"Very frequently those who are experiencing [environmental distress] directly are the least capable to effect change," she says.
So charges that the mini-earthquakes used by gas drillers despoil the water supply directly are hard to swallow.
Public discussion of it remains so minimal that many who did not experience it directly are vague or incredulous about its details.
Child-sensitive social protection systems, such as cash transfer programmes that pay families directly, are also useful in helping eradicate extreme poverty among children, the report notes.
The amounts the central bank has spent directly are much smaller than some economists and political leaders would like, but over time have grown substantial.
Of course most of those who suffered directly are dead or otherwise incapacitated, and few indirect sufferers have been sufficiently talented.
But cable companies, far from blind to the possibility of other media companies' leapfrogging them and serving consumers directly, are working on their own devices that will allow Internet video to be streamed to televisions.
The only ants you can control directly are the warriors, who can be sent out to the far reaches of their territories to find new supplies, attack prey and fend off predators.
Another type of product that can keep ponds from becoming mosquito-breeding grounds but that do not kill the insects directly are substances known as surfactants that coat the top of the water.
Electric vehicles, which emit no pollution directly, are seen as a key way for local authorities to bring down levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in the five cities, which are in breach of EU limits.
These awards – which are mainly funded by research councils or universities directly – are worth about £14,000 £16,000 a year and usually include a fee waiver (saving a further £5,000).
