MUN FINAL PROJECT

Mia Nieto
3º B

Instituto Americano Leonardo Da Vinci

In this essay I’ll be giving an analysis of the topics we’ve seen along the semester,
including climate change, transforming food system, ending poverty etc..
I’ll start with the importance and the benefits of attending MUN.

It surely depends on where you study and how your school manages it but speaking
from personal experience, UN models have been so much fun for me.
A few years ago, in 2019 I got to visit the UN’s Secretariat Building in New York, I got
to attend many assemblies for people my age and learn about a lot of interesting
things! This was a week-long trip and it was one of the nicest experiences I’ve ever
had. I got to meet so much new people and where they came from, I learned about a
lot of cultures and their traditions. Meeting new in these models is an incredibly fun way
of learning and socializing, I even learned a few words in various languages. Going with
some dear friends made the whole experience even better, I trusted the people I went
with and felt at ease with them.

It’s a little crazy when you think about all the things you didn’t know before attending
one of these programs, it makes you feel ignorant. Acquainting yourself with global
issues can change your perspective on a lot of things, it also makes you more
empathetic towards others and the way you behave as a person.
Not only that but can also improve your public speaking a lot. You become so used to
speaking in public you start to lose the fear of it and it helps you get your point across
more genuinely. I learned so many things from this experience but specially my
negotiation skills. They don’t teach you how to behave around others in a work
environment or how to get what you want with a bit of persuasion.
GOAL 1 – END POVERTY

POVERTY One of the main UN goals is to eradicate poverty, COVID-19 risks decades of
progress in the fight against poverty. New research published by the UN warns that the
economic fallout from the global pandemic could increase global poverty by 8% of the
total human population, which is an absurd amount of people.
More than 10 per cent of the world population, still live in extreme poverty today,
struggling to fulfil the most basic needs; health, education, and access to water and
sanitation. The poverty rate in rural areas is 17.2 % which is more than three times
higher than in urban areas, we should keep this in mind and reflect on how lucky we
are.

For people who work, having a job does not guarantee a decent living. 8% of employed
workers and their families worldwide lived in extreme poverty in 2018. One out of five
children live in extreme poverty. Ensuring social protection for all children and other
vulnerable groups is critical to reduce poverty.

To try and fix this, the UN created a Framework for the immediate socio-economic
response to COVID-19, to ensure that people everywhere have access to essential
services.

GOAL 13 – CLIMATE CHANGE

Climate change affects everyone, the whole world has this problem. It is disrupting
national economies and affecting lives, costing people, communities and countries
dearly today and even more in a near future.

People are experiencing the impacts of climate change, which include changing weather
patterns, rising sea level, and more extreme weather events. The poorest and most
vulnerable people are being affected the most and it will catch up to the most privileged
eventually. Us as people can do our research on the subject and reflect on what we
could do to help.

Affordable solutions are available to enable countries to leapfrog to cleaner, more

resilient economies.
Countries adopted the Paris Agreement at the COP21 in Paris on 12 December 2015.
In the agreement, all countries agreed to work to limit global temperature rise to well
below 2 degrees Celsius, to strive for 1.5 degrees Celsius. This agreement is essential
for climate change and provides a roadmap for climate actions that will reduce
emissions and build climate resilience.
TRANSFORMING FOOD SYSTEMS

Current agricultural and food systems also drive inequality and hunger. While we have a
sufficient global food production to feed the world, 10% of the population go hungry
due to unequal distribution and access to food. And things won’t get better than this,
the global food demand is expected to increase by 2050, with obvious negative impact
on land and soil degradation.
The good news is that we have the ability to turn this challenge into a fantastic
opportunity to address our planetary crises.
Transitioning back to nature-positive production practices will allow producers to
increase food supplies while generating long-term returns for themselves and the
planet.
Some other things we can do are:
 Diversify plant species to enhance resilience  
 Change agricultural practices for multiple benefits
 Take deforestation and conversion out of supply chains