Pressing Issues

What are the pressing issues facing today's moden societies, and how should they be handled?
(Try not to go with anything dealing with the War on Terror or George Bush, there's a billion other threads on that...)

Please, Anonymous... Press the issue!

>>9
"The most recent is the record snowfalls in Europe."
Hmm, could that possibly be because the gulf stream is slowing down, as currents and many many other natural phenomena do on their own, and not bringing with it the warmer temperatures? What exactly is anyone gonna do about that? :x
Check it out.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/climate/impact/gulf_stream.shtml