World's Biggest Problems

1. Climate Change - The gradual increase of temperatures worldwide. aka - "global warming". Human caused global warming occurs when certain gasses are release into the atmosphere which results in the "greenhouse effect." This is a natural process but is accelerated from humans polluting the environment, particularly CO2. A solution to this problem would be to reduce our carbon emissions, which could be by implementing regulations on factories, creating more electric cars, and other ways of creating energy other than burning fuel.

2. Famine - Worldwide about 1 in 9 people are hungry. Thousands of people die every day from hunger related causes, whether it be starvation (not eating anything for a certain period of time) or just eating enough to get by and their bodies get so weak that disease kills them. A solution to this problem is distribution of food from countries where it is more bountiful to those that are impoverished. Perhaps creating nutrition bars specifically with the intention of feeding these undeveloped, poverty level countries.

3. Water Crisis - The pollution of water is resulting in less and less accessible fresh water. 1 in 10 people worldwide lack access to safe water. 1 in 3 people lack access to a toilet. A solution to this would be creating/distributing personal filtration devices that would allow the impoverished to drink from the poor quality water they do have access to.

4. Poor/No Housing - Whether it be homeless people living off the streets, or people in third world countries whose only housing are shacks or cardboard boxes, millions of people have terrible living conditions worldwide. Providing shelter homes for these people is one solution. Perhaps they could trade whatever skills they have in return.

5. Running out of Oil/Energy - Petroleum is a non-renewable resource, and it will eventually run out at the global rate we are burning it. Creating other sources of energy/implementing them is necessary to continue powering this world. This would be wind, water, solar, etc.

6. Deforestation - We are cutting down forests at a rate faster than they are able to grow back. Trees provide us with oxygen which we need to breath. Some solutions to this problem would be to recycle/use other material to create things that we normally use trees for. Also planting more trees and designating national forests contributes to preventing this problem.

7. Species Extinction - Humans kills tons of other species for a variety of purposes: food, clothing, fun, collecting, etc. If we continue to do this certain species will eventually become extinct. A solution to this problem would be putting restrictions on endangered species as well as finding other sources to solve this issues - i.e eating vegetable instead of animals, creating clothing out of things other than animal fur.

8. Terrorism - Terrorism kills thousands of people world wide every year. Bombings, shootings, 9/11, etc. This is a very tough one to solve. One potential solution (which is highly controversial these days) would be implementing gun rights.

9. Economic Situation - The overall imbalance of economies worldwide. The fact that there are superpowers like the US and then tons of impoverished countries just doesn't seem right. Also the worldwide debt is off the charts. In US in particular we no longer produce what we need to sustain ourselves which is why we import way more than we export. This can be solves with politics as well as overall individual habits worldwide.

10. Disease - Deadly diseases such as AIDS, Influenza, Malaria, Cholera, and tons more are plaguing countries worldwide and killings millions of people. The solution to this problem would be to provide the necessary treatments and medicines to the victims. Many of the diseases do not have live saving treatments so the continuation of research is necessary to solve this worldwide problem.