Alternatives to Insecurity: Energy Solutions for the 21st Century By John McClean Group Vice President of Strategy and Policy Development, British Petroleum It is worth taking seriously the words of President Bush, whose 2006 State of the Union speech included the following passage: “[W]e have a serious problem: America is addicted to oil, which is often imported from unstable parts of the world. [Our] great goal [should be] to replace more than 75 percent of our oil imports from the Middle
Poverty and Food Insecurity and Hunger Profile of Liberia November 14, 2005 I. Introduction After many years of civil war, the Liberian society has been left with all of its institutions in disarray; basic social services (education, health, electricity, water and sanitation, etc) are hardly available, there is massive displacement of the population and a good number of the population is still in refugee camps. The real sector of the economy is paralyzed. Moreover, the mis-management
Insecurities You always hear women say, “Oh God, I’m turning into my mother!” For whatever reasons, this seems to be a big fear for a lot of women. For me, it was especially true. My mother is the main reason for the insecurities that I have as an adult. She would do things, whether intentionally or unintentionally, that would cut me deep and take a lifetime to heal. I’m ridiculously afraid of losing people, and sometimes it’s hard for me to trust because she broke
Writing 102 Instructor: Professor Hanna Mugambie Date: 09/09/2011 Imo-Abasi Jacob Jr (A00014228) Insecurity in Nigeria The level of insecurity in Nigeria, is one that has brought about major concern. Stake holders and the general public, worry about the safety of their business and themselves. This is a major concern for the government, as it’s their duty to offer
Climate change can affect our lives in many ways and here are some negative impacts of climate change. As agriculture is very vulnerable to climate change and higher temperatures affects the growth of crops in some countries which depends on rainfed agricultures, high levels of poverty, low levels of human and physical capital, and poor infrastructure. For example in Africa, the crops in Sub-Saharan will decline and the percentage of malnourished children between 2000 to 2500 will increase 10million
In a bid to curb the rising insecurity in some parts of the country, a non-governmental organisation, Messengers of Peace Foundation is set to organise a peace march in selected locations in the country, beginning from the Eagle Square, Abuja. President of the group, Dr. Suleman Adejoh said the organisation is working in partnership with the Actors Guild of Nigeria, Miss Peace Nigeria 2012 and others to achieve the desired goal. “In order to achieve well-founded peace and progress in Nigeria, we
The Margins – Food Insecurity ‘Population increase is the root cause of food insecurity’ Figure 1 Figure 1 Population growth Figure 2 Figure 2 Rapid population growth. Poor African and Third World countries have the highest growth rate in the world as shown on figure 1 which puts them at increased risk of food crises. For example, the population of Niger increased from 2.5 million to 15 million from 1950 to 2010. According to some estimations, Africa will produce enough food for only about
fall,all because of the Thane of Cawdor,who betrayed Scoland.Oneself can see this when he says “There’s no art to find the minds construction in the face”. (Act 1,Scn 5,Ln 45) So Duncan was confused and was not so sure he could trusth everyone.This insecurity led by oversecurity caused the death of the King of Scotland. Secondly, Scotland's General and Macbeths best friend, Banquo, has no reason to be in the state of insecuritiness.Banquo said that he would stay on Macbeths side aslong as he didn't
and feels myself like nobody. At times, I just want to cringe and curl up into a ball inside myself. Insecurity hits. At this point you have two choices: 1. Shy away from insecurities, avoid confronting it, and let it define your entire life. 2. To understand insecurities and turn it from an enemy to a friend. Today I would only like to focus on the second choice. Turning insecurities into your friend is basically when you start to focus on being accepted by yourself instead of people
The World Food Summit of 1996 defined food security as existing "when all people at all times have access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life" (WHO, n.d). Commonly, the concept of food security is defined as including both physical and economic access to food that meets people's dietary needs as well as their food preferences. In many countries, health problems related to dietary excess are an ever increasing threat, In fact, malnutrion and foodborne diarrhea