OverviewThe United Nations has continued to retain you as a consultant for a project that deals with climate and the environment. Most developed countries see the dangers of releasing too much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and are committed to climate policies that attain a carbon-free future in the next 30 years. They already see the damaging effects that this gas alone is having on the living conditions of crops, wildlife, and humans. As a result, many member states are dissatisfied with the progress of the eight Millennium Development Goals for international development that they established in 2000. The member states see a substantial disconnect between several issues that developed and developing countries believe are priorities. For example, Burundi wants one of the goals to focus on food security, while Austria is adamant that a major global issue should be the negotiation of ceasefires in countries in the midst of civil wars. The UN wants you to work from the list below and prioritize two of the global community’s threats that it deems the most serious to environmental stability.InstructionsStep 1Select two threats. Listed below are eight issues that the UN feels pose the most significant threats to global security. Some of these apply to the Earth’s 7.7 billion people, while others are limited primarily to developing countries. Regardless of where these threats are concentrated, your job as a consultant is to identify two of them that you consider the most critical to the globe’s population.Issue OptionsThe use of fossil fuels as an energy source.Globalization.Insufficient educational opportunities in developing countries.A lack of access to technology.Civil war (NOT the U.S. Civil War).The rise in oceans’ levels.Covid-19 and the global pandemic.The dangers of poor countries remaining poor.Step 2Write a minimum of an 8 page persuasive paper about your two threats.Write an introduction paragraph of at least one-half page in length identifying the two threats you have selected and the purpose of the paper. Then, for the two threats you chose:Identify the factors that make it such a serious risk to the global environment that you would choose to present it to the UN.Analyze the role that humans have played in aggravating this threat to the Earth’s environment.Suggest initiatives that the global community can take to mitigate the worst effects of this environmental threat.Write a conclusion paragraph of at least one-half page in length that summarizes your impressions of these risks for global stability.GuidelinesThis course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). For assistance and information, please refer to the SWS link in the left-hand menu of your course and check with your professor for any additional instructions.In order to earn full credit, the answers to each of the three questions must be at least two full pages long, making six pages. You must also include the one-half page introduction and one-half page conclusion at the beginning and end of the paper, adding up to one page of content. Finally, you must include a graph or table (see 5, below) that will be at least one page in length. The entire paper will be a minimum of eight pages long.You must use at least seven credible sources (excluding Wikipedia, dictionaries and encyclopedias) that are appropriate for the subjects under discussion.You must use only double-spacing and not place extra spacing between paragraphs or section headings.As part of your answer to any one of the questions, you must include a graph, table or chart using quantifiable data that supports your argument. You need only one graph for the entire assignment, and although you may download this item from the Internet, it may be no longer than one page in length. You must comprehensively explain beneath the graph what the data means. Otherwise, it will be of no use to the reader.

Hain Celestial Group: A Firm Focused on "Organic Differentiation" Hain Celestial Group has built strong capabilities in producing natural and organic foods to take advantage of the changing consumer trend in the food business. The company grew through a series of acquisitions of entrepreneurial start-ups. These acquisitions allowed Hain Celestial to become the largest supplier to retailer Whole Foods Markets. The natural food trend has allowed the company to sell its branded products to traditional grocery store chains, accounting for about 60 percent of its U.S. sales. Meanwhile, large branded food firms such as Kraft Foods, Campbell Soup Company, and J.M. Smucker Company that have not focused as intensely on this natural segment have stalled their earnings, in part because they have not focused on the natural and organic trend desired by consumers as much as Hain Celestial. While larger brands seek to modify existing products by removing less natural ingredients (Nestlé) or reducing the use of high fructose corn syrup (Hershey Company and Mars, Inc.), these types of changes do not allow them to overcome the problem of rapidly changing consumer tastes toward natural food. Grocery stores and restaurants are also attempting to take advantage of the trend toward natural foods. Case Discussion Questions 1. Evaluate Hain Celestial’s strategy and what would you have done differently to implement it? 2. On what environmental trends did Hain Celestial base its business-level strategy? What environmental trends could have a negative effect on this firm’s strategy in the future? Why? 3. In years to come, should Hain try to grow primarily organically, through collaborative strategies such as joint ventures and strategic alliances, or through mergers and acquisitions? Explain your answer.  4.What are the most serious competitive challenges you anticipate Hain Celestial will face over the next ten years? How should the firm respond to these challenges?