Sentences with phrase «water scarcity challenges»

- Climate change is likely to intensify the water scarcity challenges that Africa is already facing.

Thus, China has an interest in ensuring that India remains a water - secure country, although China's current major hydro - engineering projects demonstrate that the Chinese government is focused, first and foremost, on addressing China's own serious water scarcity challenges.

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«We think water scarcity is one of the most pressing development challenges of the 21st century,» says Chris Holmes, USAID's global water coordinator.

Future Ready Singapore, 12 February 2015: As the international corporate community rethinks the way it conducts business to address global challenges, solving water scarcity and managing water use could be the top untapped opportunity that will have the biggest positive impact on societies.

«The rising costs of energy, human - induced environment and land degradation, water scarcity, and extreme weather events all present challenges, some of which have been on the agenda for decades, others of which are new,» said Task Force co-Chair Dan Glickman.

President Buhari directed the Minister of Water Resources, Mr Sulaiman Adamu, to work with the Jigawa State Government to alleviate the challenge of water scarcity in the state capital, following a complaint by the Emir of DWater Resources, Mr Sulaiman Adamu, to work with the Jigawa State Government to alleviate the challenge of water scarcity in the state capital, following a complaint by the Emir of Dwater scarcity in the state capital, following a complaint by the Emir of Dutse.

I always enjoyed science at school — particularly in sustainable development and challenges like climate change and water scarcity.

What if we were sitting on the answers to the world's most pressing challenges, from food security to water scarcity and everything in between?

By Peter Gleick, President April 27, 2016 Populations around the world face many severe water challenges, from scarcity to contamination, from political or violent conflict to economic disruption.

The report identifies urbanization and associated increased flood risk, water scarcity and impacts of climate change as the main challenges facing the region.

Health eff ects from changes to the environment including climatic change, ocean acidification, land degradation, water scarcity, overexploitation of fisheries, and biodiversity loss pose serious challenges to the global health gains of the past several decades and are likely to become increasingly dominant during the second half of this century and beyond.

Many other challenges such as the distortion of ecosystem services, the loss of biodiversity, the degradation of land, sprawling urbanization, worsening water scarcity, the disturbances in terrestrial and marine food chains or the ubiquitous pollution of all environmental systems have to be taken into consideration.

However, water scarcity is expected to be a big challenge in many Asian regions because of increasing water demand from population growth and consumption per capita with higher standards of living.

This book tackles an increasingly crucial question: What can we do about the seemingly intractable challenges confronting all of humanity today, including climate change, global hunger, water scarcity, environmental stress and economic instability?

Breaking New Ground: A Personal History (W.W. Norton & Co., NY: 2013) Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity (W.W. Norton & Co., NY: 2012) World on the Edge: How to Prevent Environmental and Economic Collapse (W.W. Norton & Co., NY: 2011) Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization (W.W. Norton & Co., NY: 2009) Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization (W.W. Norton & Co., NY: 2008) Plan B 2.0: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble (W.W. Norton & Co., NY: 2006) Outgrowing the Earth: The Food Security Challenge in an Age of Falling Water Tables and Rising Temperatures (W.W. Norton & Co., NY: 2005) Plan B: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble (W.W. Norton & Co., NY: 2003) The Earth Policy Reader (W.W. Norton & Co., NY: 2002) with Janet Larsen and Bernie Fischlowitz - Roberts Eco-Economy: Building an Economy for the Earth (W.W. Norton & Co., NY: 2001) Plan B Updates:

This is a response to global challenges such as climate change, water scarcity and public health issues.

In our feature article on page 16, Alanna Maya explores how challenges such as disposal restrictions, water scarcity, and high transportation costs are driving oil and gas operators to maximize their use of water resources.

And there is such a system that can offer a variety of benefits to not just the grower, their local neighborhood, and their community, but can also address some of the larger challenges that we as a species are facing, such as water and food scarcity, decreasing soil health, and resource depletion.