Copenhagen Consensus

I visited the Copenhagen Consensus website and found that the information given there was very useful and informative. I liked how the website was laid out because it was very easy to navigate. As for my thoughts on what they are doing and their approach I feel that are doing it in a respectful way. Their main purpose is to meet every four years to discuss world issues and solutions to these problems. The top ten challenges at this point in time are; Air Pollution, Conflicts, Disease, Education, Global Warming, Malnutrition and Hunger, Sanitation and Water, Subsides and Trade Barriers, Terrorism, and Women and Development. I feel that they have touched on the main problems facing the world. I enjoyed reading the interesting facts such as, air pollution causes 2.5 million deaths a year, the vast majority in the developing countries. I was totally unaware that so many people died each year because of air pollution. If I were part of this organization I would like to meet every 3 years because challenges change quickly. I feel that we need an organization like the Copenhagen Consensus because it ties the world together. We all live in different countries but we all share the same planet therefore we should all share the same problems. I feel that Americans often forget about the other people living around the world. Americans are very closed minded when it comes to international affairs. We think that its happening over in other countries so it is their problem but we don;t realize that we trade with those countries so we are contributing to their problems. If I could change one thing about Americans I would change their ignorance. I don't totally blame the average citizen I blame our government and the media. The media only discusses other countries minimally therefore the average citizen has no idea what is going on in the rest of the world unless they take time out of their busy daily schedule to look up and research the world news. I admit that I am a typical American citizen and have no clue what is going on in different parts of the world. Although, I have become more aware of this and try to find out information as much as possible. Overall I feel that the Copenhagen Consensus is a great idea and I totally support them.