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Environmental sustainability
Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
Consumption
The level of use a society makes of the resources available to it
Ecological footprint
A figure, expressed in global hectares, that calculates the amount of land needed to provide a person or society with the resources needed to live, and to absorb waste
Water security
The capacity of a population to safeguard sustainable access to adequate quantities of acceptable water quality for sustaining wellbeing, livelihoods and development
Water footprint
The amount of fresh water utilized in the production or supply of the goods and services used by a particular person or group
Food security
The sufficient access to safe and nutritious food that meet their dietary needs and food preferences for a healthy life
Energy security
The availability of the energy they require to meet their needs
Relative poverty
When a personās income is too low to maintain the average standard of living in a particular society
Biocapacity
The productive area that can regenerate what people demand from nature
Carrying capacity
The maximum number of people an area of land can support
Optimum population
The number of people which, when working with all the available resources, will produce the highest per capita economic return
Renewable resources
Natural resources that are replenished by the environment over relatively short periods of time
Non-renewable resources
A finite natural resource that is not replenished with the speed at which it is consumed
Peak oil
The point when the maximum rate of global oil production is reached
Nutrition transition
A change in diet from stable carbohydrates towards meat and fish proteins and diary products (occurs when income rises)
Energy mix
The proportions of hydrocarbons, renewable energy sources, and nuclear energy that a country uses to meet its domestic needs
Food-water-energy nexus
The complex and dynamic interrelationships between water, energy, and food resource systems
Resource stewardship
An approach to resource management which views humans as ācaretakersā of the natural world
Circular economy
An approach to business management and product design that maximizes the efficiency of resource use, and aims to phase out waste and pollution
Earthās energy budget
The balance between the energy that Earth receives from the Sun and the energy the Earth loses back into outer space
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