Global Warming

Environment,

Climate changes like global warming, is the result of human practices like the emission of greenhouse gases. Global warming leads to rising temperatures of the oceans and the earth?s surface, causing the melting of polar ice caps, rise in sea levels and also unnatural patterns of precipitation such as flash floods, excessive snow or desertification.

Many of the following impacts of the phenomenon are now well under way: fresh water marshlands, low-lying cities and islands are inundated with seawater, droughts and fires occur in many areas around the world3 while there is an increased likelihood of extreme events such as flooding, hurricanes etc. A significant melting of old glaciers has already been observed while animal populations have lost their habitat and have become extinct..Apart from that, a migration of diseases,such as malaria, has been noticed while plankton is being destroyed due to warming seas, leading to the loss of fish populations.

Child Labour

Global issues

12  Recent global estimates based on data of UNICEF, the ILO and the World Bank indicate that 215 million children aged 5 to 17 are engaged in child labour working under conditions that are considered illegal, hazardous, or extremely exploitative.Underage children work at all sorts of jobs around the world, usually because they and their families are extremely poor. Large numbers of children work in commercial agriculture, fishing, manufacturing, mining and domestic service. Some children work in illicit activities like the drug trade and prostitution or other traumatic activities such as serving as soldiers. Συνέχεια ανάγνωσης Child Labour →