- COPENHAGEN, Denmark: The United Nations says that people often go hungry because of polluted water, drought and other environmental factors that are increasing poverty and threatening the ecology.
In its annual report on the quality of life worldwide, released Wednesday, the United Nations Development Program said that sustainability must become “how we choose to live our lives,” as the world population grows above 7 billion.
Among the 187 nations surveyed, Norway, Australia and the Netherlands topped the annual Human Development Index and Congo, Niger and Burundi were listed last. The United States was fourth.
