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
Conserving grasslands D: Detailed strategies
Using the Internet D: Detailed strategies
Consuming alcohol F: Exceptional strategies
Preventing injuries G: Very Specific strategies
Promulgating open source computer programs G: Very Specific strategies
Advancing environmental health E: Emanations of other strategies
Educating about women's health G: Very Specific strategies
Modelling participatory processes F: Exceptional strategies
Conserving global marine biological diversity D: Detailed strategies
Praying D: Detailed strategies
Creating compliance regimes for multilateral environmental agreements E: Emanations of other strategies
Improving agricultural productivity D: Detailed strategies
Monitoring global environment F: Exceptional strategies
Studying conceptual systems F: Exceptional strategies
Using genetic screening E: Emanations of other strategies
Conducting tropical forest and biological diversity studies E: Emanations of other strategies
Developing networked documentation services in social sciences G: Very Specific strategies
Expanding role of children and youth in sustainable development E: Emanations of other strategies
Promoting community based monitoring of biodiversity E: Emanations of other strategies
Enhancing diversity B: Basic universal strategies
Expanding research on plant genetic resources G: Very Specific strategies
Controlling drug abuse C: Cross-sectoral strategies
Advancing industrial ergonomics D: Detailed strategies
Labelling genetically modified organisms E: Emanations of other strategies
Providing support services for persons with disabilities C: Cross-sectoral strategies
Conserving energy in the household D: Detailed strategies
Promoting free software E: Emanations of other strategies
Reforming energy markets G: Very Specific strategies
Financing energy efficiency D: Detailed strategies
Managing knowledge C: Cross-sectoral strategies
Compiling urban indicators E: Emanations of other strategies
Researching forests E: Emanations of other strategies
Saving rainforests D: Detailed strategies
Improving patent licensing system D: Detailed strategies
Linking environmental hazards to childhood asthma G: Very Specific strategies
Protecting elephants E: Emanations of other strategies
Adopting community right-to-know for environmental risk reduction E: Emanations of other strategies
Developing early warning disaster systems C: Cross-sectoral strategies
Protecting consumer interests on the internet E: Emanations of other strategies
Protecting wetland ecosystems D: Detailed strategies
Developing economic indicators of human development D: Detailed strategies
Promoting safe motherhood E: Emanations of other strategies
Managing groundwater D: Detailed strategies
Publishing on population issues G: Very Specific strategies
Expanding environmental management education and training E: Emanations of other strategies
Disseminating environmental information E: Emanations of other strategies
Developing international environmental law C: Cross-sectoral strategies
Instituting integrated forest management D: Detailed strategies
Improving access to sustainable development information D: Detailed strategies
Managing drylands G: Very Specific strategies

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