil and water pollution and soil depletion from unsustainable farming practices exacerbate environmental degradation. This can lead to food insecurity and malnutrition, an underlying cause of poor health and poverty, particularly among women and children.” (Presern). Therefore improving environmental well-being would also improve the living standards of many people. This is emphasized in an article entitled The Millennium Project: the positive health implications of improved environmental sustainability. “Ensuring environmental sustainability is essential to achieving all the Millennium Development Goals. Longterm solutions to problems of drinking-water shortages, hunger, poverty, gender inequality, emerging and reemerging infectious diseases, maternal and childhood health, extreme local weather and global climate changes, and conflicts over natural resources need systematic strategies to achieve environmental sustainability.” (Melnick, D. J., et al.) Unless environmental sustainability is achieved, much of the world’s population will go without basic human rights: to food, to water, to