The three most important issues that I have learned about during this course are Declining biodiversity, poverty, the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Declining biodiversity is such an important issue because its not having a very noticeable effect on our world to the common civilian. Regular people see trees and grass and assume that our world is fine, when in reality thousands of species are becoming extinct every year. Each extinction creates ripple effects that spread all throughout an ecosystem. All organisms are inter-connected and humans are destroying the checks and balances that exist within ecosystems. Humans need to realize that we need to start changing our ways now. Currently were at a point where declining biodiversity isn’t really affecting our day to day lives. However if we continue down this path, our world could become a barren wasteland devoid of life.
Poverty is so important because it’s such a cross cutting issue. Poverty is the root cause of plenty of other world issues. An impoverished nation is a nation where the government can exploit it’s citizens. Corruption is able to run rampant through governments and the cycle of poverty continues. If the world can find a solution to poverty then we will see the improvement of many other world issues.
The Arab-Israeli conflict is so important to our world because of what it could lead to. Particularly the current situation with Iran. Iran has been trying to become a nuclear power for many years now, and they’re finally getting close. This doesn’t sit very well with the United States, Israel and many other NATO countries as Iran’s government is not very stable. By creating a nuclear weapon Iran is in violation of the UN’s nuclear non-proliferation treaty. To get around this they are claiming that they are enriching uranium for peaceful purposes. If Iran acquires a nuclear weapon it is extremely likely that Israel will declare war. This would probably pull the United States in as well and many other Arab nations that sympathize with Iran. The conflict could escalate if countries like Russia or China decided to get involved. If this conflict is not solved soon then the world may see a WWIII.
1. I would argue that people are feeling the effects of declining bio diversity, they are just ignoring them.
ReplyDelete2. I agree with you that poverty is the cause of a lot of other problems. A solution to poverty would solve a lot of other world issues.
3. I don't really have anything to say about your comment on the AIC because I agree with you completely.