Chose one important global issue, explain its importance and give detailed examples of action for change that schools could ta
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Chose one important global issue, explain its importance and give detailed examples of action for change that schools could take to help resolve it. Global issues are so important that they may literally decide the future of the human race. The very concept of issues that are global in scale is recent. Global issues have and hold the potential for extensive impacts on people and the planet. Global issues are beyond the ability of any one nation to resolve and are persistent, or long-acting. Their onset may take years, decades, or even generations to be felt, and may take similar amounts of time to be resolved. I am going to outline a few global issues briefly before finally concentrating on one particular issue, starting with conflict. There are around thirty high-intensity wars raging around the world today. These conflicts cause millions of casualties, as well as social and economic disruptions that threaten...

