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A global issue is a matter of public concern worldwide. This list of global issues presents problems or phenomena affecting people around the world, including but not limited to widespread , , and environmental issues. Organizations that maintain or have published an official list of global issues include the United Nations, and the World Economic Forum.


Global catastrophic risks
Not all of these risks are independent, because the majority, if not all of them are a result of human activity.
  • Biodiversity loss
  • Destructive artificial intelligence
  • Environmental disaster
  • Nuclear holocaust
  • Biotechnology risk
  • Societal collapse


United Nations list
The has listed issues that it deems to be the most pressing :

Office of the Special Adviser on Africa, , New Partnership for Africa’s Development, United Nations–African Union Mission in Darfur
Vienna International Plan of Action on Ageing, United Nations Principles for Older Persons, Proclamation on Ageing, International Year of Older Persons
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

International Atomic Energy Agency, Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
supporting and tracking the Sustainable Development Goals
, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), World Food Programme, Global Education First Initiative
, , United Nations Climate Change conference
United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization, United Nations Trust Territories, International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, UNDP, UNDEF, DPKO, DPA, ,
United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), World Food Programme
Commission on the Status of Women,
Millennium Development Goals
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
International Law Commission, Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948), International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (1965), International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966), International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966), Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (1979), United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (1982), Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989), Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (1996), International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism (1999), Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006)

International Organization for Migration
United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter
United Nations peacekeeping, List of United Nations peacekeeping missions, Peacebuilding Commission
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA), United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism
United Nations Volunteers
, System of Environmental and Economic Accounting for Water, Water for Life Decade, International Recommendations on Water Statistics, United Nations Water Conference, Millennium Development Goals, International Conference on Water and the Environment (1992), (1992)

As part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the UN Millennium Development Goals (2000-2015) were superseded by the UN Sustainable Development Goals (2016-2030), which are also known as The Global Goals. There are associated Targets and Indicators for each .


World Economic Forum List
In keeping with their economy-centered view, the World Economic Forum formulated a list of 10 most pressing points in 2016:
  1. Future of work/
  2. 2008 financial crisis
  3. Future of the /Fourth Industrial Revolution
  4. and investment and frameworks
  5. Long-term /Investment strategy
  6. Future


Global environmental issues
No single issue can be analysed, treated, or isolated from the others. For example, and climate change adversely affect biodiversity. Deforestation and pollution are direct consequences of overpopulation and both, in turn, affect biodiversity. While overpopulation locally leads to , this is more than counterbalanced by accelerating and urban sprawl. Theories like the world-system theory and the focus on the inter-dependency aspect of environmental and economic issues. Among the most evident environmental problems are:


See also

Literature
  • (2025). 9780470655641, Wiley-Blackwell. .
  • (2025). 9780205854592, Pearson.
  • (2025). 9781588268457, Lynne Rienner Pub.
  • (2025). 9781442605961, University of Toronto Press.
  • Global Education Magazine
  • Global Environmental Politics


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