Sentences with phrase «reliable water supplies in»

Almost certainly, the expected number of lives saved by the $ 1 million spent on planetary defence would be dwarfed by the same amount spent on, for example, clean, reliable water supplies in African or South American slums.

Juliet Christian - Smith, a climate scientist with the Union of Concerned Scientists, talked to Water Deeply about the two things we need to ensure a reliable water supply in the future.

Not exact matches

Without a reliable, cost - effective and stable supply of water, its very existence is in jeopardy.

«An important consideration is that our national infrastructure, which guarantees our energy and water supplies and enables safe and reliable use of road, rail and air transport, is increasingly interconnected and interdependent (for example flooded power stations mean power cuts, which result in telecommunications failures).

Our democracy should not only be about holding free, fair and transparent elections; it should be about the totality of efforts to broaden access to healthcare, education, provide potable water, reliable power supply and other social amenities to the citizenry to make human habitation in Ghana a sight to behold.

In order to retain and attract vital businesses in the new economy, strong infrastructure, including a resilient, reliable and cost - effective water supply will have to be in placIn order to retain and attract vital businesses in the new economy, strong infrastructure, including a resilient, reliable and cost - effective water supply will have to be in placin the new economy, strong infrastructure, including a resilient, reliable and cost - effective water supply will have to be in placin place.

In the western United States, where corn must be irrigated because precipitation is less reliable, Schnoor said the strain on the underground water supply is even greater.

Sustainable management of water resources (including provision of safe and reliable supplies for drinking water and irrigation, adequate sanitation, protection of aquatic ecosystems, and flood protection) poses enormous challenges in many parts of the world.

«By midcentury, we expect to see less reliable surface water supplies in several regions of the United States,» said the study's lead author, Kristen Averyt, associate director for science at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the University of Colorado Boulder.

They play a crucial role in maintaining a reliable water supply for millions of people in major cities like Bogotá and Medellín.

These classes factor in distance to a fire station and to a reliable water supply.

Jesuit missionaries founded Todos Santos in 1723, capitalizing on the region's only reliable water supply.

A complete energy transition to water, solar and wind would require significant infrastructure investments in order to guarantee a reliable supply of energy.

Many of the examples used in the Earthship model can be reproduced in houses throughout the community to provide natural heating without electricity and a more reliable water supply through rainwater catchment and storage for cooking and for growing crops.

Nuclear power would provide many other benefits as well: energy security, reliable energy supply, reduce shipping costs and energy used in shipping coal by a factor of 20,000 to 2 million, provide fresh water, no need for carbon pricing, avoid 1 million fatalities per year by 2050,... https://judithcurry.com/2012/08/17/learning-from-the-octopus/#comment-231867.

More than 400 programs in 62 countries invested in the natural ability of forests, wetlands, grasslands, and other ecosystems to ensure clean, reliable water supplies for cities and communities, and to combat threats from rapid urban expansion and agricultural pollution.

• The readiness of the nation to predict and avoid public and occupational health problems caused by heat waves and severe storms • Characterization and quantification of relationships between climate variability, health outcomes, and the main determinants of vulnerability within and between populations • Development of reliable methods to connect climate - related changes in food systems and water supplies to health under different conditions • Prediction of future risks in response to climate change scenarios and of reductions in the baseline level of morbidity, mortality, or vulnerability • Identification of the available resources, limitations of, and potential actions by the current U.S. health care system to prevent, prepare for, and respond to climate - related health hazards and to build adaptive capacity among vulnerable segments of the U.S. population

«The first official update on the state of the Australian alps in more than half a century warns that the region's dwindling snow melt and run - off will threaten the Murray - Darling's $ 10 billion lifeline to clean, reliable water supplies.

For example, snowpack is expected to continue to decrease over the coming decades, reducing surface water supplies in the Western US [5] In such a situation, groundwater becomes particularly critical, providing a buffer during dry years that helps protect water supplies and ensures a reliable food supply [6in the Western US [5] In such a situation, groundwater becomes particularly critical, providing a buffer during dry years that helps protect water supplies and ensures a reliable food supply [6In such a situation, groundwater becomes particularly critical, providing a buffer during dry years that helps protect water supplies and ensures a reliable food supply [6].

Sustainable groundwater management means leaving enough groundwater in the ground to ensure safe and reliable water supplies not only for the short term, but for future generations as well.

More snow in some regions in some years, less snow in other regions, on top of the other extreme events and shifting attractors of AGW, not uniformly more reliable water supply.

In the arid plains of Kenya, however, the resource has long been in short supply as nearly half the population is without reliable access to clean wateIn the arid plains of Kenya, however, the resource has long been in short supply as nearly half the population is without reliable access to clean watein short supply as nearly half the population is without reliable access to clean water.

These classes factor in distance to a fire station and to a reliable water supply.

I was perplexed as to why there were no «health» experts involved in the Strategic Regional Advisory Councils, given health is clearly linked to the three key outcomes being essential services (reliable electricity, water supply, sewage treatment), municipal services (environmental health, rubbish collection) and housing services.