California droughts are likely to become more frequent, longer, and more intense in the future, posing increasing challenges for water management, and raising the stakes for effective drought response.
Despite these benefits, security in cloud services poses increased challenges for consumers, since both the data and programs of the consumers may reside in geographically different locations, yet often within the Cloud Service Providers' (CSPs) premises.
Moreover, as allegiances between pastoralist militias and political factions decay, the proliferation of informal armed groups whose motivations are often distinct from the agenda of the state or opposition forces on whose behalf they once fought poses increasing challenges to peacebuilding efforts.
"This consistent gap in wealth will pose increasing competitive challenges for institutions that do not have the resources to invest in facilities, financial aid and other strategic initiatives at the same level as their larger and wealthier counterparts," Moody's said.
While the move may not have come purely as a result of Abu Ghraib, General Sanchez has been under pressure recently in Iraq, especially as the insurgency has posed increasing military challenges in the central town of Falluja and in several southern towns.
Water shortages are also expected to pose an increasing challenge to agriculture, with much of the arid North China Plain reliant on aquifers whose levels are falling fast.
Globalisation and climate change mean that old insect-borne diseases, like malaria, and emerging pathogens, like the Zika virus, pose an increasing challenge to global public health.
With improving life expectancies in developing countries and an aging population in many developed countries, early and accurate diagnosis of Parkinson's disease will undoubtedly pose an increasing challenge for current healthcare systems.
As will be analyzed below, response-oriented disaster management will likely pose an increasing challenge as continued urbanization and asset accumulation in hazard-prone areas may well increase the country's economic risk following natural disasters.
