Sentences with phrase «to keep pace with population growth»

In Sub-Saharan Africa, progress in closing the electricity access gap is not keeping pace with population growth in urban and rural areas.

Over the past century, chemical fertilisers have been used to boost nitrogen levels and crop yields, helping global food supply keep pace with population growth.

«Land degradation and desertification may be regarded as the silent crisis of the world, a genuine threat to the future of humankind,» Arnalds said.Although food production has more or less kept pace with population growth by increasing 50 percent between 1980 and 2000, it is unclear whether we'll have enough food to feed the estimated three billion more mouths in 2050.

«The problem is that employers have not created nearly enough jobs in Canada to keep pace with population growth,» he said.

The reason for that is because we are not investing in our education sector to keep pace with our population growth.

The demand for financial resources to finance solutions is huge - $ 2,100 billion for power generation in developing countries alone in the next 30 years, and that to do little more than keep pace with population growth, leaving far too many still without electricity.

I recognize that the problem usually revolves around judicial complements that are incomplete or have failed to keep pace with population growth, but a hearing in an arbitration proceeding can be scheduled as soon as there's a coincident opening in the calendars of all involved.

For example, in Western Australia service delivery has not kept pace with the population growth.