Strategy At A Glance
In many developing countries, the costs of environmental degradation have been estimated at 4 to 8 percent of GDP annually. Natural resources degradation - depleted soils, insufficient water, rapidly disappearing forests, collapsed fisheries - threatens the health of millions of people. Pollution continues to present a major health threat; an estimated 6 million people die annually, and many more get sick, in developing countries from water-related diseases, indoor air pollution, urban air pollution, and exposure to toxic chemicals.
Environmental degradation reaches across borders, affecting the quality of the regional and global commons and further increases the vulnerability of people to natural disasters. Its cumulative impact threatens the basis for growth and livelihood today and in the future. The Environment Strategy is responding to these challenges.
This page offers a quick tour of the Environment Strategy, by briefly introducing its three strategic objectives and some of the key issues that it covers.
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