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Empowers young people
to collaborate locally,
regionally and globally to
create sustainable
solutions for global issues
You don't necessarily need a made-up incentive to
solve problems. There is a natural need to do so.
There is the curiosity, the thirst for knowledge and
experimentation, feelings which drive all great
scientists and artists.
Incentives are useful for boring or dangerous tasks.
But these jobs are constantly decreasing and are
condemned to disappear, thanks to technology.
Consider all those useless bureaucratic jobs, or the
inefficiency of our economy, hence we need a new
system!
• INFORM: provide resources for
students/educators to learn about global
issues
• INSPIRE: coordinate events that motivate
students/educators to act on global
issues
• EQUIP: train students/educators with the
skills and tools to tackle global issues
• ACT: encourage and facilitate
collaborative and sustainable action on
global issues education
• water shortages
• climate change
• environmental degradation
• deforestation
• loss of ecosystems
• loss of biodiversity
• depletion of fisheries
• maritime safety and
pollution
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poverty
infectious diseases
illiteracy
financial destability
migration
peace keeping
biotechnology rules
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Litter island
Animal ethics
Gender issues
Poaching and hunting - horn, ivory
Resources from animal – bear bile
Caged hunting
Meat factories
Cambridge IGCSE Global Perspectives aims to
develop active global citizens and learners who:
• Are independent and empowered to take their place
in an ever changing, information-heavy,
interconnected world
• Have an analytical, evaluative grasp of global issues
and their causes , effects and possible solutions
• Enquire into / reflect on issues independently and in
collaboration with others from a variety of different
cultures, communities and countries
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Belief systems
Biodiversity and ecosystem loss
Climate change
Fuel and energy
Water food and agriculture
Disease and health
Education for all and health
Technology and the economic divide
Water, food and agriculture
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Employment
Family and demographic change
Urbanisation
Humans and other species
Language and communication
Law and criminality
Poverty and inequality
Sport and recreation
Trade and Aid
Tradition, culture and identity
Transport and infrastructure
Throughout the course, candidates gather, analyse and present information
about a range of global issues, researching different perspectives
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A02
A03
A04
Research, understand and present global issues from
different perspectives, including personal,
local/national/global and cross cultural perspectives
Analyse and evaluate issues and sources. Explore the
current situation, the causes and effects and suggest
possible consequences and course of action.
Explore and reflect on personal perspectives and on the
perspectives of others on a variety of global issues.
Develop a line of reasoning to support a view, decision
or action.
Collaborate with others to plan and carry out a project
leading to a clear outcome. Evaluate the project and
personal contributions to and learning from the project
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Candidates engage with topics from different perpectives, including
personal, local, national and global as well as cross cultural
What ecosystems are there
in other parts of the world?
How did biodiversity arise in
past geological eras? How is
biodiversity measured?
Which ecosystems are at
risk and why? How can
world resources be
maintained?
How do I feel about this?
What are my views on animal
ethics? What do I know about
the role of plants in an
ecosystem? Do I do anything
to threaten plant species?
What can I and my family do
to mimimise our ecological
footprint? Do I do anything to
threaten animal species?
Biodiversity
What plant and animal species occur in Kazakhstan? Describe ecosystems in Kazakhstan.
How can plant and animal habitats be maintained? Are there protected areas? What is the
influence of anthropogenic transformation on ecosystems? Is there socioeconomic
management of steppe and semi desert ecosystems in Kazakhstan? Are there projects in
my country to use resources sustainably?
Association for the
Conservation of
Biodiversity in Kazakhstan
International conference
“Conservation of steppe
and semidesert
ecosystems in Eurasia”
How can GIN be effective in the
Republic of Kazakhstan?
http://www.global-issue-network.org
1. Invite your friends to join you on facebook
2. Invite interested people from your school
3. Add Content to the website
4. Add a profile photo of you and / or your group
5. Tell your Twitter followers
6. Be a reliable
The whole is greater than
the sum of its parts“
- Aristotle