Looking at the "raw threats" to people's water security - the "natural" picture - much of western Europe and North America appears to be under high stress.

看看对人类水安全的“原始威胁”——“自然的”状况——西欧和北美大部分地区似乎都处于高压之下。

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The objective is to turn threats, in other words raw material scarcity and environmental challenges, into new business activity and jobs in Finland and in Europe.

目标是将威胁（即原料稀缺和环境挑战）转化为芬兰以及欧洲的新业务活动和工作岗位。

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There's a constant hysteria in the land about threats to the Constitution, to religion, to strategic territory with irreplaceable sources of water or raw materials sold to secret American or Israeli companies.

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