Over the course of the next few months, i will be WRITING blogs about present global issues.
Overpopulation is a problem that is inevitably growing more and more by the year, leading to many other problems. The population of the world today is roughly about 7.125 billion and it is increasing at a rate of about 1.2%. This shows the success of the human race on earth. Our population is high, increasing, and people have long life spans. Seems pretty healthy doesn't it? Except its not exactly; its growing to a point where we are straining all of the resources, systems, societies, and infrastructure that we have set up for ourselves since our existence. Although our crop production and international travel and shipping is faster than ever, its going to reach a point where it's not fast enough anymore to feed and sustain everyone on earth. Earth and it's ecosystems were not supposed to be dominated or tampered with. Its a great thing to look back and see how far we have come from unintelligent cavemen to rocket scientists sending ships to the moon. The growth and development of species is great but their are always limits. As we grew, we achieved greatness and innovation, but what can we achieve other than discord and greed among a crowded world? From caveman, to rocket scientist, to what? How much farther can we get on earth? But that's just it; we can't go much farther on earth. Earth is an area with limited space and resources. It has boundaries that even we advanced humans can't protect ourselves from at some point. That is why some scientists are looking towards outer space and to other planets; to expand our space and resources. Lets be honest though, that is neither a permanent nor probable solution in the near future to this problem. So we have to look to other solutions. Some may be child limit laws such as the one in China, however, there are some controversial and moral opinions about that solution. There are frankly not many options for us as a society to do to solve this. It's either something like this or let natural causes eventually cause chaos and death. The stress of overpopulation can lead to many disagreements and problems. The stress it puts on resources can start fights over food, water, etc.. It can also lead to more poverty, disease, and crime. An overpopulated environment with less authority to control everyone cultivates these kinds of problems. If you look at poorer countries that are already experiencing these problems such as China and India, you can get a preview of what the world could look like in 100 years. Globalization is truthfully one of the biggest problems that will ever face the human race because it is constantly growing and is inescapable. We have no solution even put into much thought on a worldwide scale, but we should start getting one or it could very well could cause the biggest catastrophe to ever face the human race. http://www.globalissues.org/issue/198/human-population
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Over 3 billion people around the world live on less than $2.50 a day. That makes up almost half the worlds population. Additionally, 80 percent of the worlds populations lives in countries where their Gini coefficient is rapidly rising. Today, poverty is a very present problem. Many people make efforts around the world to end this crisis. However, if you stop and look around you will notice that there is often wealth near by. Large amounts of wealth and poverty can usually both be found in countries, creating a divide of lifestyles between citizens. Rich citizens and business men live nice and privileged lives and continue to earn more money with their money. This problem only worsens over time; the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.
Most poor people end up getting dug in a pit of depth and poverty that is nearly impossible to get out of. Bad jobs and low wages are attracted to poorer areas, giving them low incomes. unpaid loans and bills generate interest and putting checking accounts farther in the red each day. This extreme poverty lives to unsafe living conditions, unsanitary food, unclean water, and, in turn, expensive medical bills. More than 2.6 billion people live without basic sanitation in their everyday lives. Not only that, but very few poor ever get an adequate enough education to break free of poverty and get a better job. Most poor people live without the simple and under appreciated protections and services we are provided with. Poverty could be fixed to a point where no person would have to wonder how they would get clean water everyday they get up in the morning or feed their family. It may seem like a huge problem (which it obviously is), but that doesn't mean we can't work towards fixing it. If we took one percent of the money we spent on weapons worldwide, we could solve world poverty. There are many other things that we can stop in order to work farther towards the elimination of poverty. One thing would be to produce less waste by recycling more, being more efficient, and resourceful. Removing corruption from our economies would increase the flow of income to the poor and release it from the hands of the people who definitely don't need more of it. More money is spent on things such as military, narcotics, alcohol, and even pet food rather than basic sanitation, water, food, and health, Throughout the world, poverty is consuming and hurting the lower class, while we do very little to help. Aids is an immunodeficiency that is spread through bodily fluids such a blood and by sexual intercourse. Due to these methods of infection, this disease can spread very easily. It is most common in African countries. There are several reasons why this disease is so common in African countries. One is that African countries aren't very developed. By this, I mean that African countries do not have very good equipment, prevention, protection, knowledge, awareness, or medications such as antibiotics to fight pathogens such as these. The technology and medical equipment in Africa is poor due to their lack of wealth and innovation in these areas. The knowledge and awareness is low in these Africa because there isn't much research or reliable resources in the area to teach people about medical problems such HIV. Along with this comes the lack of protection because people are not aware that they need this protection nor are they usually supplied with it. This also means that Africa is a bad location to have AIDS due to the fact that it is an immunodeficiency disease, and other severe diseases very common there. This is again caused by their poor qualities such as uncleanliness, unawareness, and lack of medicine. Another poor quality of some African countries that increases the rate of aids is poor leadership. Poor leaders can give poor information on problems if not entirely wrong information. One former president of south Africa insisted on telling his people that AIDS was not a result of HIV. Poor leadership can cause confusion and draw attention away from important prevention an eradication movements during crises such as the outbreak of AIDS. Africa is home to 70% of all the worlds population living with AIDS, and 70% of all AIDS deaths as well. All of these poor traits of Africa contribute to the increase in amount of AIDS and HIV within its countries. Tabbaco is an issue that is faced by many people in every country across the world. Tabacco is a plant that contains a stimulant that can be received by either being smoked or chewed. This stimulant is highly addictive and gets millions of people hooked to dangerous tobacco products for many years. There are many negative effects of tobacco use and production. One is that tobacco contributes to poverty and world hunger. It also is very deadly in dangerous. One last problem is that the production of this drug damages the environment. Tobacco is responsible for the deaths in 1 of every 10 adults. It kills about 6 million people anually. That is the equivalent of a person dying from tobacco every 6 seconds. Half of all tobacco users end up being killed by it. That is why they market to children and try to hook the next generation of customers. It is the leading preventable cause of death today. Tobacco increasing poverty and hunger is a problem that is more prevalent in poorer areas of the world. When a person becomes addicted to tobacco products, they will undergo withdrawl if they do not receive its stimulus for an extended period of time. This withdrawl is usually very uncomfortable so addicts keep their tobacco products on them regularly. If an addict is poor, they will sometimes spend on tobacco products before food for themselves and their family. This is bad and unhealthy. Tobacco products shift people's attention from food to tobacco and wastes their money to contribute to hunger and poverty. However, some positive effects of tobacco are that they contribute to a stronger economy with a higher GDP and that they provide jobs for many workers. |