Introduction
About the United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization, which was founded in 1945 after the Second World War, committed to providing the means to help resolve international conflicts and formulate policies on matters affecting human beings all over the world (Wikipedia). The organization is committed to maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations and promoting social progress, better living standards and human rights (Wikipedia). ‘Ensuring environmental sustainability’, climate change being one of the major factors, is one of the millennium development goals of the UN. The United Nations Environment Programme, UNEP, along with many organizations/agencies under the UN, collaboratively work towards achieving this goal.
About the Chosen Aspect of Study
‘How does the United Nations support the millennium development goal of promoting environmental sustainability by limiting climate change in South and North America?’ This investigation shall focus on the previously mentioned question as this a very interesting topic to further research on, also as I believe that the UN has played an enormous role in promoting environmental sustainability in South and North America, and therefore would make a good topic to further research on. This topic is worthy of studying as by knowing of what many before us have done to protect and sustain the environment, we can look into aiding the environment to a
Humans have been around for 200,000 years, and while this may seem like a long time, it is belittled by the fact the earth has been around for 4.5 billion years. In this time we have taken control of this planet and accomplished many other amazing feats but we still face one problem: long-term sustainability. There are a lot of potential situations that could cause humanity to cease in existence, three of which are climate change, loss of biodiversity, and loss of bees. People have been trying to solve these problems and though they have not been eliminated, some have been improved on. For example, there have been efforts made to stop climate change and they have worked, the hole in the ozone layer is getting smaller. Humans are amazing, but we are not immortal. We will need to find solutions to these problems if we are to survive much longer.
With the idea of sustainability in terms of the environment and renewable resources being discussed more often, the idea of social sustainability encroaches its way into all of these topics. With questions such as: how will a city manage this? How will enforcement of sustainability affect our lifestyles? Will people actually willingly follow these ideas of sustainability? These questions show the concern people have for society and this new idea of a sustainable lifestyle. However, people will end up not following these new guidelines to a more reserved and environmentally aware lifestyle, which in turn leads to the question: are they really valuable to society? Ethically speaking, no these people are not valuable, because in turn,
Also the UN was created in the 20th century and its main purpose was to form a peace treaty with its members and this was a major feat because up until then, there was not a peace treaty that huge and this set a milestone. It resultant effect was that majority of the countries who were members of the UN were working together, assisting each other in developing a better functioning economy. The UN worked tirelessly to preserve basic human rights when their intervention is
On September 25th of 2015, the United Nations adopted a comprehensive initiative to combat a wide variety of global health issues that currently plague humanity. The initiative, entitled “UN Sustainable Development Goals” includes a list of seventeen goals to be achieved over the next fifteen years and encompasses measures to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all. This paper intends to provide an in-depth analysis of the tenth UN
The idea of the United Nations was comprised in 1943 but officially declared as an organisation in 1945. In modern times the number of countries that have joined the UN has vastly increased. The UN is charged with upholding international laws and human rights as well as ensuring world wide security, economic development and social advancement. Over the following years this has increased the amount of rights an individual has. As more and more countries joined the UN in order to be a part of universal; “models and prescriptions about how to organise national populations on the basis of individual citizenship, further delegitimising the
The article is of medium length. It is almost equal in size with that of The World Bank and the Catholic Church. The UN wiki page has several topics and sub topics. The topics include History, Structure, Membership, Objectives, Funding, Evaluation, Awards and Criticisms, See
The UN has many targets that they are trying to carry out to control and prevent the destruction of their country due to climate change. One way is to have the ability to react good to difficult situations
Sustainability has been at the forefront of much international policy in the recent years, however how it should be implemented is contested. The United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development offers a set of guidelines and goals for nations around the world. This however, is telling about the predominant voices on sustainable development where there is a focus on international assistance and management. This section will look at how exactly the international voices interact with the local ones on how sustainable development should actually be achieved in developing countries.
I will decide which aspect of the UN to look at, by firstly looking into the different aspects of the UN, which are related to geography, about which I can write. Next, choosing the most interesting of these aspects for me. Finally, I will have arrived at the aspect of the UN which I will be looking into.
A few problems we face in the world today include harmful ozone layer destruction, unmanageable global warming, disgustingly high levels of pollution, dangerously high rates of natural resource depletion, and extinction at astronomical rates. The effect of these issues includes destruction of our trees and plants, food shortages, higher risk of natural disasters, higher risk of unclean water, and a higher risk of cancer (Environmental Problems). These obvious issues have been ravaging our earth for much too long and it is time that people begin to step up and embrace environmental sustainability. While there are groups and foundations working towards creating a more sustainable earth, more active and widespread involvement is necessary. In
According to the Brundtland Report, sustainable development is defined as “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” In this definition, two challenges are worth nothing: meeting the needs of world’s poor, as well as the environmental limitations brought about by technological advancements and social organizations. According to Ruzevicius (2010), “a country’s social and economic development should be oriented such that the satisfaction of our present day needs would not affect the opportunities for satisfying the needs of future generations”. In the Brundtland Commission’s 1987 report
The United Nations has recently worked on establishing goals each with specific targets regarding sustainable development. Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development, and its associated targets will be analysed for measurability and thoroughness.
This is the type of change in attitudes and beliefs that we would like to
-Commission established by UN general assembly in 1983. It was to develop strategies to achieve sustainable development in a long run.
All through the most recent four decades, coordinated endeavours have been taken by states at universal, local and national levels to address natural difficulties postured far and wide. Amidst this period, global understandings have been made running from the "marine environment to space and from species conservation to assurance of the ozone layer". In addition, the author peddled that this period has additionally seen the foundation of new global establishments which have reinforced endeavours towards tending to the difficulties postured by natural concerns. Remarkably, the United Nations Environment Program ( 'UNEP ') and the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development ( 'UNCSD ') are two conspicuous bodies