NEW CHALLENGES

TO HUMAN
ADAPTION AND
SOCIAL CHANGE
 In modern times, new challenges have been faced
by society that require members to strive for social
change for the purpose of adaption and
development. There are three major challenges
being faced by various countries and societies
nowadays : climate change, transnational migration,
and pandemic diseases.
 Climate change refers to the rise in average
temperatures of the earth's surface. The primary
cause of climate change is burning of fossil fuels
which emits greenhouse gasses into the
atmosphere-primarily carbon dioxide. It has been
observed that global climate change has ill effects
to the environment.
The rising of temperature that causes
heatstroke and skin disease, glaciers have
shrunk, ice on rivers and lakes is breaking up
earlier and the loss of biodiversity due to
limited adaptibility and adaptibility speed of
flora(plants) and fauna (animal life).
Transnational migration is the process by which
individuals from one country migrate to another
country for economic, political and social
reasons. One of the best examples of
transnational migration is the condition of OFW
across different geographical locations. The root
causes of this large number of migration cases
among Filipinos are thier families and issues on
development.
 RESPONDING TO
SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND
CULTURAL CHANGE

Every societal change entails certain reactions, responses and

adaptions. Individuals have several kinds of responses (positive
and negative) to these growing numbers of societal changes.
Some easily adapt with the new changes being imposed, but
others reject systemic changes, causing them to establish social
movements to defeat transform what has been already changed.
1 . INCLUSIVE CITIZENSHIP AND
PARTICIPATORY GOVERNANCE. In a
democratic society, citizen participate
in politics is encouraged. One of the
leading organizations espousing the
goal of having more governments
allowing intensive citizen interaction in
policy-making is the United Nations.
 2. NEW FORMS OF MEDIA AND SOCIAL
NETWORKING. Media has already undergone a
series of technological innovation and
development. As society experienced
modernization, several forms of media-particularly
social media-arose, resulting in modernized
development of communication.
3. SOCIAL MOVEMENTS. Social movement is a process
that involves three elements: the individual, the group,
and the society. Individuals are aware of their personal
qualities characteristics, and values, enabling them to act
according to what they practice or believe in. When they
experience any form of change in the society where they
belong to, reactions and response follow. As a result,
there is a series of social interactions between the
individual and the group, allowing them to collaborate with
same goals and objectives. This process paves the way to
the formation of social movements among different
societies.
4. CREATION OF SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS. If this pandemic
taught us anything, it is that our life (as it used to be) is not
sustainable for our planet. Human had to experiment with
digital solutions, be it virtual meetings for work, digital
education for students and virtual events instead of in person
conferences. These proved not only to be effective but also
an environmentally-friendly way to operate in a connected
world.
5. BRAND-NEW HABITS. The awareness for personal
and public hygiene measures saw a surge thanks to
the contagion. Health authorities are advocating for
regular hand washing with soap, social distancing and
people are getting used to wearing facemask for
grocery shopping. These new-formed habits could
linger wat after lockdonws are lifted, leading to overall
better hygiene.