The most urgent problems in the world

Well, what the world’s most urgent problems are, as in other things, depends on your point of view – whether you are an economist ↓, business person ↓, a priest ↓, a banker ↓, a millennial ↓, an oldster ↓, a volunteer ↓, one who records and ranks diverse topics ↓ … or just someone else ↓ who has a point of view.

Everyone has a point of view on the most important problems we face today, and they’re all different. So how do you choose which are the most important ones ? Do you adopt wht the head of your government says,e.g. President Trump in the United States ? Or in Canada, Prime Minister Trudeau ? Or Prime Minister Solberg in Norway ? Or Prime Minister Modi in India, or Chairman in China ? Or; closer to home, the mayor of your city or town ?

Or, are the most important problems the ones which effect the most people ? But which “most people” ? The ones in your family ? Or in your neighborhood or town ? or in your country ? Or the “most people” in the world ?

Or are the problems most important problems ones which for some reason you’re interested in, understand them and want or can bring a solution to them – i.e. problems on which you can have an impact ?

The millennials’ list of the most urgent global issues (80000 hours)

***Urgent problems, from gvi, volunteers and interns abroad ***

1. food security
2. major global health issues:
   1. communicable diseases like hepatitis, cholera, malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV.
      Communicable diseases now kill 70% of persons and low-income countries are the most severely affected.
   2. non-communicable diseases like cancer, diabetes, chronic respiratory and cardiovascular diseases as well as road traffic injuries and deaths.
   3. Besides malnutrition, there are many other issues affecting health on a global scale. In the past, the main topic of focus was global child health and
3. primary education
4. the need for gender equality
5. the overwhelming needs of africa
6. global environmental issues:
   1. habitat and biodiversity loss
   2. ocean conservation
   3. water scarcity
7. global issues that require policy solutions