Sentences with phrase «lack of fresh water»

Or whether millions more poor people perish from lack of fresh water and crop failures?

«The lack of fresh water has severely affected the people, especially women,» [continue reading...]

• Lack of fresh water is already a huge problem worldwide, and it will get much, much worse.

Expect prices on Nusa Penida to be slightly higher than on Bali, given that it must boat in much of its food for lack of fresh water.

There were also a few creepy - crawlies (five scorpions scurried out from beneath my tent one morning), but the lack of fresh water means few insects.

So far, a lack of fresh water has prevented Loreto from becoming a major tourist destination.

Due to the lack of fresh water on the Gili Islands, they remained uninhabited until quite recently.

Rice plantations don't particularly flourish on Nusa Penida due largely to the lack of fresh water and thin topsoil.

It can survive in conditions with a significant lack of fresh water, for example, Santa Barbara and Anacapa islands, the two Channel Islands without rivers.

It does not exist on the Santa Barbara and Anacapa islands, though, due to the lack of fresh water.

There were no permanent indigenous settlements on Point Loma because of a lack of fresh water.

The sheer lack of fresh water is a major cause of death, pal.

«Isn't this strange that there's a Christian response to almost every kind of need amongst the poor — if it's a lack of food or lack of fresh water or housing or medical care or education — but what if the problem is violence?»

Read more about the risk and opportunities related to the lack of fresh water here.

As the event opened, the panellists were presented with five global risk scenarios: uncontrolled city growth, lack of fresh water, extreme weather, continued fossil fuel lock - in and rising cases of non-communicable diseases (NCDs).

These 15 risks are: Lack of Fresh Water, Unsustainable Urbanization, Continued Lock - in to Fossil Fuels, Chronic Diseases, Extreme Weather, Loss of Ocean Biodiversity, Resistance to Life - saving Medicine, Accelerating Transport Emissions, Youth Unemployment, Global Food Crisis, Unstable Regions, Soil Depletion, Rising Inequality, Cities Disrupted by Climate Change & Cyber Threats.

This implies that risks are not too big or overarching (like resource scarcity, rising levels of atmospheric CO2, or global warming) but are more focused e.g. extreme weather, increased greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture or from energy use, or a lack of fresh water.

This year, we presented three opportunities in our Global Opportunity Report that dealt with the risk of lack of fresh water — a risk closely connected to SDG # 6.

Over the next two weeks, academics, innovators, business leaders, public officials and youth organization representatives will convene at workshops in San Francisco, Sao Paulo, London, Johannesburg, Oslo, Abu Dhabi, Mumbai and Shanghai to identify tangible opportunities related to five risks threatening our communities: extreme weather, continued lock - in to fossil fuels, urban breakdown, lack of fresh water and continued rise in non-communicable diseases.

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The United Nations estimates that by 2050 more than 60 % of the world's population will lack fresh water for drinking and cooking.

Information about nutrition during pregnancy and breastfeeding may not take into account the limitations that many mothers face: lack of food, limited access to fresh foods, and limited or no access to common food - preparation needs such as running water, stove, refrigerator, or microwave.

With one - third of the planet's population lacking sufficient drinking water, governments are increasingly looking to desalination to produce fresh water from seas and estuaries.

Dental discomfort for any reason, lack of adequate exercise or enough fresh water, or any change in the pet's environment that can lead to stress may cause the pet to not eat.

Many shelter and animal rescue staff have seen firsthand the scenes of filth and neglect at puppy mills: the cramped, dark pens housing terrified animals; the lack of food, fresh water, or veterinary care.

Cold weather related health problems, among others, include frostbite, severe hypothermia, dehydration from lack of access to unfrozen fresh water, and poisoning from antifreeze and ice melting products.

Lacking a steady supply of fresh water, no permanent settlements were ever established on Santa Barbara Island.

The shallow water, lack of currents and marvelous fresh reef make this site an excellent place for new divers or those who have been away from diving for some time.

And while I typically don't complain about a lack of enemies to battle under water (I loathe it, in fact), adding a little variety to the overall types of enemies in the game keeps it fresh.

As you know, salinity affects evaporation and / or may reflect an influx (or lack) of fresh water (by precipitation, riverine, or runoff).

Although I have not always been a fan of Maude Barlow, she was a very good speaker and the talk was uniquely depressing and inspiring: depressing because of the real threats to fresh water supplies and the lack of discussion at federal, provincial and municipal levels of water policies that would support sustainable water management practices; inspiring because of the slow progress being made and small successes achieved in Canada and around the world.