While rich in commodities like copper, gold, and silver, Chile lacks both water and energy.
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Water and energy are deeply intertwined in what we refer to as the water-energy nexus.
Further deaths would come from the loss of homes, hospitals, water and energy supplies.
Shripad Dharmadhikary coordinates the Manthan Adhyanan Kendra, a center that researches water and energy issues in India.
Biodiversity also has direct linkages to the emphasis that the company has placed on water and energy responsibility.
That will also mean convincing the food, water and energy sectors to work together, rather than in silos.
In another move to appease the public, the tariffs charged by privatised telephone, water and energy companies will change.
There are also listed utilities in the water and energy sectors that offer funds the kind of secure dividend-payers they seek.
The idea is that water and energy are inextricably linked: it takes water to make energy and energy to clean and move water.
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The goal: compact living environments that require less resources and that get the most out of the land, water and energy they do use.
But this decade Pepsi , with its strong Frito-Lay franchise and its killer water and energy drink brands (Gatorade, Aquafina), has become the leader.
It figures that using less water and energy to execute a basic household function, while looking cool doing it, works pretty well for consumers.
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It predicts a rising global middle class, urban density increases, 50 percent growth in demand for food, water and energy, among many other results.
"The process also uses less water and energy - we simply use coloured bottles to avoid using dye, " says Alex Lo, the company's managing director.
And any sort of mining requires lots of water and energy.
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In developing nations where water and energy are scarce, simple solutions may work better than new, costly technologies that are prone to break, Scarborough said.
All life as we know it on Earth trades off a source of complex carbon molecules, such as amino acids - just as it needs water and energy.
Land, water and energy are becoming scarcer and more expensive.
In Fuerteventura, the challenge is both water and energy sufficiency.
If the billion poorest people are to have adequate access to food, water and energy, the academies say, developed countries will have to reduce their own consumption of natural resources.
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Major fashion brands also have an obligation to dramatically reduce the amount of water and energy used and waste emitted in making and selling their clothes, as well as to offer consumers more stylish products that are made out of recycled and eco-friendly materials.
While low flow fixtures, rainfall collection, and solar panels help to conserve water and energy, the desalination plant and wind farm that were part of the original plan are the kinds of large-scale facilities that would make this community truly stand out as a worldwide front-runner in sustainability.
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In a video message to the High-level session, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon called upon the scientific community to help make sense of the complex and interconnected challenges --including climate change, the financial crisis and food, water and energy insecurity -- that threaten human well-being and civilization as we know it.
In his video message during the high-level segment, the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon called upon the scientific community to help make sense of the complex and interconnected challenges --including climate change, the financial crisis and food, water and energy insecurity -- that threaten human well-being and civilization as we know it.
The ratings will cover eight broad categories: education, health care, water and waste water utilities, energy utilities, cities, counties and states, transportation, ports and airports, U.S. Treasuries and agency debt.
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Its market potential is also derived from its ability to produce clean drinking water and renewable energy.
That gives rise to challenges of clean water and better energy technology.
The nightmare lasted until 2002, when the Jains got a partner in Texas Pacific Group's Aqua Fund, which invests in water and renewable energy.
Imagine a world with unlimited food, water, and energy in which we prevent disease rather than cure it and in which our lifespans increase along with our wisdom and knowledge.
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And it is water, energy, and food security that will play the largest role in Africa's ability to build its economy, secure livelihoods for its people, and preserve the environment.
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