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United Kingdom, Europe
The absence of robust, context-adapted solutions for education approaches that build resilience and adaptive capacity in climate-vulnerable communities creates cascading risks across interconnected human and natural systems. Key missing elements include durable performance, low lifetime cost, and governance arrangements capable of sustaining impact beyond pilot stages.
climate-environment
europe
united-kingdom
education
approaches
build
resilience
adaptive
capacity
climate-vulnerable
communities
integrated
pathways
society-governance
solutions
systems
methods
robust
The absence of robust, context-adapted solutions for architectural innovations that make passive cooling effective and affordable in tropical climates creates cascading risks across interconnected human and natural systems. Key missing elements include durable performance, low lifetime cost, and governance arrangements capable of sustaining impact beyond pilot stages.
climate-environment
africa
uganda
solutions
architectural
innovations
make
passive
cooling
effective
affordable
tropical
climates
society-governance
systems
methods
robust
enabling
open
Chile, South America
A persistent gap exists in realizing practical, scalable solutions for protocols for the responsible conduct of research involving human enhancement technologies. Scientific understanding, engineering readiness and institutional capacity remain insufficient to translate promising concepts into durable impact under real-world constraints of cost, skills and governance.
society-governance
south-america
chile
protocols
responsible
conduct
research
involving
human
enhancement
technologies
development
persistent
solutions
systems
governance
methods
scalable
open
Papua New Guinea, Oceania
The absence of robust, context-adapted solutions for methods for assessing the social and environmental impacts of large-scale renewable energy deployment creates cascading risks across interconnected human and natural systems. Key missing elements include durable performance, low lifetime cost, and governance arrangements capable of sustaining impact beyond pilot stages.
climate-environment
oceania
papua-new-guinea
renewable-energy
methods
assessing
social
environmental
impacts
large-scale
renewable
energy
deployment
integrated
society-governance
systems
solutions
robust
Achieving affordable methods for detecting and treating the major causes of adult chronic disease in LMICs at meaningful scale demands simultaneous progress in fundamental research, engineering integration and socio-technical systems that work for low- and middle-income settings. Existing efforts remain fragmented relative to the magnitude of the challenge.
health-biology
asia
thailand
affordable
methods
detecting
treating
major
causes
adult
chronic
disease
lmics
economics-resources
climate-environment
systems
society-governance
solutions
open
New Zealand, Oceania
A persistent gap exists in realizing practical, scalable solutions for biotechnologies for engineering microbes that degrade persistent environmental pollutants. Scientific understanding, engineering readiness and institutional capacity remain insufficient to translate promising concepts into durable impact under real-world constraints of cost, skills and governance.
society-governance
oceania
new-zealand
engineering
persistent
biotechnologies
microbes
degrade
environmental
pollutants
integrated
pathways
gap
solutions
systems
methods
scalable
practical
Current approaches to methods for quantifying the full life-cycle impacts of different renewable energy technologies either underperform under variable field conditions or generate externalities that undermine long-term sustainability and equity. Closing the gap requires coordinated advances in science, systems design and enabling institutions.
climate-environment
oceania
fiji
renewable-energy
methods
quantifying
full
life-cycle
impacts
different
renewable
energy
technologies
scalable
society-governance
systems
enabling
solutions
A persistent gap exists in realizing practical, scalable solutions for design principles for cities that remain livable under 3 C of global warming. Scientific understanding, engineering readiness and institutional capacity remain insufficient to translate promising concepts into durable impact under real-world constraints of cost, skills and governance.
society-governance
europe
portugal
remain
under
design
principles
cities
livable
warming
breakthrough
approaches
solutions
systems
methods
climate-environment
scalable
governance
open
Costa Rica, North America
The absence of robust, context-adapted solutions for governance frameworks for managing the risks of advanced AI systems capable of autonomous research creates cascading risks across interconnected human and natural systems. Key missing elements include durable performance, low lifetime cost, and governance arrangements capable of sustaining impact beyond pilot stages.
society-governance
north-america
costa-rica
governance
risks
systems
capable
frameworks
managing
advanced
autonomous
research
development
solutions
climate-environment
ensuring
methods
robust
open
Costa Rica, North America
Despite recognition of its importance, reliable methods for species-specific non-lethal control of invasive vertebrates are still lacking. Progress is hindered by incomplete mechanistic knowledge, high capital and operational barriers, and the absence of deployment models suited to the contexts of greatest need.
climate-environment
north-america
costa-rica
species-specific
non-lethal
control
invasive
vertebrates
integrated
pathways
despite
recognition
its
methods
systems
barriers
society-governance
designs
open
South Africa, Africa
Current approaches to governance frameworks for the responsible use of genetic data in health and ancestry applications either underperform under variable field conditions or generate externalities that undermine long-term sustainability and equity. Closing the gap requires coordinated advances in science, systems design and enabling institutions.
society-governance
africa
south-africa
approaches
governance
frameworks
responsible
genetic
data
health
ancestry
applications
breakthrough
systems
climate-environment
enabling
solutions
under
Current approaches to protocols for safe and equitable sharing of pathogen genetic sequence data either underperform under variable field conditions or generate externalities that undermine long-term sustainability and equity. Closing the gap requires coordinated advances in science, systems design and enabling institutions.
society-governance
oceania
samoa
enabling
protocols
safe
equitable
sharing
pathogen
genetic
sequence
data
robust
systems
climate-environment
solutions
methods
approaches
Achieving technologies enabling continuous verification of carbon removal and storage permanence at meaningful scale demands simultaneous progress in fundamental research, engineering integration and socio-technical systems that work for low- and middle-income settings. Existing efforts remain fragmented relative to the magnitude of the challenge.
climate-environment
africa
mozambique
technologies
enabling
continuous
verification
carbon
removal
storage
permanence
development
achieving
economics-resources
systems
society-governance
methods
solutions
Current approaches to education approaches that build the skills needed for green jobs and sustainable entrepreneurship either underperform under variable field conditions or generate externalities that undermine long-term sustainability and equity. Closing the gap requires coordinated advances in science, systems design and enabling institutions.
social-civic-problems
asia
japan
approaches
education
build
skills
needed
green
jobs
sustainable
entrepreneurship
scalable
society-governance
systems
climate-environment
enabling
solutions
A persistent gap exists in realizing practical, scalable solutions for technologies enabling continuous monitoring of biodiversity in remote and marine ecosystems. Scientific understanding, engineering readiness and institutional capacity remain insufficient to translate promising concepts into durable impact under real-world constraints of cost, skills and governance.
society-governance
oceania
fiji
biodiversity
enabling
technologies
continuous
monitoring
remote
marine
ecosystems
robust
methods
solutions
systems
climate-environment
scalable
open
Solomon Islands, Oceania
Despite recognition of its importance, reliable methods for predictive models of compound climate-health risks at neighborhood resolution are still lacking. Progress is hindered by incomplete mechanistic knowledge, high capital and operational barriers, and the absence of deployment models suited to the contexts of greatest need.
climate-environment
oceania
solomon-islands
models
predictive
compound
climate-health
risks
neighborhood
resolution
integrated
pathways
despite
methods
systems
society-governance
barriers
designs
A persistent gap exists in realizing practical, scalable solutions for designs for transportation systems that remain functional under extreme weather and energy constraints. Scientific understanding, engineering readiness and institutional capacity remain insufficient to translate promising concepts into durable impact under real-world constraints of cost, skills and governance.
society-governance
asia
thailand
remain
under
constraints
designs
transportation
systems
functional
extreme
weather
energy
solutions
climate-environment
methods
ensuring
scalable
Despite recognition of its importance, reliable methods for methods for assessing the effectiveness of different approaches to climate adaptation and resilience are still lacking. Progress is hindered by incomplete mechanistic knowledge, high capital and operational barriers, and the absence of deployment models suited to the contexts of greatest need.
climate-environment
africa
ghana
methods
assessing
effectiveness
different
approaches
climate
adaptation
resilience
development
despite
systems
society-governance
barriers
designs
solutions
Despite recognition of its importance, reliable methods for architectural and planning approaches that make cities more walkable and less car-dependent are still lacking. Progress is hindered by incomplete mechanistic knowledge, high capital and operational barriers, and the absence of deployment models suited to the contexts of greatest need.
climate-environment
south-america
peru
architectural
planning
approaches
make
cities
walkable
less
car-dependent
integrated
pathways
methods
systems
barriers
society-governance
high
open
Costa Rica, North America
The absence of robust, context-adapted solutions for technologies enabling the continuous monitoring of structural integrity of aging infrastructure creates cascading risks across interconnected human and natural systems. Key missing elements include durable performance, low lifetime cost, and governance arrangements capable of sustaining impact beyond pilot stages.
society-governance
north-america
costa-rica
technologies
enabling
continuous
monitoring
structural
integrity
aging
infrastructure
breakthrough
approaches
systems
solutions
climate-environment
methods
robust
