You will write an 8-10 page, double-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman font, with

You will write an 8-10 page, double-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman font, with 1-inch margins, paper on a current global environmental issue. Please provide a cover page, which is not page 1 of the 8-page paper, and include page numbers. You should have a minimum of 10 original sources cited in the text, as well as in the bibliography. Wikipedia is not a source. Citations: in text, you choose the style.
Provide history/background to the issue. What is happening? Why is it a Global Environmental Issue? Discuss the various stakeholders that have been working on the issue, being sure to include all of the angles and viewpoints of those stakeholders. Note key, already-established policies and programs that are being used to address the problem, if applicable, as well as being sure to highlight any new policy suggestions and/or practical actions being made by any/all of the stakeholders. Possible Issues to Research: Any issues from the text or anything that is happening around the planet related to the course. A good source for topics is Mongabay news: https://news.mongabay.com/ NYTimes is another good source and is available free to SDSU students.
A paper that has zero in-text citations will be an automatic zero for the grade. A paper with improper citations will have points taken off accordingly and any paper that is submitted and determined to have been the result of using AI, e.g. ChatGPT, will be a zero for the paper