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Develop recognition systems that validate skills learned through apprenticeships, family businesses, and informal labor without imposing costly exams or bureaucracy.
society-governance
africa
nigeria
informal
building
affordable
pathways
work
formal
credentials
develop
recognition
systems
settlements
economics-resources
technology-computing
social-civic-problems
digital
Create practical education programs where students map risks, test solutions, and contribute to community resilience rather than only learning abstract climate facts.
social-civic-problems
asia
philippines
climate
teaching
adaptation
skills
local
problem-solving
create
practical
education
programs
climate-environment
society-governance
solutions
systems
methods
Design assessment, pedagogy, attribution, and institutional norms that preserve genuine learning without relying solely on surveillance or unreliable detection tools.
society-governance
improving
academic
integrity
era
ubiquitous
generative
design
assessment
pedagogy
attribution
global-unspecified
whether
philosophy-ethics
technology-computing
fake
prevent
way
open
South Africa, Africa
Build privacy-respecting systems that identify transport, health, safety, family-care, work, and disengagement causes behind persistent student absence.
society-governance
africa
south-africa
detecting
addressing
chronic
absenteeism
dropout
build
privacy-respecting
systems
identify
transport
health-biology
health
economics-resources
technology-computing
ensuring
open
New Zealand, Oceania
Create community-controlled educational resources that support endangered languages without reducing them to museum artifacts or excluding young speakers.
social-civic-problems
oceania
new-zealand
endangered
languages
preserving
school-based
learning
create
community-controlled
educational
resources
support
global-unspecified
technology-computing
philosophy-ethics
whether
language
open
Brazil, South America
Develop affordable lab equipment, experimental protocols, and digital interfaces that enable meaningful participation in science education for disabled learners.
social-civic-problems
south-america
brazil
science
accessible
laboratories
students
disabilities
develop
affordable
lab
equipment
experimental
education
digital
remains
technology-computing
access
Build feedback systems between schools, training centers, employers, and informal workers so vocational programs teach skills that lead to real income.
social-civic-problems
africa
kenya
making
technical
education
responsive
local
labor
markets
build
feedback
systems
workers
economics-resources
society-governance
mathematics-logic
informal
open
United States, North America
Create scalable curricula that teach adolescents how to interpret uncertainty, correlation, evidence quality, charts, and causal claims in real-world contexts.
society-governance
north-america
united-states
teaching
statistical
reasoning
misinformation
becomes
entrenched
create
scalable
curricula
teach
philosophy-ethics
global-unspecified
systems
whether
resolved
Develop teaching, assessment, and teacher-support models for children who begin school in a language different from the one used in textbooks and examinations.
social-civic-problems
asia
india
reducing
learning
loss
among
multilingual
early-grade
students
develop
teaching
assessment
global-unspecified
school
children
african
low
Design affordable resilient school infrastructure, continuity plans, safe routes, and learning systems for children facing repeated climate disruptions.
climate-environment
oceania
vanuatu
safeguarding
schools
against
heat
floods
cyclone
disruption
design
affordable
resilient
systems
technology-computing
under
climate
social-civic-problems
Develop methods to quantify livelihoods, health, culture, land, and social losses caused by drought, salinization, erosion, and chronic heat.
climate-environment
measuring
loss
damage
household
level
slow-onset
disasters
develop
methods
quantify
climate
economics-resources
global-unspecified
health-biology
health
whether
relocation
Create water, waste, energy, land-use, and visitor-management systems that support residents as climate stress and seasonal tourism intensify.
climate-environment
asia
maldives
water-scarcity
tourism
adaptation
islands
facing
freshwater
scarcity
pressure
create
water
waste
climate
systems
under
society-governance
Develop land-use, compensation, farming, and hydrological strategies that allow rivers to absorb floods without simply eliminating rural livelihoods.
mathematics-logic
europe
netherlands
restoring
floodplains
while
maintaining
food
production
develop
land-use
compensation
farming
climate-environment
economics-resources
global-unspecified
urban
rural
Create trusted local communication systems that counter false evacuation, health, aid, and weather claims before they cause physical harm.
climate-environment
preventing
climate
misinformation
during
disaster
response
create
trusted
local
communication
society-governance
systems
health-biology
public
health
technology-computing
fiscal
open
Chile, South America
Design water-allocation and enforcement systems that reduce consumption among high users without shifting disproportionate burdens onto low-income residents.
climate-environment
south-america
chile
making
drought
restrictions
equitable
unequal
cities
design
water-allocation
enforcement
systems
society-governance
economics-resources
global-unspecified
public
social-civic-problems
open
United States, North America
Build risk-based grid maintenance, vegetation management, shutoff policies, and backup systems that prevent sparks without leaving communities vulnerable.
local-regional
north-america
united-states
reducing
wildfire
ignition
failing
electricity
infrastructure
build
risk-based
grid
maintenance
systems
economics-resources
technology-computing
communities
global-unspecified
Develop enforceable, economically viable protections for construction workers, delivery workers, street vendors, farm laborers, and factory workers exposed to dangerous heat.
economics-resources
asia
india
workers
heat
protecting
extreme
informal
employment
develop
enforceable
economically
viable
mathematics-logic
local
might
actors
global-unspecified
Combine local wastewater control, fisheries governance, restoration science, and heat-stress response to preserve reefs under repeated marine heatwaves.
climate-environment
oceania
australia
local
preventing
coral
reef
collapse
stressors
combine
wastewater
control
society-governance
under
governance
global-unspecified
bleaching
african
Develop durable, low-cost road, bridge, drainage, and maintenance approaches for areas facing increasingly erratic rainfall and flooding.
climate-environment
africa
mozambique
climate-proofing
rural
roads
connect
farmers
markets
develop
durable
low-cost
road
urban
african
economics-resources
infrastructure
access
open
Colombia, South America
Create affordable slope monitoring, drainage, building standards, relocation alternatives, and community warning systems for rapidly growing hillside settlements.
social-civic-problems
south-america
colombia
hillside
reducing
landslide
risks
informal
development
create
affordable
slope
monitoring
systems
society-governance
settlements
climate-environment
economics-resources
