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United Kingdom, Europe
The absence of robust, context-adapted solutions for designs for energy systems that integrate high shares of variable renewables with high reliability 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
europe
united-kingdom
high
systems
designs
energy
integrate
shares
variable
renewables
reliability
overcoming
solutions
climate-environment
methods
ensuring
enabling
Current approaches to protocols for the ethical conduct of research involving advanced AI systems and human subjects 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.
philosophy-ethics
europe
germany
systems
protocols
ethical
conduct
research
involving
advanced
human
subjects
practical
society-governance
climate-environment
enabling
technology-computing
economics-resources
Current approaches to solutions for safe and equitable management of the growing volumes of nuclear waste 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
africa
ethiopia
enabling
solutions
safe
equitable
management
growing
volumes
nuclear
waste
robust
society-governance
systems
methods
technologies
approaches
open
Ecuador, South America
Achieving inherently safe modular micro-reactors for remote communities 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.
economics-resources
south-america
ecuador
inherently
safe
modular
micro-reactors
remote
communities
systemic
solutions
addressing
achieving
climate-environment
systems
society-governance
methods
social-civic-problems
open
United States, North America
Despite recognition of its importance, reliable methods for regenerative approaches to reverse age-related decline in muscle and cognition 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
united-states
regenerative
approaches
reverse
age-related
decline
muscle
cognition
field-ready
systems
despite
methods
barriers
society-governance
designs
high
open
Paraguay, South America
Despite recognition of its importance, reliable methods for seismicity-safe large-scale managed aquifer recharge methods 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.
local-regional
south-america
paraguay
methods
seismicity-safe
large-scale
managed
aquifer
recharge
breakthrough
approaches
despite
recognition
climate-environment
systems
society-governance
barriers
designs
Despite recognition of its importance, reliable methods for surveillance and response systems for antimicrobial resistance that function across borders 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
europe
italy
surveillance
response
systems
antimicrobial
resistance
function
borders
breakthrough
approaches
despite
society-governance
methods
barriers
economics-resources
designs
open
Argentina, South America
Despite recognition of its importance, reliable methods for governance frameworks preventing the concentration of power through advanced surveillance technologies 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.
society-governance
south-america
argentina
governance
frameworks
preventing
concentration
power
advanced
surveillance
technologies
breakthrough
approaches
climate-environment
methods
systems
barriers
designs
The absence of robust, context-adapted solutions for affordable diagnostics enabling early detection of the major causes of childhood mortality 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
asia
philippines
affordable
diagnostics
enabling
early
detection
major
causes
childhood
mortality
practical
solutions
systems
climate-environment
methods
robust
open
Paraguay, South America
A persistent gap exists in realizing practical, scalable solutions for institutional designs that increase public trust in scientific institutions and advice. 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
paraguay
institutional
scientific
designs
increase
public
trust
institutions
advice
integrated
pathways
solutions
systems
scalable
methods
governance
Despite recognition of its importance, reliable methods for therapies targeting the biology of multimorbidity rather than single diseases 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.
health-biology
europe
sweden
therapies
targeting
biology
multimorbidity
rather
single
diseases
deployable
technologies
despite
climate-environment
methods
systems
barriers
society-governance
open
Solomon Islands, Oceania
The absence of robust, context-adapted solutions for methods for quantifying and reducing the animal welfare impacts of different food production systems 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
oceania
solomon-islands
systems
methods
quantifying
reducing
animal
welfare
impacts
different
food
production
solutions
climate-environment
enabling
robust
ensuring
open
Colombia, South America
Current approaches to sensing and response systems for detecting engineered pathogens at ports of entry 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
south-america
colombia
systems
sensing
response
detecting
engineered
pathogens
ports
entry
practical
realization
climate-environment
enabling
technology-computing
under
solutions
open
Argentina, South America
A persistent gap exists in realizing practical, scalable solutions for prognostic monitoring of aging dams and bridges under climate extremes. 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
argentina
under
prognostic
monitoring
aging
dams
bridges
climate
extremes
breakthrough
approaches
solutions
systems
climate-environment
methods
scalable
open
Colombia, South America
Current approaches to affordable methods for detecting and treating the major causes of vision and hearing impairment 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
south-america
colombia
affordable
methods
detecting
treating
major
causes
vision
hearing
impairment
systemic
systems
climate-environment
enabling
solutions
approaches
The absence of robust, context-adapted solutions for interventions that reduce the social and economic costs of chronic disease at population scale 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
asia
indonesia
interventions
reduce
social
economic
costs
chronic
disease
population
scale
development
solutions
systems
climate-environment
methods
robust
The absence of robust, context-adapted solutions for architectural and urban designs that reduce the urban heat island effect under extreme warming 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
europe
italy
urban
architectural
designs
reduce
heat
island
effect
under
extreme
warming
systems
solutions
climate-environment
enabling
methods
A persistent gap exists in realizing practical, scalable solutions for mangrove designs accelerating accretion under rapid sea-level rise. 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
africa
nigeria
under
mangrove
designs
accelerating
accretion
rapid
sea-level
rise
breakthrough
approaches
solutions
systems
methods
scalable
institutional
The absence of robust, context-adapted solutions for governance frameworks for managing the risks associated with the release of genetically modified organisms 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
europe
portugal
governance
risks
frameworks
managing
associated
release
genetically
modified
organisms
development
solutions
systems
climate-environment
robust
methods
A persistent gap exists in realizing practical, scalable solutions for education approaches that build scientific literacy and critical thinking from early childhood. 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
scientific
education
approaches
build
literacy
critical
thinking
early
childhood
deployable
solutions
systems
methods
scalable
technologies
