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Ecuador, South America
Achieving low-cost diagnostics and treatments for the major neglected tropical diseases 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
south-america
ecuador
low-cost
diagnostics
treatments
major
neglected
tropical
diseases
integrated
pathways
achieving
economics-resources
climate-environment
systems
society-governance
methods
open
Mexico, North America
Achieving technologies for verifying compliance with international environmental agreements 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
north-america
mexico
technologies
verifying
compliance
international
environmental
agreements
practical
realization
achieving
meaningful
economics-resources
systems
society-governance
methods
solutions
open
Guatemala, North America
Achieving protocols for the responsible sharing and use of large-scale human genomic and health data 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
north-america
guatemala
protocols
responsible
sharing
large-scale
human
genomic
health
data
scalable
solutions
systems
climate-environment
society-governance
methods
technology-computing
Achieving institutional designs that increase the political feasibility of ambitious climate policies 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
asia
vietnam
institutional
designs
increase
political
feasibility
ambitious
climate
policies
breakthrough
approaches
economics-resources
systems
society-governance
methods
solutions
Achieving transparent and equitable allocation mechanisms for scarce climate finance 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
asia
kazakhstan
transparent
equitable
allocation
mechanisms
scarce
climate
finance
overcoming
barriers
achieving
economics-resources
systems
society-governance
ensuring
solutions
Achieving systems for continuous verification of nuclear non-proliferation commitments 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
europe
sweden
systems
continuous
verification
nuclear
non-proliferation
commitments
breakthrough
approaches
achieving
meaningful
society-governance
climate-environment
technology-computing
methods
ensuring
open
United States, North America
Achieving institutional arrangements that improve the integration of climate considerations into all policy domains 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.
society-governance
north-america
united-states
integration
institutional
arrangements
improve
climate
considerations
all
policy
domains
systemic
economics-resources
climate-environment
systems
solutions
designs
Achieving institutional arrangements that reduce the risk of catastrophic accidents involving advanced technologies 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.
society-governance
africa
ethiopia
institutional
arrangements
reduce
risk
catastrophic
accidents
involving
advanced
technologies
scalable
economics-resources
systems
climate-environment
solutions
designs
open
United Kingdom, Europe
Achieving mechanisms ensuring that benefits of advanced AI are widely shared rather than concentrated 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
europe
united-kingdom
mechanisms
ensuring
benefits
advanced
widely
shared
rather
concentrated
development
achieving
systems
climate-environment
society-governance
solutions
governance
Achieving interventions that reliably increase vaccine confidence without polarizing 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.
health-biology
asia
nepal
interventions
reliably
increase
vaccine
confidence
polarizing
communities
robust
methods
enabling
economics-resources
climate-environment
systems
society-governance
solutions
open
Chile, South America
Achieving affordable and scalable solutions for safe sanitation in dense urban informal settlements 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
chile
affordable
scalable
solutions
safe
sanitation
dense
urban
informal
settlements
overcoming
society-governance
systems
climate-environment
methods
open
Papua New Guinea, Oceania
Achieving designs for public spaces that promote social connection and mental well-being in dense cities 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.
science-space
oceania
papua-new-guinea
designs
public
spaces
promote
social
connection
mental
well-being
dense
cities
economics-resources
climate-environment
systems
society-governance
solutions
open
Papua New Guinea, Oceania
Achieving protocols for equitable benefit-sharing from genetic resources and digital sequence data 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.
technology-computing
oceania
papua-new-guinea
protocols
equitable
benefit-sharing
genetic
resources
digital
sequence
data
overcoming
barriers
economics-resources
systems
climate-environment
society-governance
solutions
Limited economic opportunity in rural areas of Morocco is driving large-scale youth migration to cities that lack the infrastructure or job market to absorb them.
economics-resources
africa
morocco
rural
youth
driving
migration
addressing
unemployment
urban
limited
economic
global-unspecified
african
access
remains
infrastructure
Achieving methods for quantifying the biodiversity impacts of different land-use and agricultural systems 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
biodiversity
methods
systems
quantifying
impacts
different
land-use
agricultural
robust
enabling
society-governance
economics-resources
solutions
technology-computing
designs
open
United States, North America
Current approaches to technologies enabling the continuous monitoring of ocean health indicators at global scale 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
north-america
united-states
technologies
enabling
continuous
monitoring
ocean
health
indicators
scale
deployable
climate-environment
systems
health-biology
solutions
methods
open
Argentina, South America
Achieving AI-assisted discovery of novel antibiotics against Gram-negative pathogens 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
argentina
ai-assisted
discovery
novel
antibiotics
against
gram-negative
pathogens
robust
methods
enabling
systems
climate-environment
society-governance
solutions
designs
Achieving pathways for achieving high levels of energy efficiency in existing building stocks 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
oceania
fiji
achieving
existing
pathways
high
levels
energy
efficiency
building
stocks
deployable
climate-environment
systems
society-governance
methods
designs
A persistent gap exists in realizing practical, scalable solutions for methods for measuring and improving the quality of democratic deliberation at scale. 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
zambia
practical
methods
measuring
improving
quality
democratic
deliberation
scale
realization
persistent
solutions
systems
scalable
governance
enabling
open
United Kingdom, Europe
Communities in Ukraine recovering from disasters have almost no access to trained mental health counselors, and existing psychosocial first-aid programs are not designed to scale past a handful of trained volunteers.
health-biology
europe
united-kingdom
mental-health
psychosocial
disasters
ukraine
scaling
low-cost
support
natural
trained
communities
recovering
low
mental
health
global-unspecified