The  members of the United Nations are impressed by your presentation. The  information you provided has led to productive debates. There are now  questions about prioritizing the issues at hand. Some of the countries  are challenging your recommendations and questioning your reasons for  not including certain other issues they believe are priorities. 

There are four remaining threats in the list of major global issues. Review the topics and reflect on two that you did not use  in Assignment 3a. Defend your reasons for considering these topics to  be less important than the issues you assessed in Assignment 3a.

Energy sources 

Civil war

Globalization

Poor health of entire populations

Lack of educational opportunities

Cultural taboos 

Inappropriate uses of technology

Climate change Choose  two of these four threats and write one paragraph on each threat  stating why each is less a priority to the health of the global  environment than the four you assessed in Assignment 3a. Support  your argument with at least three scholarly sources for each threat  chosen (a total of at least 6 sources) that can be used to support your  position that these two threats are less a priority than the four  threats which you chose to assess in assignment 3a.  Each counterargument should include:  An  opening statement describing the threat; Three (3) points that offer  evidence which supports your position that these threats are less a  priority than the four threats that you assessed in Assignment 3a. Please cite at least three scholarly sources in your argument. For a brief list of resources for this assignment, please see the end of the course guide.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are: Examine the factors that account for why the growth in the world’s population can negatively affect global society.