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- #1
High plastic usage has created small particles fragmented on earth
Climate & Energy · India · 2d ago · 👁 2 · score 16
- #2
Childcare costs keep parents out of work
HR & Work · United States · 3d ago · 👁 1 · score 17
Daycare is so expensive that one parent often stops working to stay home.
- #3
Energy bills have become a burden for households and factories
Climate & Energy · Germany · 3d ago · 👁 0 · score 16
High electricity and gas prices squeeze families and energy-intensive industry.
- #4
Buildings aren’t safe in earthquakes
Real Estate & Housing · Turkey · 3d ago · 👁 0 · score 16
Older and poorly built homes collapse in strong quakes; checking and retrofitting them is slow and costly.
- #5
Young couples feel they can’t afford to have children
HR & Work · South Korea · 3d ago · 👁 0 · score 16
Long work hours, housing and childcare costs make raising a family feel out of reach.
- #6
E-waste is dismantled unsafely by informal workers
Climate & Energy · Ghana · 3d ago · 👁 0 · score 16
Discarded electronics are burned or broken apart without protection, exposing workers and children to toxins.
- #7
Cities are running short of water
Climate & Energy · Mexico · 3d ago · 👁 0 · score 16
Over-extraction and drought leave taps dry in some neighbourhoods for days.
- #8
Homes are unaffordable for young people
Real Estate & Housing · Canada · 3d ago · 👁 0 · score 16
Rents and house prices have outpaced wages, pushing people far from jobs or out of cities.
- #9
Floods repeatedly wipe out homes and crops
Climate & Energy · Bangladesh · 3d ago · 👁 0 · score 16
Low-lying communities lose livelihoods to monsoon and river flooding with little warning.
- #10
Used car buyers can’t verify a vehicle’s real history
Mobility · India · 3d ago · 👁 0 · score 16
Accident records, service history and pending repairs are hard to check before buying a second-hand car.
- #11
Tenants can’t find out about mould, pests or hazards before renting
Real Estate & Housing · India · 3d ago · 👁 0 · score 16
There is no verified record of safety problems in rental homes, so renters find out after moving in.
- #12
Caring for ageing parents in another city is chaotic
Health · India · 3d ago · 👁 0 · score 16
Working children managing parents’ doctors, medicines and help from far away juggle many disconnected services.
- #13
School leavers get little career guidance
Education · India · 3d ago · 👁 0 · score 16
Students finishing school or college lack mentors and a clear picture of career paths.
- #14
Freelancers vanish after taking an advance
HR & Work · India · 3d ago · 👁 0 · score 16
Small businesses that hire contractors have little recourse when work is abandoned midway.
- #15
No cheap way to tell a sprain from a fracture at home
Health · India · 3d ago · 👁 0 · score 16
People either rush to hospital for an X-ray or ignore an injury that needed care.
- #16
Retailers can’t see suppliers’ live stock
Commerce · India · 3d ago · 👁 0 · score 16
Shops place orders without knowing what the supplier actually has available.
- #17
Industrial machines sit idle waiting for repair technicians
SaaS & B2B · India · 3d ago · 👁 0 · score 16
Specialised maintenance help takes days to arrive, stopping production.
- #18
Factories can’t get reliable, trackable pickups
Logistics · India · 3d ago · 👁 0 · score 16
Manufacturers struggle to find dependable transport for outbound shipments.
- #19
Safe sleep aids are hard to find without a prescription
Health · India · 3d ago · 👁 0 · score 16
People with anxiety and poor sleep have few trustworthy over-the-counter options.
- #20
Devices and laptops don’t connect reliably
AI & Software · India · 3d ago · 👁 0 · score 16
Specialised hardware often fails to pair or stay connected with computers.
- #21
Founders can’t find factories for small production runs
SaaS & B2B · India · 3d ago · 👁 0 · score 16
Most manufacturers won’t take small-batch orders from new brands.
- #22
Young people can’t find their first job
HR & Work · South Africa · 3d ago · 👁 0 · score 16
High youth unemployment leaves graduates without work or experience.
- #23
Commutes waste hours in gridlocked traffic
Mobility · Philippines · 3d ago · 👁 0 · score 16
Congested roads and limited mass transit make daily travel slow and stressful.
- #24
Diners can’t check kitchen hygiene on delivery apps
Food & Agri · India · 3d ago · 👁 0 · score 16
Customers ordering online have no way to see how clean a restaurant’s kitchen is.
- #25
Students don’t know the true cost of education loans
Fintech · India · 3d ago · 👁 0 · score 16
Total repayment, interest and terms are unclear when students borrow for degrees.
- #26
Teachers have no quick access to mental health support
Health · India · 3d ago · 👁 0 · score 16
Educators under stress have nowhere to turn during the working day.
- #27
Bushfires threaten homes and wildlife
Climate & Energy · Australia · 3d ago · 👁 0 · score 16
Longer, hotter fire seasons demand better early detection and community warning.
- #28
Medical bills push families into debt
Health · United States · 3d ago · 👁 0 · score 16
Unexpected healthcare costs and confusing insurance leave patients with bills they can’t pay.
- #29
Small businesses can only borrow at punishing interest rates
Fintech · Brazil · 3d ago · 👁 0 · score 16
Expensive credit stops small firms from investing and growing.
- #30
Rainforest keeps being cleared
Climate & Energy · Brazil · 3d ago · 👁 0 · score 16
Illegal logging and land clearing are hard to detect and stop in time.
- #31
Inflation wipes out people’s savings
Fintech · Argentina · 3d ago · 👁 0 · score 16
Rapidly rising prices make it hard for households to save or plan.
- #32
Address Proof for people living outside there hometowns
Travel & Hospitality · India · 3d ago · 👁 0 · score 11
People Living in PG dont get Rent Agreement, which means no proof of existence at current location in big cities.
- #33
Water crisis - fresh water layer is depleting
Climate & Energy · India · 3d ago · 👁 0 · score 11
- #34
Rolling power cuts disrupt daily life and business
Climate & Energy · South Africa · 3d ago · 👁 0 · score 13
Scheduled load-shedding forces businesses to close or pay for backup power.
- #35
Farmers lose much of their harvest before it reaches market
Food & Agri · Kenya · 3d ago · 👁 0 · score 13
Poor storage, cold chains and transport mean produce spoils after harvest.
- #36
Many adults still have no bank account
Fintech · Pakistan · 3d ago · 👁 0 · score 13
Without accounts, people can’t save safely, borrow fairly or receive payments digitally.
- #37
Sending money home costs migrant workers too much
Fintech · Philippines · 3d ago · 👁 0 · score 13
Fees and poor exchange rates eat into remittances families depend on.
- #38
Millions of children are out of school
Education · Nigeria · 3d ago · 👁 0 · score 13
Cost, distance, conflict and poverty keep children away from classrooms.
- #39
Children suffer from acute malnutrition
Food & Agri · Yemen · 3d ago · 👁 0 · score 13
Conflict and food insecurity leave young children without the nutrition they need to grow.
- #40
Plastic waste is choking rivers and coastlines
Climate & Energy · Indonesia · 3d ago · 👁 0 · score 13
Collection and recycling can’t keep up with single-use plastic, so it ends up in waterways and the sea.
- #41
Homes and small businesses run without reliable electricity
Climate & Energy · Nigeria · 3d ago · 👁 0 · score 13
Frequent outages and costly diesel generators hold back businesses, clinics and schools.
- #42
Millions lack safe drinking water close to home
Climate & Energy · Ethiopia · 3d ago · 👁 0 · score 13
Families, often women and girls, spend hours collecting water that may still be unsafe.
- #43
Rural areas can’t attract doctors
Health · France · 3d ago · 👁 0 · score 13
Remote towns go without regular access to a GP while doctors cluster in big cities.
- #44
Extreme heat is becoming deadly in hot cities
Climate & Energy · Pakistan · 3d ago · 👁 0 · score 13
Heatwaves push temperatures beyond what outdoor workers and homes without cooling can safely handle.
- #45
Older people are increasingly isolated and lonely
Health · Japan · 3d ago · 👁 0 · score 13
Ageing populations mean more people living alone with little social contact or support.
- #46
Fake and substandard medicines reach patients
Health · Nigeria · 3d ago · 👁 0 · score 13
Falsified drugs fail to treat illness and can cause harm, especially where supply chains are hard to trace.
- #47
Type 2 diabetes is rising fast and often goes undiagnosed
Health · Mexico · 3d ago · 👁 0 · score 13
Many people learn they have diabetes only after complications appear.
- #48
People wait too long for mental health care
Health · United Kingdom · 3d ago · 👁 0 · score 13
Demand for therapy far outstrips the number of trained professionals, leaving long waiting lists.
- #49
Antibiotics are losing their power
Health · India · 3d ago · 👁 0 · score 13
Overuse and misuse of antimicrobials is creating resistant infections that are harder and costlier to treat.
- #50
Road crashes kill and injure huge numbers of people in India
Mobility · India · 3d ago · 👁 0 · score 13
Unsafe roads, speeding and slow emergency response make road injuries a major cause of death for young people.
- #51
Delhi’s air is unsafe to breathe for much of the year
Climate & Energy · India · 3d ago · 👁 0 · score 13
Outdoor air pollution is a leading environmental risk to health; cheap, accurate exposure tracking and cleaner transport are both missing.
- #52
Small suppliers get squeezed on payment terms by big buyers
Fintech · India · 3d ago · 👁 0 · score 13
MSMEs selling to large companies wait months to be paid.
- #53
No easy way to check if a new supplier is trustworthy
SaaS & B2B · India · 3d ago · 👁 0 · score 13
Businesses take on vendors without knowing their track record.
- #54
Small restaurants can’t meet wholesale minimum orders
Food & Agri · India · 3d ago · 👁 0 · score 13
Bulk ingredient prices are out of reach because suppliers need large orders.
- #55
Micro businesses lose hours every week to invoicing
SaaS & B2B · India · 3d ago · 👁 0 · score 13
Billing, GST paperwork and follow-ups eat into time owners need for the business.
- #56
Small shops can’t buy directly from brands
Commerce · India · 3d ago · 👁 0 · score 13
Kirana and small retailers pay extra margins to layers of distributors.