10 Global Issues and Factors That Could Change Our Circumstances

10 Global Issues and Factors that could
Change our Circumstances
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Aseniero, Klein
Bautista, Alexa
Equipado, Mako
Eslabara, Adrienne James
Karl Louise
Lorraine Anne
INTRODUCTION
In the world that we live in today, it is inevitable to experience such issues that
could affect our global community. The United Nations, has become the foremost forum
to address issues that transcend national boundaries and cannot be resolved by any
one country acting alone. Main mission of the UN organization is to safeguard peace,
protect human rights, establish framework for international justice and promote
economic and social progress. The UN with its specialized agencies are always
engaging in a wide array of activities to improve people’s lives around. However within
the past decades, the United Nations has added on new global challenges, which will
be further discussed in this paper.
Food Security
According to United States Agency for International Development (USAID),

nearly a billion people across the world experience the effects of food insecurity.
According to USAID, food security means having at all times, both physical and
economic access to sufficient food to meet dietary needs for a productive and healthy
life. Shifts in the global economy, including rises in global food and oil prices, can affect
food security throughout the world, with especially severe effects in low-income
countries.
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines three main aspects of food security. The
first is food availability, having a sufficient supply of food available on a consistent basis
(3). This food can be either locally produced or imported from other places. In some
cases, communities may be unable to produce their own food locally because of
inappropriate agricultural technologies or practices; lack of natural resources or
productive land; climate constraints; emergency situations like natural disasters; or
health constraints, such as HIV/AIDS, that prevent people from engaging in labor (4).
Communities may be unable to import food from other places because of issues like
lack of foreign exchange, political unrest, or lack of transportation (4).
The second aspect of food security is food access, having sufficient resources to obtain
appropriate foods for a nutritious diet (3). Even when a sufficient supply of food exists to
feed everyone, food may not always be accessible to everyone. People need to have
sufficient incomes and resources in order to obtain food. There are a number of factors
that can affect a person's economic access to food, including lack of job opportunities
that can provide sufficient income, or lack of training or business knowledge for success
with income generating activities (4).
The final aspect of food security is known as food utilization, or consuming a nutritious
diet. This means that people make appropriate use of food, based on knowledge of
basic nutrition and care, and have access to water and sanitation for preparing food and
maintaining proper hygiene (3). Nutrition education can be an important part of
improving food utilization-making sure people are aware of the variety of foods their
bodies need to maintain good health. In many parts of the world experiencing food
insecurity, people may consume sufficient quantities of starchy staple foods like
potatoes, rice, maize, and cassava, but insufficient quantities of protein, oils, dairy, fruits
and vegetables that make up a balanced diet (5). Changing this may not only require
nutrition education, but also increasing food availability through improved agricultural
practices and resources.
Inclusive Growth
Inclusive growth means economic growth that creates employment opportunities

and helps in reducing poverty. It means having access to essential services in health
and education by the poor. It includes providing equality of opportunity, empowering
people through education and skill development. We are facing today income inequality
and the wealth gap, as well as severe environmental pollution and waste of resources.
The latest development model known as “inclusive growth” is a practical solution to
these problems. The goal of such growth is to strike a balance between economic and
sustainable development. In other words, instead of only focusing on the economic
outcomes as in traditional models, inclusive growth focuses more on equity.
Future of Work/ Unemployment
Poor quality employment is the main issue for global labour markets, with millions
of people forced to accept inadequate working conditions, according to a new report
from the International Labour Organization (ILO). New data gathered for the World
Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2019 (WESO) show that a majority of the 3.3
billion people employed globally in 2018 had inadequate economic security, material
well-being and equality of opportunity. What’s more, progress in reducing
unemployment globally is not being reflected in improvements in the quality of work.
Climate Change
Fire seasons are becoming longer due to global warming. The area affected by
especially long fire seasons has doubled, and the frequency of long fire seasons has
increased by more than half, according to research examining the years from 1979 to
2013. More than 69,000 square miles of global tree cover was lost in 2013 alone,
according to the Global Forest Watch partnership. A third of this loss was in Russia and
Canada, mainly because of wildfires. In those countries and in Alaska, there has been a
steep increase in tree cover loss in Arctic and Subarctic forests. With each decade
warmer than the next, we can expect these trends to persist.
As the planet continues to rapidly warm, wildfires will become a growing problem—one
that sends smoke across international borders and substantially increases greenhouse
gas emissions to the atmosphere. Consequently, the fires are not just local and national
problems; they pose international challenges. We must make every effort to slow the
pace of global warming that increasingly is driving wildfire trends. WWF works to fight
this global crisis by engaging millions of Americans and rallying businesses and
government leaders to sharply reduce our dangerous dependence on fossil fuels, and to
prepare for wildfires and the other emerging impacts of global warming.
Healthcare Issues
According to the World Bank and the World Health Organization, at least half of
the world’s population is too poor to access essential health care services. The report
also found that health care expenses are pushing hundreds of millions of people into
poverty. Currently, nearly a billion people spend 10 percent of their household income
or more on health expenses for themselves, a sick child or another family member. For
almost 100 million people, these expenses are high enough to push them into extreme
poverty, forcing them to survive on just $1.90 or less a day. The report argues that
universal health care would better solve the issue across a planet on which some 3.8
billion people lack access to basic health care.
The report notes that this discrepancy in availability and affordability of

healthcare services is common throughout the developed world. In Japan, for example,
four times as many rich mothers received "at least six of seven basic maternal and child
health interventions" as poor ones.
The report did not break down health care shortfall by nation, but other statistics
shows that 11 percent of Americans currently don't have health insurance. Health care
access for the poor has been of concern for the World Health Organization in recent
months. Last month, the organization announced that nearly 10 percent of all medicines
in poor countries are counterfeit and likely responsible for the deaths of tens of
thousands of people, including at least 72,000 children who may have died from
pneumonia every year after taking bad drugs.
References:
Global Issues: Food Security. Retrieved 15 March 2020. Retrieved from:

https://www.peacecorps.gov/educators/resources/global-issues-food-security/
Opinion: Why is “inclusive growth” important? Retrieved 15 March 2020. Retrieved from:
https://news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d414d346b444d79457a6333566d54/share_p.html
International Labour Organization. Retrieved 15 March 2020. Retrieved from:

https://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_670171/lang--
en/index.htm
Climate change is a burning global issue. Retrieved 15 March 2020. Retrieved from:
https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/climate-change-is-a-burning-global-issue
Half of the world lacks access to basic health care. Retrieved 15 March 2020. Retrieved
from: https://www.newsweek.com/world-bank-who-health-care-poor-global-access-
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STS TTH 3:30-5:00 PM

Eslabara, Adrienne James

According to United States Agency for International Development (USAID),

Inclusive growth means economic growth that creates employment opportunities

Future of Work/ Unemployment

The report notes that this discrepancy in availability and affordability of

Global Issues: Food Security. Retrieved 15 March 2020. Retrieved from:

International Labour Organization. Retrieved 15 March 2020. Retrieved from:

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