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The United Nations has continued to retain you as a consultant for a two-part project. Many member states are dissatisfied with the progress of the eight Millennium Development Goals for international development that were established by that body in 2000. They see a substantial disconnect between what issues developed and developing countries believe are priorities. For example, Burundi wants one of the goals to focus on food security, while Austria is adamant that a major global issue should be the negotiation of ceasefires in countries in the midst of civil wars.

Initial Argument

Question 1: You have been asked to identify issues you feel most impact the global environment unfavorably, so of the eight major threats listed below, choose the four that you consider the most critical.

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

Your UN contract calls for you to:

1. Develop a minimum of four slides per issue, for a minimum total of 16 slides.
2. Provide at least a paragraph on each slide in the notes section (see the example at the right) that includes a history of each issue and what type of economic, political, social or environmental threat the problem poses to populations in the developing world. To review how to configure your PowerPoint slides, please refer to your com account or reach out to your instructor ahead of time. 
3. For each issue, use one of your four slides to create a graph or chart that analyzes the data you have collected.