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Water withdrawals around the world have increased almost twice as fast as the population during the last century. Higher than expected water demand is leading to water scarcity and causing rapid depletion of water tables around the world. One reason behind the higher than expected demand is the inefficient use of water. Inefficient use of water affects the well-being of society, the economic stability of countries, and environmental health. Indeed, water use efficiency (WUE) is one of the pillars of sustainable development goals (SDG 6.4.1). However, progress towards achieving WUE is slow, especially for many developing countries where the degradation of natural resources is critical, economic growth is slow, and there are few strong institutions to coordinate actions. One reason behind inefficient water use is human behaviour. A variety of contextual and psychological factors underlie the behaviour. The contextual factors include socioeconomic, technical, institutional and environment
Blog: Five Predictions About China’s Looming Census Results
China conducts a national population census every 10 years. The results are closely watched all around the world. After all, any change in China’s demographic data a huge market of approximately 1.4 billion people can trigger an immeasurable butterfly effect.
At a March 15 news briefing, a spokesperson for the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said that the final review and summary for the seventh national population census data were underway.
“We plan to release the census results at a press conference in April,” the spokesperson said.
But April is already over and the census results have not yet been announced, which has triggered speculation among the public.
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