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  • 1Global governance — is the political interaction of transnational actors aimed at solving problems that affect more than one state or region when there is no power of enforcing compliance. Traditionally, governance has been associated with governing, or with… …

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  • 2global solution — UK US noun [C] ► a way of dealing with a difficult situation that can help countries or companies in every part of the world: »Climate change is a global problem and we have to find a global solution …

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  • 3problem — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 sth that causes difficulties ADJECTIVE ▪ acute, big, enormous, grave, great, huge, important, major, serious, significant …

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  • 4global — adjective 1 affecting or including the whole world: AIDS is a global problem which needs a global response. 2 considering all parts of a problem or a situation together: The report takes a global view of the company s problems. globally adverb …

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  • 5global — 1. adjective /ˈɡləʊbəl,ˈɡloʊbəl/ a) spherical, ball shaped In the center was a small, global mass.... b) of or relating to a globe or sphere Pollution is a global problem. Syn: ball shaped …

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  • 6Global warming controversy — refers to a variety of disputes, significantly more pronounced in the popular media than in the scientific literature,[1][2] regarding the nature, causes, and consequences of global warming. The disputed issues involve the causes of increased… …

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  • 7Global justice — is an issue in political philosophy arising from the concern that we do not live in a just world. [Thomas Nagel, The Problem of Global Justice , Philosophy and Public Affairs 33(2005): 113 47. p. 113. An online version of this article is listed… …

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  • 8Global dimming — is the gradual reduction in the amount of global direct irradiance at the Earth s surface that was observed for several decades after the start of systematic measurements in 1950s. The effect varies by location, but worldwide it has been… …

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  • 9Global health — is a field at the intersection of several social science disciplines demography, economics, epidemiology, political economy and sociology. It focuses on determinants and distribution of health in international contexts. The term global health… …

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  • 10Problem solving — forms part of thinking. Considered the most complex of all intellectual functions, problem solving has been defined as higher order cognitive process that requires the modulation and control of more routine or fundamental skills (Goldstein Levin …

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