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Fully udated and developed in March 2025, this website provides resources about 18 core global issues for Project-Based Learning students in the Spring and Autumn semesters, and for Introduction to Communication and Research students in the Autumn Semester.  The 18 global issues are now divided into three groups: Environment and Resources, Social Equality and Inclusion, and Towards Sustainable Living:

I. Environment and Resources

• Biodiversity Loss

• Climate Crisis

• Critical Ocean Issues

• Pollution Problems

• Renewable Energy Challenges

• Water Issues

II. Social Equality & Inclusion

• Discrimination

• Gender Inequalities

• Human Rights & Equality

• Migration & Forced Displacment

• Minority Issues

• Multiple Sides of Poverty

III. Towards Sustainable Living 

• Consumption and Consumerism

• Food Supply & Food Waste

• Health & Wellbeing

• Population Issues

• Sports Issues

• Sustainable Cities & Communities