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This list of global issues presents problems or phenomena affecting people around the world, including but not limited to widespread social issues, economic issues, and environmental issues. Organizations that maintain or have published an official list of global issues include the United Nations, and the World Economic Forum.
The Grand Challenges in Global Health (GCGH) is a research initiative launched by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation [1] in search of solutions to health problems in the developing world. Fifteen challenges are categorized in groups among seven stated goals plus an eighth group for family health.
A baby born today will be the 8th billion human on the planet, according to a United Nations projection. It expects India to overtake China as the world's most populous nation next year.
Grand challenges are more than ordinary research questions or priorities, they are end results or outcomes that are global in scale; very difficult to accomplish, yet offer hope of being ultimately tractable; demand an extensive number of research projects across many technical and non-technical disciplines and accompanied by well-defined metrics.
The World Today is a monthly global affairs magazine founded by Chatham House in 1945. [1] It was formerly published six times a year and aims to bring the Institute's analysis to a broad audience. It replaced the Bulletin of International News , which was published from 1925 to 1945.
The 2019 UN World Water Development report noted that about four billion people, representing nearly two-thirds of the world population, experience severe water scarcity during at least one month of the year. [6] With rising demand, the quality and supply of water have diminished. [7]
While managing your workload may seem like the most obvious workplace challenge, there are a few other problems many people are facing in their professions. The top 10 workplace challenges people ...
The United Nations' High-level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change was created in 2003 to analyse threats and challenges to international peace and security, and to recommend action based on this analysis. [1]