Global challanges Flashcards
(128 cards)
bank statement
Bank-/Kontoauszug
expenditure
Verbrauch
grazing land
Weideland
asset
(Wirtschafts-)Gut
(to) liquidate
beseitigen, tilgen, auflösen
demand for sth.
Bedarf für etw.
a very strong request for sth.; sth. that that sb. needs
obershoot
hinausschießen
refers to exceeding a limit or a target
(to) exceed sth.
etw. überschreiten
to be bigger/greater than a particular number or amount
(to) regenerate
regenerieren
to grow again
regeneration
Regeneration
biocapacity
Biokapazität
the amount of resources the earth can produce
sustainable
nachhaltig
using natural products and energy in a way that does not harm the environment
(to) sustain
erhalten
sustainability
Nachhaltigkeit
growing pressure on …
wachsender Druck auf …
growing difficulties and worries
supply of …
Versorgung mit …
an amount of something that is provided or available to be used
ecological footprint
ökologischer Fußabdruck
a measure of the amount of the earth‘s resourcesused by a person or a population that lives in a particular way
converting
das Umwandeln
outsize contribution
übertragener Betrag
dairy
Milchprodukte
milk products
greenhouse gas
Treibhausgas
carbon dioxide
Kohlenstoffdioxid
(to) prevent
verhindern
devastating
verheerend