Organizations that maintain or have published an official list of global issues include the United Nations, and the World Economic Forum.
The UN has listed issues that it deems to be the most pressing as of 2023[update]:[1] United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) As part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the UN Millennium Development Goals (2000-2015) were superseded by the UN Sustainable Development Goals (2016-2030), which are also known as The Global Goals.
In keeping with their economy-centered view, the World Economic Forum formulated a list of 10 most pressing points in 2016: [3] No single issue can be analysed, treated, or isolated from the others.
[4] For example, habitat loss and climate change adversely affect biodiversity.
Deforestation and pollution are direct consequences of overpopulation and both, in turn, affect biodiversity.