World's Biggest Problems

• Global terrorism 
• This has probably become one of the biggest issues over the last 15 years starting with 9/11 to the more recent ISIS attacks. Most of these problems, although not exclusively, are stemming from the Middle East and it's believed that they are angry due to the spread of Western culture and foreigner's need for their oil. This is a complicated problem to fix as people argue that fighting fire with fire isn't a good idea, but if it was up to me, I'd form an alliance with a group of stable, peace-keeping countries to try to stop and eliminate these groups such as ISIS.

• Availabaility of energy 
• Another big problem, especially evident in the United States, is the need and thus lack of availability of energy. Currently, Americans and the rest of the world are dependent on oil to power their cars and other machines. We're also dependent on coal and fossil fuels which like oil have a limited supply on earth. The way to fix this is not a fast process but is one we can succeed in if we slowly start using renewable energy sources such as wood, municipal waste, and agricultural crops. We can also use natural energy sources such as solar, wind, and geothermal energy in replacement of these limited and harmful gases and fuels. 
• Lack of drinking water
• Although we don't always see it in America, the lack of drinking water across the globe is astonishing with facts stating 1/10 people lack access to drinking water and 1/3 lack access to a toilet. Water is absolutely vital to a person's health so thus we have to find a way to provide more water to these places. One of my suggestions is to build desalination plants across the coasts of countries such as Africa and India who have some of the biggest problems. This is obviously very costly and I think the only way to achieve this besides asking their government to do so, is a long process of donations and businesses set up to build these plants.
• Infectious diseases 
• Infectious diseases have always been a problem especially in less developed countries. We saw this most recently with the Ebola outbreak a couple years in Africa. Obviously you can't fix diseases worldwide with one big idea, but I think one way to slow these down is to educate the people in these countries by integrating these science concepts into the political and social life of the people. Then, I think like the last problem, getting doctors to these countries is costly so I think we have to continue and create more businesses to receive donations in funding these doctors.
• Climate change 
• Climate change is one of the biggest environmental problems the world faces due to the rise of global warming. Global warming is caused by the burning of fossil fuels and harmful gases from factories and other industries. This climate change has affected the polar ice caps, the change in seasonal temperatures, as well as the more frequent occurrence of floods. The way to fix this rise in global warming connects to my earlier point of changing over from oil and gases to renewable energy sources because these don't cause the atmosphere to change. 

• Increase of weapons of mass destruction  
• In this rise of global terrorism, countries have started to create more weapons of mass destruction such as nuclear, chemical, biological or other types of weapons. Americans have seen this most recently with the Iranian Nuclear Threat because Iran is already a leading state in terrorism, and nuclear weapons would further pose a threat to our national security. This is another problem that is very delicate and tough to fix because you're trying to fight fire with fire. My most practical solution would probably to once again form an alliance with stable, peace-keeping countries and intimidate that country with our weapons as that would be the way with the least amount of fighting.
• Pollution
• Pollution is another large environment problem and it stems from mainly industry and motor vehicle exhaust. I already discussed the harmful effects of oil on the air, but heavy metals and chemicals that are used in big factories also cause pollution. Water and soil pollution are also problems and these can be caused by oil spills, urban runoff stemming from industrial waste. Like most environment problems, the best way to fix this is through the increasing use of renewable energy sources instead of harmful gases and toxins that are released. 
• Political instability
• Political instability has always been a problem and we are once again seeing it in the regions of political and religious unrest. Countries around the world are falling to extremist groups and dictators because of their political instability. We are seeing this heavily once again in the Middle East as they fall to extremist Islam groups. My fix to political instability would mainly separate the church from the state because most of these countries problems stem from religion. 
• Unemployment 
• One of the biggest problems in the world as always is unemployment. Simply put, the world economy is not creating enough jobs especially for young people. Unemployment limits the world in generating economic growth, and this perpetuates inequality causing a small percentage of people to hold most of the the wealth. A fix to this would be to retrain the people who have been previously been put out of work and to make labor markets more flexible raising productivity and the quality of the job.
• Overpopulation
• Overpopulation is a huge environmental problem right now that I think goes unnoticed sometimes. The population of our planet right now is reaching incredible numbers which causes shortages of key resources such as water, fuel, and food. Overpopulation also is worsened in countries that are less developed as they already have limited resources. This is a tough one to fix because the simple solution would be to limit families' children which I think is wrong in doing but at some point, it might become necessary.