President Buhari directed the Minister of Water Resources, Mr Sulaiman Adamu, to work with the Jigawa State Government to alleviate
the challenge of water scarcity in the state capital, following a complaint by the Emir of Dutse.
Not exact matches
«We think
water scarcity is one
of the most pressing development
challenges of the 21st century,» says Chris Holmes, USAID's global
water coordinator.
«The rising costs
of energy, human - induced environment and land degradation,
water scarcity, and extreme weather events all present
challenges, some
of which have been on the agenda for decades, others
of which are new,» said Task Force co-Chair Dan Glickman.
The report identifies urbanization and associated increased flood risk,
water scarcity and impacts
of climate change as the main
challenges facing the region.
Health eff ects from changes to the environment including climatic change, ocean acidification, land degradation,
water scarcity, overexploitation
of fisheries, and biodiversity loss pose serious
challenges to the global health gains
of the past several decades and are likely to become increasingly dominant during the second half
of this century and beyond.
Many other
challenges such as the distortion
of ecosystem services, the loss
of biodiversity, the degradation
of land, sprawling urbanization, worsening
water scarcity, the disturbances in terrestrial and marine food chains or the ubiquitous pollution
of all environmental systems have to be taken into consideration.
However,
water scarcity is expected to be a big
challenge in many Asian regions because
of increasing
water demand from population growth and consumption per capita with higher standards
of living.
This book tackles an increasingly crucial question: What can we do about the seemingly intractable
challenges confronting all
of humanity today, including climate change, global hunger,
water scarcity, environmental stress and economic instability?
Breaking New Ground: A Personal History (W.W. Norton & Co., NY: 2013) Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics
of Food
Scarcity (W.W. Norton & Co., NY: 2012) World on the Edge: How to Prevent Environmental and Economic Collapse (W.W. Norton & Co., NY: 2011) Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization (W.W. Norton & Co., NY: 2009) Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization (W.W. Norton & Co., NY: 2008) Plan B 2.0: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble (W.W. Norton & Co., NY: 2006) Outgrowing the Earth: The Food Security
Challenge in an Age
of Falling
Water Tables and Rising Temperatures (W.W. Norton & Co., NY: 2005) Plan B: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble (W.W. Norton & Co., NY: 2003) The Earth Policy Reader (W.W. Norton & Co., NY: 2002) with Janet Larsen and Bernie Fischlowitz - Roberts Eco-Economy: Building an Economy for the Earth (W.W. Norton & Co., NY: 2001) Plan B Updates:
In our feature article on page 16, Alanna Maya explores how
challenges such as disposal restrictions,
water scarcity, and high transportation costs are driving oil and gas operators to maximize their use
of water resources.
And there is such a system that can offer a variety
of benefits to not just the grower, their local neighborhood, and their community, but can also address some
of the larger
challenges that we as a species are facing, such as
water and food
scarcity, decreasing soil health, and resource depletion.