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Real world problems are issues and risks that are causing losses or are likely to cause losses in the near future. This term is commonly used in science, mathematics, engineering, design, coding and other fields whereby students may be asked to propose solutions to problems that are currently relevant to people and planet as opposed to theoretical, insignificant or personal problems. The following are illustrative examples of issues and risks that can be considered real world problems.
Ableism
Access to Education
Accessibility for People With Disabilities
Addiction
Ageism
Agricultural Runoff
Air Pollution
Animal Rights
Automobile, Bicycle & Pedestrian Accidents
Avalanches
Aviation Accidents
Building Safety
Bureaucratic Inefficiency
Child Mortality
Climate Change
Corporate Accountability
Corporate Influence over Governments
Corporate Oppression
Corporate Tax Avoidance
Corporate Transparency
Corruption
Cost of Healthcare
Cost of Living
Cost of Nutrition
Crime
Cronyism
Cybercrime
Decline of Coral Reefs
Deforestation
Desertification
Destruction of Ecosystems
Disasters
Discrimination
Disease
Droughts
Earthquakes & Tsunami
Elitism
Environmental Disasters
Environmental Justice
Existential Risk
Extinctions
Fires & Wildfires
Floods
Food Safety
Food Security
Fraud
Government Oppression
Government Transparency
Habitat Destruction
Habitat Fragmentation
High Inflation, Stagflation & Hyperinflation
Homelessness
Housing Affordability
Indoor Air Quality
Infrastructure Failures
Lack of Economic Opportunity & Participation
Lack of Public Space & Green Space / Freedom of Movement
Land Degradation
Landslides
Marine Debris & Microplastics
Maritime Disasters
Misinformation & Disinformation
Monopolies
Nuclear Incidents
Obesity
Online Safety
Pandemics
Poverty
Privacy
Product Safety
Public Safety
Public Security
Quality of Education
Racism
Radioactive Waste
Recessions & Depressions
Red Tape
Regressive Taxation
Rent Seeking
Resource Depletion
Rights & Freedoms
Rights of the Child & Child Welfare
Sexism
Shortages
Social & Cultural Oppression
Social Isolation
Space Junk
Sports Injuries
Starvation & Hunger
Sustainable Energy
Tax Evasion
Technology Risks
Terrorism
Toxic Waste
Transportation Safety
Unemployment
Unhappiness
Unhealthy & Unsafe Products
Unhealthy Lifestyles (e.g. sedentary lifestyles)
War & Conflict
Waste Disposal (e.g. plastic that is burned and not recycled)
Water Pollution
Water Scarcity & Water Security
Workplace Accidents

Social Issues

Social issues are problems and risks that impact the quality of life of people and communities.

Environmental Problems

Destruction of the natural environment of planet Earth and its ecosystems.

Economic Problems

Problems, instability and risks that impact the economic processes and markets that sustain the quality of life of nations.

Education Issues

Education systems and institutions that fail to deliver efficient and effective benefits to society, communities and individuals.

Government & Political

Problems related to government and the political process.

Local Issues

Problems that are specific to a place such as a city, town or neighborhood.

Global Problems

Problems that span borders such that they require cooperation between nations to solve.

Intractable Problems

Problems that are difficult to solve due to their overall complexity, pervasiveness or entrenchment. These are broad problems that have received much attention without any clear solution.
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