Major World Issues

The following are the Top World Issues, followed by other World Issues (in no particular order):

T op Eight World Issues: 


 * Global Warming (Human caused heating up of the Planet, more Severe Weather, Climate Changes) – Most Urgent
 * Wars and Conflicts (Ongoing for the past two millennia, slowly increasing in number, the Nuclear Arsenal (13,410), Terrorism) - Most Urgent
 * The Covid-19 Pandemic (as well as other Viruses, other Bio-engineered threats we create) - Most Urgent
 * Population Growth – now Unsustainable, given our current organization (globalized systems, tightly integrated Financial systems, super-dense Cities and Mega-cities)
 * Environmental Destruction (Species and Habitat Loss, Half the world’s Trees gone, Desertification, Ocean Acidification, Ozone Depletion)
 * Resource Over-consumption (Food waste, Water availability, Mineral depletion, continued use of non-renewable damaging Fossil Fuels)
 * Unsustainable Debt, Deficits, Foreclosures, Business Bankruptcies, Bailouts, Tax Reductions, Tariffs and Incentives, Profiteering from the Exploitation of others
 * Excessive levels of Governance (affecting personal Safety and Security, Surveillance, Citizen Rights, Decision-making)

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 Other World Issues/Concerns: 


 * Pollution (City smog, chemical pollution, poisoning of Air, Water and Land)
 * World Poverty (Global inequality, Extreme Poverty, Income disparity causing different classes of people – the Poor, the Rich Elites, the Middle Class, etc.)
 * Unemployment (especially Workers seeking Work)
 * Social Issues (other)
 * AI Artificial Intelligence, we Create, but eventually… Loss of Control
 * Multiple, excessive (up to seven in some cases) Layers of governance
 * Money equated to Power and Control
 * Inequality, hierarchy of classes, Exploitation of others
 * High Density City Living that promotes the spread of Pandemics
 * Capitalism’s need for Growth and Free Markets making the Decisions for us
 * Little if any True Representation for National or World Decisions (Lobbyists, Bribes, Coercion, Corruption)

Read Warnings to Humanity for others' concerns.

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