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Across
  1. 4. The variety of living organisms, including the variation within and with species and the diversity of ecosystems
  2. 5. Applies environmental assessment at an earlier strategic level to policies, plans, and programmes, when different alternatives are still available.
  3. 7. A development that satisfies the needs of people today while maintaining the ability of future generations to satisfy their own needs.
  4. 8. Occurs when resource consumption decreases while wellbeing continues to grow.
  5. 9. A dynamic system in which living organisms, including plants, animals, and microorganisms, interact with one another and with their non-living surroundings as a functional whole.
  6. 11. Conditions experienced within a small, localized area near the ground, including temperature, radiation, wind, and humidity.
  7. 12. A state in which a person feels satisfied with the thermal conditions of their surrounding environment
  8. 13. A problem-solving approach that considers both the overall system and its individual components in order to understand their interactions and avoid unintended consequences.
  9. 14. An approach that considers water, energy, and food as interconnected systems rather than addressing each sector separately, with the aim of improving resource efficiency and resilience.
Down
  1. 1. A framework that seeks to achieve a safe and just space for humanity by meeting essential social needs while remaining within the Earth's ecological limits
  2. 2. Environmental disruption characterized by accumulation of substances into the environment in ways that negatively affect human health, ecosystems, or environmental quality and amenity.
  3. 3. Represents the greenhouse-gas emissions associated with an activity, product, building, service, or organization, including emissions related to operations and, where applicable, embodied emissions and the wider value chain.
  4. 6. The process of identifying and assessing stakeholders according to characteristics such as their level of power, interest, influence, support, and needs
  5. 10. Increasing proportion of people living in cities and towns, together with the social, economic, and spatial transformations associated with this process.