GPN 33 Wicked Problems

What is a wicked problem?

• An ethical dilemma

• A complex problem with no easy solution

• A problem related to Halloween customs

• A problem stemming from a country considered 'amoral'

Which of the following is NOT considered a wicked problem?

• Climate change

• World peace

• Flood prevention

• Income disparity

Lots of different groups with different opinions and different needs are affected by Wicked Problems.

We call these groups and individuals... (Hint: S)

The new capital of Indonesia (which solves some sustainability issues by causing others) is called...

(Hint: N)

Fill in the blank: The lack of sanitation in Makoko, Lagos leads to pollution of the _______.

• Pacific Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

• Indian Ocean

• Southern Ocean

The world's average adult literacy rate is now

• 53%

• 67%

• 87%

• 78%

How many SDGs are there?

(The UN uses the SDGs to coordinate international solutions to wicked problems)

Categorise these wicked problems

Groups:

(a) ECONOMIC

,

(b) ENVIRONMENTAL

,

(c) POLITICAL

• Poverty

• Water security

• Income disaprities

• Climate change

• Plastic waste

• World peace

The perpetuation of children from poor families have little opportunity to improve their quality of life is known as the (HINT: C o P)

Lagos squatter settlement where the police attempted to resolve dangerous living conditions by forcibly destroying houses to make people move elsewhere.

• Otodo Gbame

• Atodo Gbome

• Utodo Gbame

• Etodo Gbome