Anewstudywarnsthataboutthirtypercentoftheworld'speoplemaynothaveenoughwaterbytheyear2025.
一项新的研究结果提出警告：到2025年，世界上将有30%的人没有足够的水饮用。
AprivateAmericanorganizationcalledPopulationActionInternationaldidthenewstudy.Itsaysmorethanthree-hundred-thirty-five-millionpeoplelackenoughwaternow.Thepeopleliveintwenty-eightcountries.MostofthecountriesareinAfricaortheMiddleEast.
这项研究是由美国一家名叫“人口行动”的私立机构进行的。报告说现在世界上有三亿三千五百万人没有足够的水。这些人主要分布在非洲或中东的28个国家。
P-A-IresearcherRobertEngelmansaysbytheyear2025,aboutthree-thousand-millionpeoplemaylackwater.Atleast18morecountriesareexpectedtohaveseverewaterproblems.Thedemandforwaterkeepsincreasing.YettheamountofwateronEarthstaysthesame.
人口行动组织的研究人罗博特.安格曼说，到2025年大约三十亿人缺水。至少还有其他18个国家将可能面临同样严重的水短缺问题。人类对水的需求不断上升，但地球上水的还是保持不变。
Mr.Engelmansaysthepopulationincountriesthatlackwaterisgrowingfasterthaninotherpartsoftheworld.Hesayspopulationgrowthinthesecountrieswillcontinuetoincrease.
安格曼先生说，水短缺的国家的人口增长率要高于世界其他地区的人口增长率。他还说这些国家的人口出生率将持续增长。
Thereportsayslackofwaterinthefuturemayresultinseveralproblems.Itmayincreasehealthproblems.Lackofwateroftenmeansdrinkingwatersnotsafe.Mr.Engelmansaysthereareproblemsallovertheworldbecauseofdiseases,suchascholera,whicharecarriedinwater.Lackofwatermayalsoresultinmoreinternationalconflict.Countriesmayhavetocompeteforwaterinthefuture.Somecountriesnowgetsixtypercentoftheirfreshwaterfromothercountries.ThisistrueofEgypt,theNetherlands,Cambodia,Syria,Sudan,andIraq.Andthereportsayslackofwaterwouldaffecttheabilityofdevelopingtoimprovetheireconomies.Thisisbecausenewindustriesoftenneedalargeamountofwaterwhentheyarebeginning.
报告表明，在未来，水资源的缺乏可能会导致一些严重的后果。首先它可能会产生更多的健康问题。水资源的缺乏就意味着饮用水不再有保障。安格曼先生说，诸如霍乱等在水中传播的疾病会使世界出现许多问题。水缺乏也会引起更多的国际纷争。各国可能由于水而发动战争。现在有些国家，例如埃及，荷兰，柬埔寨，叙利亚，苏丹和伊拉克等，60%的纯净水是从国外进口的。报告认为水缺乏将影响发展国家发展经济的能力。这是因为新工业在开始阶段经常需要大量的水。
ThePopulationActionInternationalstudygivesseveralsolutionstothewaterproblem.Oneway,itsays,istofindwaystousewaterformorethanonepurpose.Anotherwayistoteachpeopletobecarefulnottowastewater.Athirdwayistouselesswaterofagriculture.
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。第一，找到多用途的用水方法。第二，教育人们不要浪费水资源。第三就是少用农业水。
Thereportalsosayslong-termsolutionstothewaterproblemmustincludecontrolsonpopulationgrowth.Itsayscountriescannotprovidecleanwaterunlesstheyslowpopulationgrowthbylimitingthenumberofchildrenpeoplehave.
报告同时表明，控制人口增长是长远解决水缺乏问题不可缺少的措施之一。它说除非各国能通过限制生育来降低人口的增长，否则它们不可能提供干净的水。
Globalwarmingabiggerthreattopoor全球变暖加剧贫穷气候变化急待控制
Globalwarming,modelledoncomputerhere,killsmorepeoplethanterrorism
Globalwarmingthreatenstoreversehumanprogress,andmakeunachievableallUNtargetstoreducepoverty(联合国所有减少贫穷的目标),accordingtosomeoftheworld'sleadinginternationalanddevelopmentgroups.
Inareportpublishedtoday,Oxfam,Greenpeace,ChristianAid,FriendsoftheEarth,WWF(英国牛津救济委员会、“绿色和平”组织、基督徒互援会、“地球之友”组织、世界野生动物基金组织)and15othergroupssayrichgovernmentsmustimmediatelyaddress(致力于)climatechangetoavoideven"obscenelevels(无法忍受的程度)"ofworldwidepoverty.
"Foodproduction,watersupplies,publichealthandpeople'slivelihoodsarealreadybeingdamagedandundermined,"thereportsays."Thereisnoeither/orapproachpossible(想找一个‘非此即彼'的办法是不可能的).Theworldmustmeetitscommitmentstoachievepovertyreductionandalsotackleclimatechange.Thetwoareinextricablylinked(二者的联系是难解难分的)."
Thereport,whichdrawsonUNpredictionsoftheeffectsofclimatechangeinpoorcountriesoverthenext50years,sayspoorcountrieswillexperiencemoreflooding,decliningfoodproduction,morediseaseandthedeteriorationorextinctionofentireecosystems(整个生态系统的退化甚至消失)onwhichmanyoftheworld'spoorestpeopledepend.
"Climatechangeneedstobeaddressednow.Thepoorwillbearthebruntoftheimpacts.Thefrontlineexperienceofmanyofusworkingininternationaldevelopmentindicatesthatcommunitiesarehavingtocombatmoreextremeweatherconditions."
Climatechangewillplayhavoc（大范围的破坏；浩劫）withagricultureandwatersuppliesandwillincreasediseases."By2025theproportionoftheworld'spopulationlivingincountriesofsignificantwaterstresswillalmostdouble,to6billionpeople.Tropicalandsub-tropicalareaswillbehardesthit-thosecountriesalreadysufferingfromfoodinsecurity(食品短缺)".
Poorcommunitiesmostlydonotneedhi-techsolutions,butwouldmostbenefitfromeducation,researchandbeingshownhowtofarmbetter.Thereportsaysuncheckedglobalwarming(尚未得到抑制的全球变暖),morethanwarsorpoliticalupheaval(政变),willdisplacemillionsofpeopleanddestabilisemanycountries.
