Global problems of our time and ways to overcome them

The first decade of the new millennium is behind us. Half a century ago, the world started talking about a new threat to humanity. Now, nothing has actually changed, people still face the most acute global problems that threaten the existence of civilization and even life itself on our planet.

In many parts of our planet, the state of the environment can be called an ecological disaster. And the number of these points is increasing.

We are practically on the verge of an imminent global catastrophe. And if humanity does not give priority to environmental issues in all its activities, to make efforts to preserve and restore the natural environment, our story may end very soon.

Humanity exists and develops at the expense of nature. It is foolish to cut the branch on which you are sitting.

This is due, in my opinion, to the huge scale of human activity (especially industrial), which radically changed the nature, the way of life of people, society.

Global problems are the result of a qualitatively new level of interaction between man, nature and society.

They are generated by the growth of human needs, the enormous scale of his economic activities, the crisis of modern socio-economic development models and other planetary processes.

Rapid demographic growth on the planet, the creation of weapons of mass destruction, the socio-economic problems are the cause of neuropsychological stress, the spread of diseases, drug addiction, alcoholism, AIDS, degradation of culture and morality.

The rapid growth of the world’s population is called the demographic explosion.

Hundreds of square kilometers have been cleared of tropical forests. Under the hooves of numerous herds, the steppes and prairies turned into deserts.

A shortage of natural resources has become sharply marked not only within individual countries, but throughout the world.

On the scale of the entire world economy, soil, hydropower, fresh water, fish stocks are already being used to the limit.

According to UNESCO estimates, it must reduce its consumption by 10 times.

Simultaneously with the demographic explosion, a scientific and technological revolution took place. Man mastered nuclear energy, rocket technology and went into space. He invented the computer, electronic engineering and the synthetic materials industry.

The population explosion and the scientific and technological revolution have led to a colossal increase in the consumption of natural resources.

There is no stable list of global problems. According to the classification proposed by the World Economic Forum, global problems affecting the economy are divided into 5 groups:

Economic problems:

1. a) Oil prices / energy consumption
2. b) Asset prices / huge debt
3. c) US current account deficit
4. d) Monetary crisis
5. e) China’s rise

Ecological problems:

1. a) Biodiversity
2. b) Climate change
3. c) Water supply / quality
4. d) Natural disasters
5. e) Air, water and soil pollution

6. f). Energy shortage problem

Social problems:

1. a) Radical Islam
2. b) The threat of religious wars
3. c) Demographic: population aging, population shortage in developed countries, male predominance
4. d) Forced migration
5. e) Infectious diseases
6. f) Poverty
7. g) The ambiguous attitude of the public towards technological advances (biotechnology, nanotechnology, other fields of science)

Geopolitical issues:

1.a) Terrorism

2. b) Organized crime

3.c) Hot spots (Israel / Palestine, India / Pakistan, Iraq, Chechnya, Korean Peninsula, China / Taiwan, Iran, Saudi Arabia)

4.d) Conflicts due to lack of resources

5.g) Creation of weapons of mass destruction

The waste of giant industries began to pollute the environment more and more, destroying the health of the population. In all industrialized countries, cancer, chronic pulmonary and cardiovascular diseases are widespread.

Also, one of the most acute global problems of our time is overcoming the backwardness in the development of most of humanity. Backwardness is the result of the interconnectedness of all global problems. The overwhelming majority of the population of developing countries does not have normal living conditions. Overall, one third of the population in the developing world lives in absolute poverty.

In my opinion, all directions for the solution are united by one main goal – to instill in people new moral and ethical values, the development of such an attitude towards nature, which would be based on harmony with it, and not on its subordination.

Also, to solve environmental problems, in my opinion, scientific research is needed. Such as, for example, elucidating the effect on the health of the population of prolonged exposure to low doses of radiation and the development of methods for decontamination of soils, the development of rational methods for the absorption of smoke and gas aerosols, the development of the most rational methods for the artificial recovery of the ozone layer (by the way, work in this direction has already begun)

In order to end the backwardness of the majority of humanity, it is necessary to carry out tremendous transformations throughout the world, eliminating all forms of inequality of the people in the world.

In the second half of the 20th century, the nature of terrorist activities expanded and became more complex throughout the world, and the sophistication and inhumanity of terrorist acts increased.

A terrible feature of modern international terrorism is that no one in any corner of the globe, regardless of gender, age, occupation, can feel completely safe, even within the walls of his own home.

Terrorists seek to spread fear and panic throughout society. They push states to restrict the rights and freedoms of citizens, contribute to the spread of religious and ethnic hatred

It cannot be overcome without the combined efforts of all countries in the world. Forceful methods of dealing with it are also necessary, but the forceful option can give positive results only in the short term. First of all, it is necessary to think about solving the complex socio-economic and sociocultural problems of the whole world, a significant part of which perceives the existing world order as clearly unjust.

Global problems, in my opinion, cannot be completely eradicated. Of course, there are a huge number of different international organizations that are pursuing an active policy to change public opinion in the humane and democratic direction of harmony with the outside world. The UN plays a special role in solving global economic problems.

An incredible amount of action is being taken: advertisements, promotions, videos, laws, meetings, brochures.

It is useless for those who “do not care”. After all, it can be said that it is impossible to change the consciousness of a person who did not care what was happening around him all his life, to reach out to egoists, whose life policy “if only I felt good, and the rest would take care of themselves,” one might say.

Since humanity is imperfect, there will always be people who will be very sensitive to what we have, to nature, think about the future generation, take care of others, try to change something for the better, for the good and for harmony. But people who are “deaf” to everything, egoists with the policy “Why me, and not someone else ?! Let whoever needs it, and he cares about others! “

The problems will not go away until violence disappears from TV screens, from video games (which is almost impossible, since this is a huge industry for making money), from the media.

Until the “policy” of upbringing in some families changes, until illiteracy and rudeness and uncouthness disappear, we can do nothing.

It is necessary to further strengthen the interconnection of the modern world, change the interaction with the environment, abandon the cult of consumption, and develop new values. Humanity needs to learn how to rationally manage its own forces and capabilities.

We need joint efforts, the will and actions of all mankind, the efforts of each family, each individual person.

The solution to global problems, it seems to me, ultimately comes down to human qualities and ways to improve them. For it is only through the development of human qualities and human abilities that it is possible to achieve a change in the entire material-oriented civilization and the use of its enormous potential for good purposes.

The way out is seen in the development of culture and the formation of new human qualities. These new qualities include globality of thinking, love of justice, aversion to violence. Neither the use of environmentally friendly technologies, nor the establishment of a fair economic order, nor a reasonable formulation of the tasks of mankind are possible without appropriate human qualities.

In connection with the need to form new human qualities, the problems of education come to the fore. It is in the education system that the resource that is realized in the subsequent life of a person is laid. Consequently, the quality of education determines how people will position themselves in the world, what values ​​they will be guided by. Formation of either a perspective view of the course of world development or an orientation towards the momentary depends on education.

Each person should realize that humanity is on the verge of death, and whether we survive or not is the merit of each of us.