Which environmental sustainability target area of the Millennium Development Goals was reached 5 years ahead of schedule?
A) Halve the proportion of the population without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation.
B) Improve the lives of at least 200 million slum dwellers.
C) Address the special needs of the least developed countries, landlocked countries, and small island developing states.
D) Develop further an open, rule-based, predictable, nondiscriminatory trading and financial system.
Ans: A
The goal of halving the proportion of the population without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation was achieved in 2010, 5 years ahead of the 2015 goal. The other target areas have not yet been achieved.
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