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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
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
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
Achieving decentralized identity resistant to state and AI-generated forgery 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
asia
china
systems
decentralized
identity
resistant
state
ai-generated
forgery
field-ready
achieving
meaningful
climate-environment
society-governance
technology-computing
methods
designs
open
Paraguay, South America
A persistent gap exists in realizing practical, scalable solutions for robust methods for measuring and improving subjective well-being at population 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
south-america
paraguay
scalable
solutions
robust
methods
measuring
improving
subjective
well-being
population
scale
systems
climate-environment
enabling
governance
technologies
Achieving architectural and urban designs that maximize cooling and minimize energy under heat extremes 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
asia
bangladesh
architectural
urban
designs
maximize
cooling
minimize
energy
under
heat
extremes
climate-environment
systems
society-governance
solutions
methods
open
Colombia, South America
The absence of robust, context-adapted solutions for biotechnologies enabling plants to thrive under elevated CO2 salinity and heat stress 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
south-america
colombia
solutions
biotechnologies
enabling
plants
thrive
under
elevated
co2
salinity
heat
systems
climate-environment
methods
technologies
robust
open
South Africa, Africa
Despite recognition of its importance, reliable methods for open standards for interoperable climate and biodiversity monitoring data 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
south-africa
biodiversity
open
standards
interoperable
climate
monitoring
data
systemic
solutions
addressing
methods
systems
society-governance
technology-computing
barriers
Despite recognition of its importance, reliable methods for evidence frameworks for sequencing post-conflict institutional recovery 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
asia
thailand
evidence
frameworks
sequencing
post-conflict
institutional
recovery
integrated
pathways
despite
recognition
climate-environment
methods
systems
barriers
designs
open
Mexico, North America
Despite recognition of its importance, reliable methods for technologies for selective removal of persistent organic pollutants from water bodies 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
mexico
methods
technologies
selective
removal
persistent
organic
pollutants
water
bodies
robust
society-governance
systems
enabling
barriers
designs
Current approaches to designs for energy systems that remain functional during multi-day extreme weather events 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
fiji
systems
designs
energy
remain
functional
during
multi-day
extreme
weather
events
climate-environment
technology-computing
solutions
enabling
under
The absence of robust, context-adapted solutions for methods for assessing and mitigating the risks of advanced AI systems before 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.
society-governance
oceania
samoa
methods
risks
systems
robust
assessing
mitigating
advanced
deployment
enabling
absence
solutions
climate-environment
governance
ensuring
real
Achieving high-temperature stable thermoelectrics with ZT above 3 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
africa
uganda
high-temperature
stable
thermoelectrics
above
development
achieving
meaningful
scale
demands
simultaneous
climate-environment
systems
society-governance
methods
solutions