Analysis on the Threats Defense Argument

Analysis on the Threats Defense Argument

Analysis of the Threats

Introduction

The world faces different threats that threaten the lives of people, animals, and the general environment. The United Nations is committed to ensuring that the negative effects that come with the threats are neutralized to achieve a safe global environment. There are eight notable threats to the global environment that negatively affect global stability. Of the eight threats, four threats, namely; Lack of educational opportunities, Cultural taboos, inappropriate uses of technology, and Poor health of entire populations, have the most effects on global stability (Smith, &Goldblum, 2020). Each of these threats has different negative effects on the global environment, and thus, the UN is committed to ensuring that the effects brought about by these threats are countered to minimize their severity.

Threat 1: Poor health of entire populations

Poor health of the entire population is one of the biggest threats to the stable global community. Many pieces of research have shown that the poor health of the world population is rooted in political, social, and economic injustices. When a nation has an unhealthy population, it means that the political, economic, and social systems in such nations have malfunctioned (Roberts, 2018). Bad politics results in a bad political system that does not make any effort to improve a nation’s health system. Poverty is directly proportional to poor health.

A poor community cannot afford basic health care; hence, the population of such a community is at high risk of diseases. Poverty is both cause and a result of poor health; the poor population health; it should be noted that poverty increases the chances of poor healthy people (Teara. Gov, 2020). Poor health, in turn, tends to trap people in poverty. In the modern world, tropical infectious diseases such as polio, tuberculosis, malaria, diarrhea, and pneumonia tend to kill millions of people in poor countries yearly (Clerke & Erregers, 2020). In other words, the poverty nature of these countries leads to poor health among the people. Poor countries have no capacity to establish a sound healthcare system. In the end, it is the population that suffers from curable diseases.

Poor health of the population of countries has a great impact on the global environment. First, the lives lost through diseases tend to reduce economic productivity as well as individual tragic populations (Smith &Goldblum, 2020). Productivity is also slowed when people are ill. For example, HIV Aids is prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa; there were about 1.7 million death occurrences due to HIV Aids and about 900,000 deaths caused by tuberculosis in the year 2007 (Clerke & Erregers, 2020). Most of the people who died of these diseases were young people who were in their most productive years. When the world loses such a large productive population, its well-being is destabilized.

A poor health population heavily affects the world’s billions of dollars of economic activities lost every year. Death from diseases and medical costs is among the world’s largest expenditures (Roberts, 2018). The high medical costs seriously reduce global economic growth. It has been recorded that malaria alone reduces about 1.3% of the economic growth, and tuberculosis accounts for about 7% of the GDP.

Poverty leads marginalized groups in society to be vulnerable people who are very much affected by the occurrences of diseases and the generally poor state of the healthcare system. These vulnerable people may decide to make harsh choices, knowingly exposing themselves to health risks since they cannot watch their children go hungry (Clerke & Erregers, 2020). Therefore, a poor health population blended with poverty increases the global wealth disparities where a small portion of the population is very rich, and the majority are very poor (Smith & Goldblum, 2020). Such situations destabilize the global environment since the rich access all kinds of amenities while the majority of the poor languish in poverty because they cannot access opportunities.

The costs of medical care and the transport to reach the health centers can be devastating to the poor, unhealthy population. In the worsts situations, the burden of diseases means that families intervene and sell their property and even take children out of school for them to look for employment that helps them earn a living (Teara. Gov, 2020). In most cases, the burden of care in such a population is left to female relatives who sometimes give up on their education. Thus, a poor health population is a burden to the global community since it interferes with the education of children who grow as semiliterate and lose their property.

Threat 2: Lack of educational opportunities

Lack of education opportunities for children is another biggest threat that faces the global community. It is said that education is the key to success, meaning that when someone is educated, he has a high chance of succeeding professionally (Borgenprojecet.org, 2021). Moreover, education helps to remove ignorance making the individual think creatively and critically. Thus, through education, individuals can solve community problems such as disease, poverty, and more. Former South African President Nelson Mandela stated that education is a social equalizer. When individuals from different backgrounds get educated, they advance to the same level. Individuals from rich families and those of poor families get equal opportunities in society when they are equally educated.

Denying people access to education is a lethal tool that destabilizes society and the entire world. If countries aim to attain an equal society, everyone should be given a chance to go to school. Access to education by all is one of the fundamental goals of the United Nations (Drew, 2020). In developed countries, people have equal opportunities to access education. However, in many developing countries, many children drop out of school due to poverty; their families cannot afford the costs of education (Borgenprojecet.org, 2021). Children from rich families continue with education and emerge to be successful in life, while poor families remain stagnant in poverty. Everyone must access quality education for a healthier global community

The lack of equal opportunity to access education in the communities has many effects. First, uneducated people lack a voice in the community. Uneducated people do not have the skills or the confidence to speak up. In developing countries, especially in Africa and some parts of Asia, Women remain oppressed since they have been denied equal opportunity to access education. (Drew, 2020). The population of women who are educated is low compared to the population of men who have gone to school. Lack of voice creates societal inequality, creating an unequal global community.

Lack of equal chances to access education leads to poor health. Uneducated people lack knowledge of basic healthcare practices. People who go to schools understand the importance of personal health and hygiene (Borgenprojecet.org, 2021). It is through education that health professionals and authorities communicate important information to society. Poor health and personal hygiene are serious problems in communities that have a larger uneducated population. Through education, individuals understand basic healthcare practices such as sexual health, antenatal and prenatal care, and individual hygiene. Studies have shown that helping girls access secondary education levels would help decrease global deaths from diseases such as pneumonia, malaria, and diarrhea by about 49% (Drew, 2020). These statistics show how education is important in boosting population health.

Another effect of the lack of opportunity to education is it leads to the poverty trap. Families that have tried to take their children to school have escaped poverty in the long run since children who complete school get numerous employment opportunities, hence eradicating poverty within families (Drew, 2020). However, in families that have no access to education, children become less productive; hence, they inherit poverty from their parents remaining in the poverty cycle.

Conclusion

A myriad of threats faces the well-being of the global environment and community. The UN has identified various threats that tend to pull back the global community from prosperity. Some of the threats that are experienced are; Lack of educational opportunities, Cultural taboos, inappropriate uses of technology, and Poor health of entire populations. This paper focused on discussing two threats: lack of access to education and poor health population. These two threats are the top threats to human prosperity compared to the other mentioned threats. Lack of chances to education; leads to a poverty trap and lack of voice. While poor health population also leads to poverty, death, and medical costs.

References

Borgenprojecet.org. (2021). 5 Consequences of Not Having Access to Education. Retrieved from https://borgenproject.org/5-consequences-of-not-having-access-to-education

Clarke, P., & Erreygers, G. (2020). Defining and measuring health poverty. Social Science & Medicine, 244, 112633. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112633

Drew, C.(2020).  Lack of Education: 11 Lifelong Effects. Retrieved from https://helpfulprofessor.com/lack-of-education/

Roberts, S. (2018). Poverty and poor health. Retrieved from https://www.healthpovertyaction.org/news-events/key-facts-poverty-and-poor-health/

Smith, M &Goldblum, J. (2020). The Greatest Public Health Threat Is Poverty. Tale School of Medicine. Retrieved from https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/24085/

Teara. gov. (2020). Page 4. Causes of poor health. Retrieved from https://teara.govt.nz/en/pacific-island-health/page-4

WHO. (2017). World Bank and WHO: Half the world lacks access to essential health services, 100 million still pushed into extreme poverty because of health expenses. Retrieved from https://www.who.int/news/item/13-12-2017-world-bank-and-who-half-the-world-lacks-access-to-essential-health-services-100-million-still-pushed-into-extreme-poverty-because-of-health-expenses

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Analysis on the Threats Defense Argument

The information you provided in your PowerPoint presentation on Threats to the Global Environment (See attached if needed) has led to productive debates at the United Nations General Assembly! Hence, they are now asking you to create an additional analysis report to respond to the issues raised in these debates.

Your fourth project as a consultant for the United Nations is to develop a report that addresses the issues raised by some of the member states of the United Nations.

Step I. Consider the Issues

In Assignment 3a, you were asked to create a PowerPoint identifying the four most critical threats out of eight threats provided in the table below.

Energy sources	Civil war
Globalization	Poor health of entire populations
Lack of educational opportunities	Cultural taboos
Inappropriate uses of technology	Climate change

There are four remaining threats that you did not discuss in your PowerPoint. This assignment will focus on those four. Here are the specific tasks you will complete:

• Review the remaining four threats that you did not use in Assignment 3a.
• Pick two of the four to focus on in Assignment 3b.
• Identify the reasons why you think these two threats are less critical than the four threats you chose for your PowerPoint presentation.

Step II. Prepare Your Report

The UN has given you the following guidelines.

Introduction

Briefly introduce the topic of the analysis (about 100-150 words).

1. State the topic and intent of the paper.
2. Identify the four threats you will discuss in the paper in the order in which they appear in the paper.

Section I. Threat 1

1. Write an opening statement describing the perception of the threat.
2. Write one page giving three reasons that explain why you saw this threat as less critical than the four you chose for your presentation in Assignment 3a.
3. Support these reasons with at least three credible sources.

Section II. Threat 2

1. Write an opening statement describing the perception of the threat.
2. Write one page giving three reasons to explain why you saw this threat as less critical than the four you chose for your presentation in Assignment 3a.
3. Support these reasons with at least three credible sources.

Conclusion

• Offer a summary (one page or less) of your defense of your choices that the United Nations can use to address their prioritization concerns.

Formatting Requirements

• Your paper may consist of up to four pages (not including the cover or reference pages).
• Create headings for each section of your paper as follows:
  • Introduction
  • Threat 1 (include the name of your chosen threat)
  • Threat 2 (include the name of your chosen threat)
  • Conclusion
• Use and cite four to six credible sources in your analysis. You may use the same source for more than one threat as long as you use a minimum of four different sources. A list of potential resources is available at the end of this course guide.
• Make sure your paper contains both in-text citations and a source list, per SWS guidelines; refer to the Strayer Writing Standards (SWS) document for reference.
• Include a cover page with your name, the date you submitted the paper, and your instructor’s name.

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is as follows:

• Examine the factors that account for why the growth in the world’s population can negatively affect the global society.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic/organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric: