Indicators of Sustainable Development |
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The percentage of people living in extreme poverty (on less than $1 per day) is projected to decline to around 22 per cent by 2008. The world's population had reached 6 billion by the year 2000. Fertility rates are declining globally but the planet's population is projected to be close to 9 billion by 2050.
The UK is one of relatively few countries to have reduced carbon dioxide emissions per head since 1990. UK emissions per head in 1999 were similar to the EU average, just under half those of the United States, and 2.3 times the average for the world as a whole.
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| 1970 | 1990 | 1970 | 1990 | Strategy | |||
| U1 | Global poverty | |
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| U2 | Net Official Development Assistance (oda) | |
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| U3 | Global population | |
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| U4 | UK public expenditure on global environment protection | |
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| U5 | Implementation of multilateral environmental agreements | |
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| U6 | International emissions of carbon dioxide per head | |
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| U7 | World and UK materials consumption levels per head | |
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