如果要把大笔资金花在清理环境灾难上,那么最好把钱花在那些乏味但紧迫的问题上,比如处理第三世界国家不卫生的水的问题上。
If big sums are to be spent on cleaning up environmental disasters, it is better to spend them on unglamorous but pressing problems such as unsanitary water in Third World countries.
格莱克说到,但是那值得争论,我们需要深入谈话来解决世界上的任何水问题。
And while it's a discussion worth having, Gleick said, conversations will need to dig more deeply to truly solve any of the world's water issues.
以色列灌溉只浪费约十分之一的水,如果每个国家都同样高效用水的话,世界水问题压力将大大减少。
Israel wastes only about a tenth of its water, and if everyone were equally efficient, the world's water problem would be much less pressing.
气候变化如何影响卫生——今年世界水周的重点问题?
How does climate change affect sanitation, the focus of this year's Water Week?
通过融雪提供食水给世界半数人口的冰川消融,以及在河流中数以百计的堤坝建设,同样也成为了主要的问题,他们说道。
Melting glaciers that supply meltwater for half the world's population and the constriction of rivers by hundreds of DAMS are also major problems, they say.
水是否将由农民持续使用,这是一个关键问题,在世界人口最稠密的地方最渴活动里的最大的消费者。
This is the crucial issue if water is to be used sustainably by farmers, the biggest consumers in the thirstiest activity in the most populous parts of the world.
上周五,世界银行在纽约对水的问题举行了一次的高级别私人会议,会上对提高提高水价进行了讨论。
Last Friday, the World Bank held a high-level private meeting about water in New York, at which higher prices were discussed.
世界自然基金会的AshokChapagain,这个已经研究了如何定义“水足迹”这一概念方法将近五年的科学家说,布兰德所发表的论文价值很高,但是这还远远不够说明问题。
"The paper Brad has written has quite a high value, but there is a long way to go, " says the World Wildlife Fund's Ashok Chapagain, who has been studying water footprint methods for over five years.
植物学是解决一些世界上最紧迫的问题:如何减少空气和水的污染,如何养活爆炸性增长的人口,如何节约能源,等等。
Botany is tackling some of the world's most pressing problems: how to reduce air and water pollution, how to feed an exploding human population, how to conserve energy, and so on.
水溶气是一种重要的非常规天然气,世界范围内就资源量而言仅次于天然气水合物,研究水溶气对解决能源短缺问题具有重要的意义。
Water soluble gas is an important unconventional nature gas, it is only less than nature gas hydrate all over the world.
近年来,另外两种破坏形式——水损害和反射裂缝也逐渐引起人们的注意,也已形成世界性范围的问题。
In recent years, the other two forms of damage - water damage and reflective crack is gradually attracting attention, but also has become a world-wide problem.
人口行动组织的研究报告为世界的水短缺问题提出了几个解决的办法。
Thee Population Action International study gives several solutions to the water problem.
人口举动组织的研讨报告为世界的水充足问题提出了几个处理的方法。
The Population Action International study gives several solutions to the water problem.
世界水论坛首创于世界水理事会,其目的是提升全世界对水问题的意识。
The world water Forum is an initiative of the world water Council that has the aim of raising the awareness on water issues all over the world.
水稻是世界上最重要的粮食作物之一,近年来,随着全球气候变暖趋势的加剧,中国作为水资源短缺的国家,水短缺问题日趋严重。
Rice is one of the most important food crops in the world. Recently with the increase of temperature, the problem of water shortage could become more and more serious in China.
水稻是世界上最重要的粮食作物之一,近年来,随着全球气候变暖趋势的加剧,中国作为水资源短缺的国家,水短缺问题日趋严重。
Rice is one of the most important food crops in the world. Recently with the increase of temperature, the problem of water shortage could become more and more serious in China.
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