As our article explains, many water problems have global causes: population growth, climate change, urbanisation and, especially, changing diets.
It also examines a range of subjects, including population growth, climate change, altered ecosystems, food production, health, industry and energy, as well as biofuels and the importance of underground aquifers.
This bill assesses how growth and climate change will affect our access to water resources, especially in the West and Southwest, and it includes solutions to complex and long-simmering water disputes.
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These include increasing social disparities and inequity, population growth, climate change, the deterioration and pollution of the environment, the unsustainable use of freshwater and depletion of ocean resources, as well as increasing cases of natural and human-made disasters.
Security Council to expand efforts to enhance cooperation over water in shared lakes or rivers, from the Mekong to the Nile, which are likely to see surging demand and decreased supply as the result of population growth and climate change.
They valued the joint efforts made by both countries in this area, and decided to deepen cooperation on clean energy, energy security, economic growth, and climate change.
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You need growth to revive confidence, and the only tool capable of producing growth in this climate, the critics would argue, is fiscal policy - a lot more government spending.
The manual features the topics of water cycle, water resources and challenges, population growth impacts, climate change impacts, water conservation practices and practical exercises for 1st to 10th grade students.
This country now has the world's largest mobile phone network, and it is investing in the new forms of energy that can both sustain growth and combat climate change -- and I'm looking forward to deepening the partnership between the United States and China in this critical area tomorrow.
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He said too many countries put economic growth ahead of the climate change agenda.
And 4% growth will create a climate for spending reform based on policy quality, rather than fiscal panic.
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But if they make cuts while the poor go on a carbon-heavy growth binge, the climate will suffer anyway.
The main areas of focus included business costs, labor supply, regulatory environment, current economic climate, growth prospects and quality of life.
Of the major developing nations, India especially has long argued that it will not compromise its economic growth by agreeing to climate curbs.
Population growth, urbanisation and climate change are putting stress on the quantity and quality of water supplies, a concern for businesses that rely on water.
Moreover, they pursue inherently medium and long-term growth initiatives in a climate that usually values hitting short-term financial targets, and so they are prime candidates for cost-cutting when inevitable budget crunches arise.
The five-year mean global temperature has been flat for the last decade, which we interpret as a combination of natural variability and a slow down in the growth rate of net climate forcing.
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We noted U.S. support for green growth in ASEAN through, inter alia, facilitation of a trade and environment dialogue in ASEAN and looked forward to continued cooperation on green growth, environment, climate change and biodiversity.
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The world is in the midst of creating a new development model that, at the corporate level, could bestow competitive advantages and create sustainable corporate futures, while fostering more equitable global economic growth and also tackling climate change.
And understandably, I think the American people right now have been so focused, and will continue to be focused on our economy and jobs and growth, that if the message is somehow we're going to ignore jobs and growth simply to address climate change, I don't think anybody is going to go for that.
Demand for infrastructure is set to increase, fuelled by population growth, technological progress, climate change and congestion.
These issues are coming to the fore now due to climate change and population growth.
Mr Kim has often warned of the dangers of climate change on future growth.
Participants addressed current major challenges such as rapid population growth, environmental degradation, and climate change.
For sure, consumers worldwide need to stretch incomes further today, in a climate of weak economic growth and lagging wage growth.
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In the current economic climate where positive GDP growth is of utmost importance, policymakers may be overlooking critical factors affecting overall health.
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We live in a time when the risk of disaster is growing thanks to climate change, population growth, and economic development itself.
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"Provided we act with sufficient speed, we will not have to make a choice between averting climate change and promoting growth and investment, " said CBI head Richard Lambert.
Rising food demand has many causes, from raised climate instability to demographic growth, to urbanization (loss of subsistence production), to higher emerging market (particularly Indian and Chinese) living standards, to speculation and hoarding, and so on.
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During the consultations governance challenges in arid and semi-arid areas were discussed and how institutions can be better equipped to deal with risks and uncertainties, emerging out of climate change, population growth, urban-rural tensions and groundwater pollution.
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