Sentences with phrase «over water security»

Investors managing more than $ 2.6 trn in assets have sent joint letters to 15 international food and drink companies amid growing concerns over water security and pollution.

By almost any of the conventional measures of cultural and economic influence, the clash over water security and heritage between a tiny North Dakota Native American tribe and a wealthy and well - connected Texas pipeline operator would appear hopelessly tilted one way.

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Michael Puma, an expert on water and food security at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies who was not involved in the study, noted that «Arsenic contamination of groundwater threatens well over 100 million people worldwide.

The masked 9 piece band made several trips over the security barricade which only added to excitement of the bands set which also featured water filled drums and an inflatable killer whale!

The resources exist and yet on a daily basis all over the world women, men and children are denied access to their fundamental human right to education, health, water, sanitation and food security.

This lesson covers the following: Water security and scarcity Water footprints Case study on water management in South Africa (Lesotho Highlands) Rain harvesting Over abstraction in India There are task sheets and work sheets throughout and I have provided notes for any case study materWater security and scarcity Water footprints Case study on water management in South Africa (Lesotho Highlands) Rain harvesting Over abstraction in India There are task sheets and work sheets throughout and I have provided notes for any case study materWater footprints Case study on water management in South Africa (Lesotho Highlands) Rain harvesting Over abstraction in India There are task sheets and work sheets throughout and I have provided notes for any case study materwater management in South Africa (Lesotho Highlands) Rain harvesting Over abstraction in India There are task sheets and work sheets throughout and I have provided notes for any case study materials.

Airport transfers Laundry service Complimentary Wi - Fi Babysitting / childcare In - room safety deposit box Air conditioning Reception is open from 07h00 until 22h00 Concierge service 24hour security First aid kit and over the counter medication is available All day waiter service Turndown service Computer with free access to the Internet A small book exchange is available Free beach towels Free bottled water Free snorkeling equipment Free reef shoes Free kayaks

As if transiting through Heathrow's notoriously unfriendly security lines were not bad enough, customers on British Airways short - haul flights will now be charged for everything on board from sandwiches to water and coffee beginning January 11 from Gatwick and Heathrow (flights from other London airports will switch over at a later date).

Given all the oversimplified assertions over the years about Himalayan glaciers in a warming global climate, it's great to see a committee assembled by the National Academy of Sciences weigh in on the question with some data - based findings in a new report, «Himalayan Glaciers: Climate Change, Water Resources, and Water Security.»

A «Global Trends» report prepared by the U.S. Director of National Intelligence's office, released on Jan. 9, warned that climate change posed security risks because of extreme weather, stress on water and food, and global tensions over how to manage the changes.

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New evidence leaked over the weekend proved what many water protectors already suspected: private security and local police used surveillance...

New evidence leaked over the weekend proved what many water protectors already suspected: private security and local police used surveillance and other counter-terrorism measures against their peaceful resistance of the Dakota Access Pipeline on Standing Rock Sioux land.

Dam removal will improve water quality and open access to hundreds of miles of habitat for endangered salmon and steelhead, ideally resolving lingering disputes over water in the basin and providing greater economic security for fishing, tribal, and agricultural communities.

It finds that climate change will potentially destabilize transboundary river basins, and outlines the linkages among climate change, water variability and security; identifies elements in treaty design that could reduce conflict; and assesses the resilience of treaties ratified between 1948 and 2001, examining the effect of institutional and allocation mechanisms under conditions of variability on cooperation and conflict over time.

It outlines the linkages among climate change, water variability and security; identifies elements in treaty design that could reduce conflict; and assesses the resilience of treaties ratified between 1948 and 2001, examining the effect of institutional and allocation mechanisms under conditions of variability on cooperation and conflict over time.

-- Report, Grist, Six Retired Admirals & Five Retired Generals WASHINGTON (AP)-- Global warming poses a «serious threat to America's national security» and the U.S. likely will be dragged into fights over water and other shortages, top retired military leaders warn in a new report.

2007/04/17: ENN: Melting Himalayan Glaciers Pose Security Risk, UNEP Says Global warming will cause the Himalayan glaciers to melt, leading to mass migration and possibly conflicts over valuable resources such as agricultural land and fresh water, the U.N. Environment Programme chief said.

Issues in the Navy and various security over waters.

I had included the address on mls so XXXX Drive, XXXXXXXXX Ontario, Owners (via cross reference) Mr XXXX and Mrs. XXXX, Age Mid to Late 30 ′ s Phone number 905XXXXXXX 2 children Boy 8 - 10 - plays soccer and lacrosse, favorite color blue, plays piano Girl 11 - 13 - plays soccer and ringette, favorite color yellow, likes unicorns, has ipod and cell phone Family is Catholic He has post secondary education He attended Queens He is an engineer He may have a motorcycle (this was correct too) They purchase foreign brand cars She is Stay at Home Mom She has post secondary education She has some degree She is over weight and trying to lose it She Scrap books She uses the internet regularly She uses a Mac He uses a PC They have a small dog (probably female)(correct again) The dog does not jump up on doors They use Royal Bank They vacation South in Winter (Mexico regular place) They prefer neutral colors She still likes dolls They prefer Sony products and Apple They have an alarm system The alarm is based on motion sensors The windows have no contact sensors The side door is often unlocked The patio doors have no security bars The Basement windows have no curtains The rear yard is accessible from the back They use their hot tub regularly They are not the original owners They drink red wine They drink bottled water They own 2 vehicles She comes from a big family.

I had included the address so XXXXQuail Valley Drive, XXXXXXXXX Ontario, Owners (via cross reference) Mr XXXX and Mrs. XXXX, Age Mid to Late 30 ′ s Phone number 905XXXXXXX 2 children Boy 8 - 10 - plays soccer and lacrosse, favorite color blue, plays piano Girl 11 - 13 - plays soccer and ringette, favorite color yellow, likes unicorns, has ipod and cell phone Family is Catholic He has post secondary education He attended Queens He is an engineer He may have a motorcycle (this was correct too) They purchase foreign brand cars She is Stay at Home Mom She has post secondary education She has some degree She is over weight and trying to lose it She Scrap books She uses the internet regularly She uses a Mac He uses a PC They have a small dog (probably female)(correct again) The dog does not jump up on doors They use Royal Bank They vacation South in Winter (Mexico regular place) They prefer neutral colors She still likes dolls They prefer Sony products and Apple They have an alarm system The alarm is based on motion sensors The windows have no contact sensors The side door is often unlocked The patio doors have no security bars The Basement windows have no curtains The rear yard is accessible from the back They use their hot tub regularly They are not the original owners They drink red wine They drink bottled water They own 2 vehicles She comes from a big family.

It went something like this: hotel check - in, locate room, locate wifi service, attempt connection to wifi, wonder why the connection is taking so long, try again, locate phone, call front desk, get told «the internet is broken for a while», decide to hot - spot the mobile phone because some emails really needed to be sent, go «la la la» about the roaming costs, locate iron, wonder why iron temperature dial just spins around and around, swear as iron spews water instead of steam, find reading glasses, curse middle - aged need for reading glasses, realise iron temperature dial is indecipherably in Chinese, decide ironing front of shirt is good enough when wearing jacket, order room service lunch, start shower, realise can't read impossible small toiletry bottle labels, damply retrieve glasses from near iron and successfully avoid shampooing hair with body lotion, change (into slightly damp shirt), retrieve glasses from shower, start teleconference, eat lunch, remember to mute phone, meet colleague in lobby at 1 pm, continue teleconference, get in taxi, endure 75 stop - start minutes to a inconveniently located client, watch unread emails climb over 150, continue to ignore roaming costs, regret tuna panini lunch choice as taxi warmth, stop - start juddering, jet - lag, guilt about unread emails and traffic fumes combine in a very unpleasant way, stumble out of over-warm taxi and almost catch hypothermia while trying to locate a very small client office in a very large anonymous business park, almost hug client with relief when they appear to escort us the last 50 metres, surprisingly have very positive client meeting (i.e. didn't throw up in the meeting), almost catch hypothermia again waiting for taxi which despite having two functioning GPS devices can't locate us on a main road, understand why as within 30 seconds we are almost rendered unconscious by the in - car exhaust fumes, discover that the taxi ride back to the CBD is even slower and more juddering at peak hour (and no, that was not a carbon monoxide induced hallucination), rescheduled the second client from 5 pm to 5.30, to 6 pm and finally 6.30 pm, killed time by drafting this guest blog (possibly carbon monoxide induced), watch unread emails climb higher, exit taxi and inhale relatively fresher air from kamikaze motor scooters, enter office and grumpily work with client until 9 pm, decline client's gracious offer of expensive dinner, noting it is already midnight my time, observe client fail to correctly set office alarm and endure high decibel «warning, warning» sounds that are clearly designed to send security rushing... soon... any second now... develop new form of nausea and headache from piercing, screeching, sounds - like - a-wailing-baby-please-please-make-it-stop-alarm, note the client is relishing the extra (free) time with us and is still talking about work, admire the client's ability to focus under extreme aural pressure, decide the client may be a little too work focussed, realise that I probably am too given I have just finished work at 9 pm... but then remember the 200 unread emails in my inbox and decide I can resolve that incongruency later (in a quieter space), become sure that there are only two possibilities — there are no security staff or they are deaf — while my colleague frantically tries to call someone who knows what to do, conclude after three calls that no - one does, and then finally someone finally does and... it stops.