Top 5 World Problems

Top Problems

1.       Income Inequality

2.       Urbanization and Overpopulation

3.       Racism

4.       War on Drugs

5.       Climate Change

Implementable

1.       War on drugs

2.       Income Inequality

3.       Climate Change

4.       Urbanization and Overpopulation

5.       Racism

I chose income inequality as the top problem because I think it affects and creates a lot of other issues like malnutrition and living conditions. I think the vast income inequality all around the world is the main cause of health issues and the creation of slums, which create many other problems on their own. Urbanization and overpopulation comes in second because I believe is also creates a multitude of problems like pollution and the destruction of natural resources. However I think income inequality creates more social issues. Racism is a major issue on its own but I think it takes a back seat to the major health issues created by the other problems.  The war on drugs also creates its own family of problems but I think other issues like racism should ideally be solved first. Climate change is an issue that most people know about and a serious issue but I think there are other major concerns that should be dealt with first, however the health of our planet definitely deserves to be a top 5 priority.

I put the war on drugs as the most implementable because although there will always be issues with drug use, the ineffective fight against the use and trafficking of drugs can end with changes in government policies. Income inequality is a bit harder to implement but there can be a lot of improvement made by improving wages and creating or improving government programs and policies.  The problem of climate change can improve with restrictions on emissions and with implementation or newer and cleaner technology, however the fight against the oil companies and switching all of a sudden to new technology can be very difficult. Urbanization and overpopulation is even harder to implement because it would be hard to limit or organize masses of people because ultimately in a free country people will naturally gravitate to cities. Racism is an even harder issue to tackle because you have to change people’s mentality and perspective, which is never an easy thing.