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    There is a serious situation occurring on planet Earth that is causing significant and harmful effects on communities, health, and the climate. It is Global Warming which can be defined as the constant heating of Earth 's surface, oceans and atmosphere. In order to understand global warming, the most vital concept is the greenhouse effect and how it plays an important part in its development. Water vapor and certain gases in the atmosphere absorb infrared radiation, causing what is called the greenhouse

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    There is a serious situation is occurring on planet Earth that is causing a significant and harmful effect on communities, health, and the climate. It is Global Warming which can be defined as the constant heating of Earth 's surface, oceans and atmosphere. In order to understand global warming, the most important basic is to figure out how the of greenhouse effect plays an important part in its development. The greenhouse effect is caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) that trap heat

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    In this day and age, problems like global warming, widespread fossil fuel use, and high carbon emissions are “having significant and harmful effects on our communities, our health, and our climate” (Union of Concerned Scientists, 2014). “To limit [this], the world is going to have to get a lot better at using energy smartly” (Hope, 2014). One such way is by reducing the amount of energy we consume or waste on a daily basis; in other words, being more energy efficient. Energy Efficiency is “using

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    Global warming is one of the largest environmental problems of the time, and this naturally occurring phenomenon intensified by pollution has become a threat to the health of humans and wildlife, communities, and economies around the world. Normal greenhouses gases (GHGs) present in the atmosphere include carbon dioxide, water vapor, and nitrous oxide. These gases prohibit too much infrared radiation from reflecting back into space; hence, they trap this energy in the atmosphere to create a constant

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    As technology, makes our world a much smaller, much more diverse place, the role of nation states is bring reduced. Global organisations are taking on a more expansive role in the governing of the world. Organisations such as the United Nations, The World Bank, the World Health Organisation, the G8 and the G20 taking on important roles in regulating all facets of the policy around the world. Placing requirements on sovereign nations to achieve standards, in fields such as Economics, health, education

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    today where the global community is intertwined with many other nations trading, importing and exporting their national resources for other products that may not be native to the nation one lives in. One example of this is Coffee. Many 1st world nations indulge on this commodity yet very few nations actually grow and import coffee. The word “coffee” comes from Kaffa, a region in Ethiopia where it is believed the coffee bean was discovered. Coffee is so important in the global marketplace that

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    Climate change has become a significant policy issue debated by the entire global community. Through out earth’s existence, climate change has been a part of the evolutionary process. Earth’s climate goes through a sequence of glacier and inter-glacier periods. These are periods where the earth heats up and global warming takes over the land. Then, there will be a period of an ice age, where snow and ice encompass most of the land. Recent studies provide evidence to this theory and additionally show

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    Question 1: What is your experience in working with intercultural dialogue, youth, and other areas of work relevant to the UNAOC mandate and 7th UNAOC Global Forum? Please also share one of your personal or professional achievements in any of these areas. * Please use a maximum of 150 words or less. As the sole United States Delegate to the 2014 G(irls)20 Summit in Sydney, Australia, I worked with over twenty four other women to write a communique focused on how to economically empower women and

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    Laurin Collins Mrs. Dannolfo LA 3: 8 11 May 2016 The Global Community and Defeating ISIS Osama bin Laden. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Akhtar Mansour. These names are not the words will hear on the street. Or in the shopping mall. But if switch on the 9 o 'clock news,some might hear these names following Al Qaeda, Taliban, or ISIS. These are not the name everyone would think would decapitate a young christian man on live television. Or would murder more than 130 people and wounded many

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    Global Community Assessment: Australia

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    Global Community Assessment: Australia The sound of the engine was deafening. Then again maybe my heartbeat was the sound pounding in my ears. Sudden panic mixed with excitement over takes me as I think, "what have I gotten myself into now?!" But, then I look over at my partner in this so crazy it-just-might-work adventure. I take a deep cleansing breath and look at the picture of my boys, which I have secured to my in-flight reading materials. They all said the flight is the worst

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