Global Strategies & Solutions

Over the ages humans have recognised problems they face, and have devised and implemented solutions and strategies to overcome them. But what was the problem and logic behind these strategies, how were they implemented, and what were their outcomes - positive or negative, deliberate or unintended? The Global Strategies and Solutions section of the Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential is an ongoing attempt to record and map the relationships between any strategies and solutions that humanity actually or potentially uses, in the hopes that a better overall understanding of which would greatly enhance our ability to formulate effective strategies to global problems.

The Global Strategies and Solutions section details this problem and over 32,000 others and the 280,000 relationships between them - from Awarding prizes, Breaking down cultural isolation and Campaigning, to Wishing and Using witchcraft. The strategies presented are those recognized by over 69,000 international organizations including IGOs, NGOs and other bodies (profiled in the Yearbook of International Organizations). Some strategies may be recognized by many organizations, others may only be recognized by loose networks, movements or isolated groups of experts.

Strategy Strategy Type
Reforming health systems C: Cross-sectoral strategies
Worshipping B: Basic universal strategies
Promoting digital literacy E: Emanations of other strategies
Monitoring vegetation cover E: Emanations of other strategies
Creating alternative society C: Cross-sectoral strategies
Educating home-owners to use renewable energy G: Very Specific strategies
Developing international environmental law C: Cross-sectoral strategies
Preventing cancer C: Cross-sectoral strategies
Undertaking environmental monitoring and assessments E: Emanations of other strategies
Conducting sustainability impact assessments of world trade agreements E: Emanations of other strategies
Protecting rainforest peoples D: Detailed strategies
Developing economic indicators of human development D: Detailed strategies
Developing international agreements on nuclear safety D: Detailed strategies
Utilizing volunteer task forces C: Cross-sectoral strategies
Using environmental indicators D: Detailed strategies
Advancing nutrition C: Cross-sectoral strategies
Making effective use of medicinal plants E: Emanations of other strategies
Controlling drug abuse C: Cross-sectoral strategies
Undertaking pre-disaster planning F: Exceptional strategies
Ensuring sustainable agricultural development D: Detailed strategies
Building capacity for sustainable development E: Emanations of other strategies
Researching environmental indicators G: Very Specific strategies
Conserving grasslands D: Detailed strategies
Ensuring sustainable use of biological resources D: Detailed strategies
Affirming unity of humankind F: Exceptional strategies
Improving business information D: Detailed strategies
Incorporating sustainable development indicators in international reports and databases G: Very Specific strategies
Protecting medicinal plants D: Detailed strategies
Compiling urban indicators E: Emanations of other strategies
Creating environmentally sound trading practices E: Emanations of other strategies
Documenting plant gene resources D: Detailed strategies
Adopting community right-to-know for environmental risk reduction E: Emanations of other strategies
Intercropping D: Detailed strategies
Improving access to sustainable development information D: Detailed strategies
Linking environmental hazards to childhood asthma G: Very Specific strategies
Disseminating environmental information E: Emanations of other strategies
Conducting epidemiological studies linking chemical exposure and diseases G: Very Specific strategies
Reducing acid rain F: Exceptional strategies
Developing international human rights law D: Detailed strategies
Reducing child mortality D: Detailed strategies
Registering industrial emissions E: Emanations of other strategies
Managing knowledge C: Cross-sectoral strategies
Employing diplomacy C: Cross-sectoral strategies
Coping with bereavement D: Detailed strategies
Adopting environmental codes of conduct for business G: Very Specific strategies
Reducing marine pollution E: Emanations of other strategies
Improving capacity to develop environmentally sound technology E: Emanations of other strategies
Resolving environmental conflicts D: Detailed strategies
Praying D: Detailed strategies
Conserving energy in the household D: Detailed strategies

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