ISSUES FACED IN THE

CONTEMPORARY WORLD
THEIR GLOBAL REPERCUSSIONS AND THE STRATEGIES THE
WORLD MADE TO COMBAT THEM.
 OVERVIEW
Credit : Viktor Vasnetsov 1887
WHAT CONSTITUTES A GLOBAL CRISIS?

“CRISIS REFERS TO A TIME OF GREAT DANGER, DIFFICULTY OR DOUBT WHEN

PROBLEMS MUST BE SOLVED OR IMPORTANT DECISIONS BE MADE” (OXFORD
DICTIONARY)
• A GLOBAL CRISIS REFERS TO THE TIME WHERE MOST NATIONS ARE
THREATENED BY THE WORSENING OF A GLOBAL ISSUE OR ANOTHER.
CATEGORIES OF GLOBAL ISSUES

• SOCIAL ISSUES
• ECONOMIC ISSUES
• INTERNATIONAL CONFLICTS
• ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
 SOCIAL ISSUES
PROBLEMS THAT ARE FELT BY AND CONCERNS THE PEOPLE.
COMMON MANIFESTATIONS OF SOCIAL ISSUES

• RIGHTS (ATTAINMENT OF CIVIL,

• DRUG ABUSE
POLITICAL, AND HUMAN RIGHTS)
• IMMIGRATION
• CORRUPTION
• DISCRIMINATION
• CHILD LABOR
• TERRORISM
• HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS
• HUNGER
• LACK OF EDUCATION
• VIOLENCE
• UNEMPLOYMENT
 MOST NOTABLE EVENTS RISING
THROUGH SOCIAL INSTABILITY
THE FALL OF SHRI LANKA
MORE SPECIFICALLY THEIR ECONOMY, BUT WHO CARES?
THE FALL OF SHRI LANKA

CAUSES:
• DUBIOUS TAX AND FINANCIAL, AND TRADING POLICIES
• ERRONEOUS DEBT, THE SEVERE DROP OF CASH FLOWING IN.
• CORRUPTION AND OTHER GLOBAL INCIDENCES.
IMPACT:
• PUMPED UP INFLATION, ABSENCE OF ESSENTIAL RESOURCES
• EXPORT, FUEL AND ENERGY SHORTAGE.
• ABSENCE OF DOLLAR RESERVES CAUSING BREAKDOWN OF INTERNATIONAL TIES.
GLOBAL DRUG CRISIS
STATISTICS OF DRUG USE IN THE WORLD

• IN 2010, ABOUT 5% OF PEOPLE (230 MILLION) USED ILLICIT SUBSTANCES.

• IN 2015, SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDERS RESULTED TO 307,400 DEATHS,
COMPARED TO 165,000 DEATHS IN 1990.
COMMON CONSEQUENCES OF EXTENSIVE DRUG
USE:

• HEALTH PROBLEMS
• SOCIAL PROBLEMS • VARIOUS ACCIDENTS
• MORBIDITY • HOMICIDES
• INJURIES • SUICIDES
• RASH DECISIONS • PHYSICAL DEPENDENCE
• VIOLENCE • PSYCHOLOGICAL ADDICTION
• DEATH
SPECIFIC POPULATIONS VULNERABLE TO THE
TEMPTATION

• IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEE

• STREET CHILDREN
• MUSICIANS AND OTHER ARTISTS
• VETERANCE
 ECONOMIC ISSUES
MATTERS CONCERNING FINANCIAL STABILITY AND TRADING BETWEEN NATIONS.
COMMON MANIFESTATIONS OF ECONOMICAL
INSTABILITY

• INCREASING DEBT BURDEN

• ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN
• HIGHER RATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT
• INFLATION OF COMMON GOODS
• ECONOMIC INEQUALITY
• GLOBAL POVERTY
 FEW HISTORICAL EVENTS
DETAILING FINANCIAL CRISES
2007-2008 FINANCIAL CRISIS
2007 – 2009 FINANCIAL CRISIS

• DETAILS THE ECONOMIC RECESSION OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN YEARS

2007 LEADING TO 2009 AFTER THE HOUSING BUBBLE BURST DUE TO
EXCESSIVE AND IRRESPONSIBLE LENDING PRACTICES.
• IT EVENTUALLY LEAD TO MASSIVE BAIL OUTS OF BANKS AND FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS, WEAKENING THE VALUE OF DOLLAR AND INCREASING THE
PRICE OF CRUDE OIL.
COVID-19
THE AFTEREFFECTS OF COVID-19 TO THE GLOBAL
ECONOMY

• LOCKDOWNS RESULTED TO MASSIVE INCREASE TIME THE RATE OF

UNEMPLOYMENT.
• DISRUPTION TO THE SUPPLY CHAIN AND PANIC BUYING RESULTED TO
SHORTAGE OF CERTAIN GOODS.
• STAGNATION OF WORLD ECONOMY.
• POVERTY RATES RISING ALONGSIDE MASSIVE INFLATION.
• BASICALLY THINGS WERE SCREWED OVER.
 INTERNATIONAL CONFLICTS
EROSION OF DIPLOMATIC TIES BETWEEN NATIONS, AND THE
POSSIBLE ESCALATION TO WAR.
COMMON TYPES OR REASON OF INTERNATIONAL
DISPUTES
• JUSTIFICATION OF HOSTILITIES – THE CRISIS STARTED BY A NATION
JUSTIFYING WAR AGAINST ANOTHER THROUGH INTRODUCTION OF A
THREAT OF SORTS. (I.E. RUSSIAN OCCUPATION OF UKRAINE)
• SPINOFF CRISIS – AN INTERNATIONAL DISPUTE THAT INVOLVES A NATION
CURRENTLY AT WAR, OR IN CRISIS WITH ANOTHER WHICH THEN CAUSES YET
ANOTHER CRISIS. (I.E. LIBYAN CRISIS AFTER THE OUSTING OF MUAMMAR
GADAFFI.)
• BRINKMANSHIP – INTENTIONALLY FORCING A CRISIS TO GET THE OTHER SIDE
TO BACK DOWN; INTIMIDATING OR LIMITING A NATION’S ACTIVITY AS A
DETERRENT. ( SANCTIONS OF UN MADE TO THE RUSSIAN ECONOMY
FOLLOWING ITS ACTIONS AGAINST UKRAINE)
ASYNCHRONOUS SUMMARY OF INTERNATIONAL
DISPUTES WITHIN THE LAST DECADES
• VIOLENT NEGOTIATIONS WITH COUNTRIES WITHIN THE ISRAELI REGIONS
AFTER THE WWII.
• WESTERN PRESENCE IN THE AFRICAN CONTINENT.
• PROXY WARS WITHIN THE COLD WAR ERA.
• CONFLICTS BETWEEN THE WEST AND EAST FOLLOWING THE GULF WARS.
• WAR AGAINST TERROR.
• CIVIL WARS WITHIN THE ARAB REGION FOLLOWING THE FALL OF GADAFFI’S
LIBYA.
• RUSSIAN OCCUPATION OF UKRAINE.
 ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
MATTERS CONCERNING THE CHANGES IN THE ENVIRONMENT THAT
THREATENS THE SUSTAINABILITY OF HUMAN LIFE
MANIFESTATIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

• HABITAT DESTRUCTION
• OVERCONSUMPTION
• HOLOCENE EXTINCTION (CURRENT
• OVERPOPULATION
MASS EXTINCTION EVENT)
• BIODIVERSITY LOSS • OCEAN ACIDIFICATION
• DEFORESTATION • OZONE DEPLETION
• DESERTIFICATION • POLLUTION
• GLOBAL WARMING/ CLIMATE • RESOURCE DEPLETION
CHANGE • URBAN SPRAWL
 THE CURRENT STATE OF WAR
BETWEEN EARTH AND HUMANITY
GLOBAL WARMING FROM FOSSIL
FUELS
USAGE OF FOSSIL FUELS ACCELERATES GLOBAL
WARMING

• AS OF MAY 2023, CO2 PPM (PARTS PER MILLION) IS AT 420.00 AND THE GLOBAL
TEMPERATURE ROSE BY 1.15C° COMPARED TO PRE-INDUSTRIAL LEVELS.
• NATIONS LIKE AUSTRALIA AND THE AMERICAS EXPERIENCE LOT MORE
DEVASTATING BUSHFIRES.
• LOCUSTS SWARMS PARTS OF AFRICA, ASIA, AND MIDDLE EAST.
• HEATWAVE IN THE POLAR REGIONS ARE THREATENING TO MELT
PERMAFROSTS ON THE SAID REGION.
• INCREASED TEMPERATURES GIVES RISE TO STRONGER STORMS.
FOOD WASTE
FOOD WASTE

• APPROXIMATELY ONE THIRD OF FOOD INTENDED FOR CONSUMPTION IS

WATER OR LOST,AROUND 1.3 BILLION TONNES.
• CONSEQUENTLY, THE DECSY OF THESE FOOD WASTE ALCO ACCOUNTS 1/3 OF
GLOBAL GREEN HOUSE EMISSIONS PER YEAR.
BIODIVERSITY LOSS
PLASTIC POLLUTION
STRATEGIES AND ORGANIZATIONS TO
COMBAT THE EFFECTS OF GLOBAL
ISSUES
HOW WE PREVENT FROM LETTING OURSELVES KILL IT SELF.
MAJOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

• UNITED NATIONS – FOR THE PROTECTION OF THEIR SIGNATORY STATES.

• NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION(NATO) – ENSURES THE SAFETY OF ALLIED
NATIONS IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC AGAINST ARMED FORCES OF OTHER NATIONS.
• EUROPEAN UNION – MAKES SURE THAT THE TRADE AND ECONOMY IN EUROPE
WOULD BE INTEGRATED AND SAFE.
• WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION – A MAJOR GLOBAL BODY THAT FOCUSES ON
INTERNATIONAL TRADES.
• INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT(ICC) – THIS GOVERNS THE JUSTICE TOWARDS THE
PEOPLE OF THE WORLD.
 IN CONCLUSION, THE WORLD
SUCKS ARSE, HOWEVER THERE
STILL ARE PEOPLE WHO TRIES
TO MAKE IT LESS SUCKY..