Assignment B
Introduction
Civil War
Climate Change
Energy Sources
Lack of Educational opportunities
These four are the biggest threats to the global environment because civil war causes
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Civil War
Civil War is described as a conflict of a country against it’s own citizens. (American battlefield Trust, 1)
The first recorded civil war is in the Roman Empire. In 49 BC Julius Caesar led his army to illegally seize Roman territory which then cause a Civil War in the Roman Empire. (knighton, 2)
It is estimated that 20% of nations experience at least ten years of civil war. (Nagdy, 3)
3. Body Slides: The slide content is listed in the outline below. For each body slide you develop, please include a paragraph in the Notes section explaining how the details you have provided in the slide are pertinent to the United Nations’ discussion on selecting and prioritizing goals.
a. One slide on a brief history and assessment of the threat
b. One slide on the countries most affected by the threat, and how those countries are affected (please give examples)
c. One slide on the effects of this threat on the world population as a whole
d. One slide including a chart, graph, or compelling visual that relates to the content you present in body slides a–c
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Civil War
Colombia
Colombia Conflict (ongoing since 1964)
Turkey
Kurdish-Turkish conflict (since 1978)
Sudan
War in Darfur (2003), Sudanese nomadic conflicts (2009), Sudanese conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile (2011)
Pakistan
War in North-West Pakistan (2004)
Syria
Syrrian Civil War (2011)
South Sudan
South Sudanese Civil War (2013)
Libya
Second Libyan Civil War (2014)
Colombia has been fighting a civil war between paramilitaries, cartels and communist guerrillas since 1964. There is a peace accord as of 2016 however, the conflict is still technically going.
Turkey has been fighting against it’s population of Christian Kurds since 1978, but have also been fighting them inside of Syria as part of the Syrian Civil War.
Sudan has been stricken with civil war since 2003 in many parts of it’s nation.
Pakistan has fighting an insurgency against many groups like ISIL, Al-Qaeda, Taliban and many others since 2004.
After
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Civil War
Civil War
Energy Sources
Energy Sources
Energy Sources
Energy Sources
Climate Change
Climate Change
Climate Change
Climate Change
Lack of Educations Opportunities
Lack of Educations Opportunities
Lack of Educations Opportunities
Lack of Educations Opportunities
Conclusion
References
1. What is a Civil War?, American Battle Field Trust, 2020, https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/what-civil-war
2. Civil Wars That Shaped Our History of Our World, Andrew Knighton, July 29, 2017, https://www.warhistoryonline.com/history/8-civil-wars-shaped-world-m.html
3. Civil Wars, Mohamed Nagdy and Max Roser, 2020, https://ourworldindata.org/civil-wars
4. The World’s Most War-Torn Countries, Oishimaya Sen Nag, June 6, 2019, https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-world-s-most-war-torn-countries.html