MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS AND CLIMATE CHANGE

The BCI through its activities expects to contribute significantly to the Millenium Development Goals on poverty (MDG1), education (MDG2), gender equality (MDG 3), maternal health (MDG 5), environmental sustainability (MDG 7) and global partnership for development (MDG 8). For example, compliance with international core labour standards is a major element in poverty reduction (MDG 1), and viable economic development is inconceivable without eradicating forced and exploitative child labour (MDG 2).

 

Climate change is already affecting agriculture across the world as a result of changes in temperature, precipitation, and extreme events. These changes will affect those farmers that are least resilient the hardest. These farmers are likely to be the poorest, most marginalised farmers in water stressed regions. Better Cotton production has a twofold role to play: to help cotton farmers to improve their resilience to climate change, and to help mitigate greenhouse gas release through agronomic practices. Improving resilience means that farmers and communities are better placed to adapt to change while the promotion of conservation tillage and other practices that sequester carbon or prevent the release of greenhouse gases can lead to reduced greenhouse gas emissions.

last update: 5 Oct. 09