Sentences with phrase «global water footprint»

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The standards of environmental protection — and reduction of environmental footprint specified by Nicholas Meat — are a credit to the company as an efficient, sustainable and overall good corporate citizen,» said Global Water & Energy (GW&E) Vice President, Mr. Ian Page.

Global warming, greenhouse gases and carbon footprint have become household terms, and consumer groups, government agencies, and businesses are working on ways to preserve the land, air, water and other natural resources.

Working with Worms to Fight Climate Change Global studies show that water scarcity and water stress are increasing, and as much as 15 % to 35 % of human withdrawals of water for agriculture are considered unsustainable.1 Achievement of climate change - related commitments like those made at last year's Paris Climate Conference («COP21») will require that businesses strategically manage their water footprints for maximum efficacy while mitigating negative impacts.

Global anthropogenic phosphorus loads to freshwater and associated grey water footprints and water pollution levels: a high - resolution global Global anthropogenic phosphorus loads to freshwater and associated grey water footprints and water pollution levels: a high - resolution global global study.

Such a system would reveal whether the local water table was falling or if grazing was too intensive on a given landscape — exactly the type of judgments that the global ecological footprint is ill - suited to make.

With humanity's ecological footprint of 2.7 global hectares (gha) per person means to say that to sustain the current population on Earth of 7 billion people would take 18.9 billion gha (2.7 gha x 7 billion people) which is higher than the 13.4 billion global hectares (gha) of biologically productive land and water on Earth, a fact that indicates that already exceeded the regenerative capacity of the planet in the average level of current world consumption.

Whereas five types of surface (cultivated areas, pastures, forests, fisheries and built environment), planet Earth has approximately 13.4 billion global hectares (gha) of biologically productive land and water according to 2010 data from the Global Footprint Network and humanity's ecological footprint reached the milestone of 2.7 global hectares (gha) per person in 2007 for a world population of 6.7 billion people on the same date (according to the UN)[See Article A terra no limite (Earth in the limit) by José Eustáquio Diniz Alves available on the website < http://planetasustentavel.abril.com.br/noticia/ambiente/terra-limite-humanidade-recursos-naturais-planeta-situacao-sustentavel-637804.shtglobal hectares (gha) of biologically productive land and water according to 2010 data from the Global Footprint Network and humanity's ecological footprint reached the milestone of 2.7 global hectares (gha) per person in 2007 for a world population of 6.7 billion people on the same date (according to the UN)[See Article A terra no limite (Earth in the limit) by José Eustáquio Diniz Alves available on the website < http://planetasustentavel.abril.com.br/noticia/ambiente/terra-limite-humanidade-recursos-naturais-planeta-situacao-sustentavel-637804.shtGlobal Footprint Network and humanity's ecological footprint reached the milestone of 2.7 global hectares (gha) per person in 2007 for a world population of 6.7 billion people on the same date (according to the UN)[See Article A terra no limite (Earth in the limit) by José Eustáquio Diniz Alves available on the website < http://planetasustentavel.abril.com.br/noticia/ambiente/terra-limite-humanidade-recursos-naturais-planeta-situacao-sustentavel-637804.Footprint Network and humanity's ecological footprint reached the milestone of 2.7 global hectares (gha) per person in 2007 for a world population of 6.7 billion people on the same date (according to the UN)[See Article A terra no limite (Earth in the limit) by José Eustáquio Diniz Alves available on the website < http://planetasustentavel.abril.com.br/noticia/ambiente/terra-limite-humanidade-recursos-naturais-planeta-situacao-sustentavel-637804.footprint reached the milestone of 2.7 global hectares (gha) per person in 2007 for a world population of 6.7 billion people on the same date (according to the UN)[See Article A terra no limite (Earth in the limit) by José Eustáquio Diniz Alves available on the website < http://planetasustentavel.abril.com.br/noticia/ambiente/terra-limite-humanidade-recursos-naturais-planeta-situacao-sustentavel-637804.shtglobal hectares (gha) per person in 2007 for a world population of 6.7 billion people on the same date (according to the UN)[See Article A terra no limite (Earth in the limit) by José Eustáquio Diniz Alves available on the website < http://planetasustentavel.abril.com.br/noticia/ambiente/terra-limite-humanidade-recursos-naturais-planeta-situacao-sustentavel-637804.shtml >].

The ecological footprint is a methodology used to measure the amounts of land and water (in terms of global hectares — gha) that would be needed to support domestic consumption.

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There are a number of emerging technologies that have the potential to markedly reduce the human footprint at the global level, in terms of energy, water, emissions of contaminants and other impacts.

Alfredo Rosso, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Industrial Caroline Noller, The Footprint Company Pty Ltd Cathrine Armour, Abu Dhabi Global Data Initiative Craig Simmons, Best Foot Forward Ertug Ercin, Water Footprint Network Fernando Giannetti Biagio, Instituto Jatobás Katsunori Iha, Global Footprint Network Gondran Natacha, ENS des Mines de Saint - Etienne Jane Glavan, Abu Dhabi Global Data Initiative Jane Hersey, BioRegional Development Group João Salvador Furtado, Instituto Jatobás Luca Fernando Ruini, Barilla Maria Csutora, Corvinus University of Budapest Miroslav Havranek, Charles University Environment Center Monika Besenyei, KÖVET Association for Sustainable Econiomies Simone Bastianoni, University of Siena — Ecodynamics Group Valentina Niccolucci, University of Siena — Ecodynamics Group Wolfgang Pekny, Plattform Footprint Simon Cordingley, (Moderator) Compass Professional Development Ltd

To ensure the quality of the water footprint, we take into account current standards and detection methods, such as the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), Water Footprint Network or ISO 1water footprint, we take into account current standards and detection methods, such as the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), Water Footprint Network or Ifootprint, we take into account current standards and detection methods, such as the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), Water Footprint Network or ISO 1Water Footprint Network or IFootprint Network or ISO 14046.

Water balance of global aquifers revealed by groundwater footprint Tom Gleeson, et al..

Hoekstra, A. Y., Mekonnen, M. M., Chapagain, A. K., Mathews, R. E. & Richter, B. D. Global monthly water scarcity: blue water footprints versus blue water availability.

The water footprint of a person, family, community, nation is the total volume of fresh water used to produce the goods (including food) and services consumed, in other words, the water footprint is the volume of water required to sustain a personal or family lifestyle or indeed a global population;

The cited paper you linked to is «A Global Assessment of the Water Footprint of Farm Animal Products» by Mekonnen and Hoekstra, published in the journal Ecosystems in January 2012.

The effort is funded by the USDA's Risk Management Agency and comes at a critical time in which local, sustainable food sources must be more heavily emphasized across the country in light of growing challenges such as global warming and carbon footprint, water supply, food transportation costs, and food quality.