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Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.
SUSTAINABILITY
Sustainability: Term first used in 1987 by writers of United Nations report.
Lecture aim: Analysis of the 1. surrounding sustainability.
Sustainable development: Development that will meet the needs of both present and future.2..
Myth 1:
- No mention of the 3. in original definition.
- Original focus: poorer nations should have the same 4. to natural resources as richer nations.
- This would help them achieve better 5. conditionsMyth 2: ‘Green’ vs ‘Sustainable’.
Myth 2: ‘Green’ vs ‘Sustainable’
- Key difference: unlike ‘green’, ‘sustainable’ is not always associated with things that are natural.
- For the sustainability lobby, the key problem is finding 6. to develop technology.
- Sustainability lobby is prepared to 7. nuclear energy.
Myth 3: Role of technology
- Introduction of battery stations on 8. is an example of new business thinking, not new technology.
- Agriculture: some farmers plant crops like sunflowers which don’t use much water, unlike 9..
- Greater use of water is a result of changes in our 10..
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