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Why do so many Proposed "Solutions to World or National Problems" Suck even in the Design Phase?

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Why are there so many plans that are proposed and then often poorly implemented that do not solve the stated problems, or the solutions are terrible and insanely expensive?

For Climate Change, the big UN IPCC proposed solution is to stabilize [flatten at current levels of nearly 40 billion tons per year of CO2] levels of greenhouse-gas emissions would require investments of about $13 trillion through 2030.

It also noted that reducing emissions would reduce the rate of economic growth (as a result of such factors as higher energy prices). But it would do so by, on average, less than a tenth of a percentage point per year between now and 2100.
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