Sentences with phrase «defined basic human need»
Peter developed one of the first analyses of climate change impacts on water resources, the earliest comprehensive work on water and conflict, and defined basic human need and right to water — work that has been used by the United Nations and in human rights court cases.
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The Index's authors define social progress as «the capacity of a society to meet the basic human needs of its citizens, establish the building blocks that allow citizens and communities to enhance and sustain the quality of their lives, and create the conditions for all individuals to reach their full potential.»
Basic human needs - food, shelter, clothing, etc can't be defined as selfish.
From the turbulent fragmentation of what was Yugoslavia to the rise of neo-Nazism in Germany, the basic human need to define me and mine as opposed to you and yours seemingly overpowered all others.
It took a lot of courage for me to do this, but it has helped define what I need to «click» with a teacher: basic human kindness, respect for the student, and gratitude that they have come to class, regardless of how their body performs each day.