Sentences with phrase «global water issues»

To be honest, I had little knowledge about global water issues and how it disproportionately impacts women, who have less time for school or work due to hours spent collecting clean water from miles away for their families.

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This environmental protection group works with businesses, elected officials and community groups on issues such as global warming, reviving the oceans, clean water and sustainable communities.

His areas of focus include domestic and global health issues, water, tobacco, corporate governance, farmworkers» rights and food justice.

More than 350 leading college entrepreneurs and 150 world leaders gathered at the Kairos Global Summit in New York City earlier this year to collaborate and create innovations and business models that address key global issues, including clean water, the global financial crisis, energy consumption, natural disasters, healthcare andGlobal Summit in New York City earlier this year to collaborate and create innovations and business models that address key global issues, including clean water, the global financial crisis, energy consumption, natural disasters, healthcare andglobal issues, including clean water, the global financial crisis, energy consumption, natural disasters, healthcare andglobal financial crisis, energy consumption, natural disasters, healthcare and more.

There's no evidence of a global flood in the geological record, the logistics of getting animals from and returning them to the then - unknown Americas and Australia, there is not enough water to cover all land (i.e. Everest) and if there were where did it go, the flood would have killed all life on earth that was not in the Ark, the issue of food for all animals, the issue of predation.

So the alarmist community has reacted predictably by issuing ever more apocalyptic statements, like the federal report» Global Change Impacts in the United States» issued last week which predicts more frequent heat waves, rising water temperatures, more wildfires, rising disease levels, and rising sea levels — headlined, in a paper I read, as «Getting Warmer.»

Locally manufactured technologies — such as fine screening, for example — are already reducing maintenance and OH&S issues for Australian and New Zealand companies, while CST Wastewater Solutions also represents globally successful technologies including Smith and Loveless, Berson UV disinfection systems and Global Water Engineering water quality and green energy technologies proven in more than 300 projects worldWater Engineering water quality and green energy technologies proven in more than 300 projects worldwater quality and green energy technologies proven in more than 300 projects worldwide.

The 2014 program schedule included: culinary demonstrations centered around adventurous flavors and new menu trends; presentations and panel discussions focused on sustainable agricultural practices, the role of wheat in our diet vs. seekers of gluten - free options, and water issues affecting food production; discussions on how American menus are often shaped by millennials, health and nutrition concerns, and global cuisines; a Friday field trip to the CIA Farm in St. Helena and through Marin and Sonoma Counties to visit Pozzi Ranch, Dutton Ranch (where Valley Ford Cheese Company joined), and Gourmet Mushrooms with tastings and presentations by the farmers as well as farm bureau and land trust experts; and the exciting and interactive Saturday Market Basket Exercise, where attendees were divided into six teams to develop menu concepts using sponsor products for the following categories:

The Banrock Station Environmental Trust also supports internationally and nationally recognised conservation organisations to further their objectives in tackling global environmental issues such as climate change, water conservation, ecosystem loss and species loss.

It requires addressing interlocked issues encompassing many of the Global Goals — including water, climate change and land degradation, but also access to finance, gender equality and even literacy, which all affect farmers» ability to produce good quality crops.

There are other reasons to boycott Nestlé, such as concern over its exploitation of water resources (see Council of Canadians boycott call), treatment of dairy and coffee farmers, accusations of child slavery and labour in its cocoa supply chain and other issues (see report to the UN Global Compact office, 2009).

Organizations write appeals based on particular issues all the time (I cranked one out on Thursday), but they generally talk about something the group WORKs on (i.e., «please donate $ 5 to help us fight global communist infiltration of our drinking water»).

Sustaining fresh water and energy resources; mitigating the effects of natural hazards such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, severe weather, landslides, coastal erosion, and solar flares; and dealing with the consequences of global warming and sea - level rise are issues that affect all populations, regardless of gender, ethnicity, or cultural traditions.

Lomborg, a Danish political scientist with a background in statistics, argues in his text that claims made by environmentalists about global warming, overpopulation, energy, deforestation, species loss, water shortages, and a variety of other issues are exaggerations unsupported by a proper analysis of environmental data.

«With respect to global issues like hydrocarbon exploration, fresh water, global climate change, this is the important stuff.

The global community is generally improving on a number of issues, such as health outcomes related to drinking water and sanitation and protection of marine ecosystems, while on other issues significant challenges remain.

Success in these twin facets of human sustainability will crack the unbreakable code of our most pressing global issues: climate change, food scarcity, water supplies, immigration, health care, biodiversity loss, even war.

It seeks to promote multi - and bilateral relations based on the mutual benefit of partners and an active dialogue on issues of global relevance including energy, water, climate change, food security and health.

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«Starting from small things such as saving water or electricity to picking up trash, children quickly realize the global perspective of the issue.

JSIS also links global issues to local action through International Action Day, which recently focused on global access to water, and the Green Team, which encourages schoolwide actions to support environmental sustainability.

The event, organised by Northumbrian Water Group (NWG), will see major national and global companies working with other businesses, universities, schools and members of the public to look at a range of issues, including flooding, the environment and social inclusion.

It's a day to make a difference for the members of the global population who suffer from water related issues.

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The use of art in all forms has served as a vehicle to raise public awareness of many issues, from street harassment to the global water crisis and everything in between.

Ballroom Marfa proudly presents its first single - topic exhibition, a multi-discipline project devoted solely to bringing attention to a global environmental issue: Water.

Ballroom Marfa «s first single - topic exhibition, a multi-disciplinary project devoted solely to bringing attention to a global environmental issue: water.

As the past few decades have witnessed how global power has systematically distributed the world's resources in unequal ways, concerns such as human rights have become increasingly tied to issues involving air, water and land.

«It's absolutely correct that the growing meat intensity of diets around the world is one of the issues connected to this global crisis, not only because of the CO2 involved but also because of the water consumed in the process.»

Amazon, Arctic, Darfur and Napa Valley Stephan Faris, a correspondent for Time, Fortune, and Salon, who wrote Forecast: The Consequences of Climate Change, from the Amazon to the Arctic, from Darfur to Napa Valley, addressed land use and how global warming is responsible for drought, water issues, malaria spreading, health, and immigration pressures around the world.

The issues relating to sea level rise and the global water budget can only be addressed when the record of satellite gravity measurement from GRACE achieves adequate duration.

Peter Gleick, an analyst of global water and climate issues, chides the newspaper in a Forbes post, noting that the Journal turned down a letter of concern about human - driven climate change from 255 members of the National Academy of Sciences (which ended up published in the journal Science).

Other global issues, such as climate change, oceanic acidification, water shortages, etc. can be shown to derive from or be exacerbated by these four.

Inaugurated in 1993 by the United Nations General Assembly, World Water Day is a day to celebrate water and «make a difference for the members of the global population who suffer from water related isWater Day is a day to celebrate water and «make a difference for the members of the global population who suffer from water related iswater and «make a difference for the members of the global population who suffer from water related iswater related issues.

This issue points out the importance of establishing a salinity monitoring network that would provide insight into the global water cycle that we do not presently have.

«Our goal is not only to provide much - needed funds to these organizations, but to engage customers on issues such as recycling, sustainable water use, watershed protection and the global water crisis.»

Nonprofit and for - profit organizations working in developing countries to bring clean water and sanitation to people most in need play a major role in tackling this most difficult global health issue.

Climate change, and humanity's response to it, are issues of global importance, affecting food production, water resources, ecosystems, energy demand, insurance costs and much else.

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However, when Americans are asked to rank environmental concerns, global warming is well below other issues, such as water pollution, air pollution, damage to the ozone layer and the loss of tropical rain forests.

TESTIMONIES Recommendations to Congress for Fundamental Changes in National Water Policy On December 8, 2011, Pacific Institute President Dr. Peter Gleick testified in Washington, D.C. before the before the Subcommittee on Water and Power of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources — Hearing on Opportunities and Challenges to Address Domestic and Global Water Supply Issues.

Prior to coming to Synapse, Jenny worked as deputy editor of Singapore - based eco-business.com, where she managed online content and wrote news articles about Asian and global sustainability issues including energy, carbon policy, corporate social responsibility, clean technology, green buildings, water and waste management and livable cities.

Understand the issues shaping the global and regional energy agenda: from the financial crisis to the water - energy nexus and the role of CCS and renewables, what issues keep energy leaders awake at night?

Before hitting the road in 2010 for Expedition Blue Planet: North America, Cousteau served as the water advisor and spokesperson for the global Live Earth 2010 Run for Water — a project that teams her public advocacy on environmental issues with actress Jessica Biel, musician Pete Wentz, and many water advisor and spokesperson for the global Live Earth 2010 Run for Water — a project that teams her public advocacy on environmental issues with actress Jessica Biel, musician Pete Wentz, and many Water — a project that teams her public advocacy on environmental issues with actress Jessica Biel, musician Pete Wentz, and many more.

We work with global ocean circulation models to understand issues like the thermal expansion of ocean waters due to global warming or the effect of changing ocean currents on regional sea levels.

Writing on climate liability in 2003 as flood waters burst from the river Thames, Allen argued that the issue of attribution was penetrating as «it touches on a question that is far closer to many of our hearts than global sustainability or planetary survival — who to sue when the house price falls?»

Lets confuse the issue more: «One of the fundamental aspects of global warming is that it increases the amount of moisture in the atmosphere, because warmer air holds more water vapor.»

We have launched the Unconventional Gas Technical Engagement Program to share best practices on issues such as water management, methane emissions, air quality, permitting, contracting, and pricing to help increase global gas supplies and facilitate development of the associated infrastructure that brings them to market.

This statement will provide insight on water issues, also as they relate to other major forthcoming global events on development, such as the UN General Assembly's anticipated confirmation of the Sustainable Development Goals for the post-2015 Development Agenda and the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties (COP21) on Climate Change, amongst others.