The phrase "a debate on the problem" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a specific issue or challenge that is being examined or argued about in a formal or informal setting.
Example: "The conference will feature a debate on the problem of climate change and its impact on global economies."
Alternatives: "a discussion about the issue" or "a discourse on the matter".
Now, an experimental effort to save the trees has pitched Mianus River Gorge into the center of a debate on the problem of exotic pest control.
In 1969, with hooliganism spreading a stain across English football, the pages of David Coleman's World of Football hosted a debate on the problem between the Methodist minister, socialist and pacifist Lord Soper and Denis Howell, the sports minister (and a qualified referee).
The aim of this paper is to initiate a debate on the methodological problems related to measuring patient delay in cancer studies.
To conduct it with confidence, we in Russia need a serious debate on the problem of missile defense, involving experts, members of Parliament and the military.
How would you connect this discussion to a wider debate on the problems of literature with a colonial heritage?
The assault took place in the wake of a year of intense national debate on the problem of sexual violence in India, set off by a brutal attack that left an Indian woman dead in New Delhi.
He called for an open debate on the problems caused by drugs.
He said prohibition had put billions of pounds into the hands of criminals and called for an open debate on the problems caused by drugs.
"We feel that we've completely won the debate on the problem of money in politics," Donnelly told The Huffington Post.
Incorporating RCA with IBIS is useful in mapping a debate on engineering problems that occur in service.
In novels such as The Only Problem and The Mandelbaum Gate specific theological debates are touched on, the "problem" being human suffering – why would God allow it to happen?
