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Costa Rica, North America
Current approaches to interventions that reduce the burden of infectious diseases through environmental and behavioral action 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.
health-biology
north-america
costa-rica
infectious-disease
interventions
reduce
burden
infectious
diseases
environmental
behavioral
action
deployable
technologies
society-governance
systems
climate-environment
enabling
The absence of robust, context-adapted solutions for institutional designs for managing the global commons of the high seas and outer space 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
thailand
solutions
institutional
designs
managing
commons
high
seas
outer
space
systems
climate-environment
methods
enabling
robust
governance
Despite recognition of its importance, reliable methods for biotechnologies enabling the production of pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals from renewable feedstocks 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
poland
biotechnologies
enabling
production
pharmaceuticals
fine
chemicals
renewable
feedstocks
deployable
technologies
methods
systems
society-governance
barriers
high
open
Costa Rica, North America
Current approaches to therapies that extend healthspan by targeting fundamental aging processes 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
costa-rica
therapies
extend
healthspan
targeting
fundamental
aging
processes
overcoming
barriers
current
systems
climate-environment
enabling
approaches
under
Achieving technologies enabling continuous non-invasive monitoring of multiple physiological parameters 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.
mathematics-logic
oceania
samoa
technologies
enabling
continuous
non-invasive
monitoring
multiple
physiological
parameters
scalable
solutions
economics-resources
society-governance
climate-environment
systems
methods
The absence of robust, context-adapted solutions for materials and processes for recycling complex multi-material products at high purity 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
spain
systems
materials
processes
recycling
complex
multi-material
products
high
purity
field-ready
solutions
climate-environment
enabling
robust
methods
The absence of robust, context-adapted solutions for mechanisms for ensuring that climate finance is additional to existing development assistance 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
samoa
mechanisms
ensuring
climate
finance
additional
existing
development
assistance
overcoming
barriers
society-governance
systems
solutions
methods
governance
open
Solomon Islands, Oceania
Current approaches to planetary protection detection for forward and backward contamination 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.
local-regional
oceania
solomon-islands
planetary
protection
detection
forward
backward
contamination
practical
realization
current
approaches
society-governance
systems
climate-environment
enabling
under
Achieving ambient-pressure room-temperature superconducting materials 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
rwanda
ambient-pressure
room-temperature
superconducting
materials
integrated
pathways
achieving
meaningful
scale
demands
climate-environment
systems
society-governance
methods
solutions
Despite recognition of its importance, reliable methods for affordable methods for detecting and treating the major causes of childhood undernutrition 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
netherlands
methods
affordable
detecting
treating
major
causes
childhood
undernutrition
field-ready
systems
society-governance
barriers
economics-resources
solutions
health-biology
Achieving safe reversible regional albedo management aerosols 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.
local-regional
africa
tanzania
safe
reversible
regional
albedo
management
aerosols
deployable
technologies
achieving
meaningful
economics-resources
climate-environment
systems
society-governance
solutions
Achieving institutional designs preventing AI-enabled extreme power concentration 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
oceania
samoa
institutional
designs
preventing
ai-enabled
extreme
power
concentration
integrated
pathways
achieving
economics-resources
systems
climate-environment
solutions
methods
open
Costa Rica, North America
Despite recognition of its importance, reliable methods for platform technologies for 30-day zoonotic antiviral response 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
platform
technologies
30-day
zoonotic
antiviral
response
scalable
solutions
despite
recognition
methods
systems
society-governance
barriers
designs
The absence of robust, context-adapted solutions for governance frameworks for the responsible development of advanced neurotechnology 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
vietnam
governance
frameworks
responsible
development
advanced
neurotechnology
deployable
technologies
absence
robust
solutions
systems
climate-environment
methods
enabling
open
Bolivia, South America
Achieving systems ensuring the safety and ethical use of AI in educational assessment and personalization 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.
philosophy-ethics
south-america
bolivia
systems
ensuring
safety
ethical
educational
assessment
personalization
integrated
pathways
achieving
economics-resources
society-governance
climate-environment
technology-computing
solutions
open
Solomon Islands, Oceania
The absence of robust, context-adapted solutions for materials enabling reversible CO2 capture and conversion to useful products 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
materials
enabling
reversible
co2
capture
conversion
useful
products
development
absence
solutions
systems
climate-environment
robust
methods
The absence of robust, context-adapted solutions for adaptive literacy systems closing gaps in multilingual low-resource classrooms 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
romania
systems
adaptive
literacy
closing
gaps
multilingual
low-resource
classrooms
overcoming
barriers
solutions
climate-environment
methods
ensuring
enabling
open
Chile, South America
Despite recognition of its importance, reliable methods for biotechnologies enabling the rapid development of vaccines against unknown future pathogens 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
south-america
chile
biotechnologies
enabling
rapid
development
vaccines
against
unknown
future
pathogens
field-ready
climate-environment
systems
methods
society-governance
barriers
Despite recognition of its importance, reliable methods for governance models for managing the dual-use risks of advanced gene editing and synthetic biology 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
africa
ethiopia
models
governance
managing
dual-use
risks
advanced
gene
editing
synthetic
biology
climate-environment
methods
systems
barriers
solutions
Despite recognition of its importance, reliable methods for methods for quantifying and reducing the climate impact of the global food system 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
netherlands
methods
quantifying
reducing
climate
impact
food
system
robust
enabling
society-governance
systems
barriers
designs
solutions
assessing