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Current approaches to highly selective multi-tissue senolytic therapeutics 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
australia
highly
selective
multi-tissue
senolytic
therapeutics
overcoming
barriers
current
approaches
either
systems
climate-environment
enabling
under
solutions
Current approaches to AI tools that accelerate scientific discovery while remaining transparent and auditable 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
rwanda
tools
accelerate
scientific
discovery
while
remaining
transparent
auditable
development
current
systems
climate-environment
enabling
approaches
solutions
Current approaches to technologies for the selective recovery of valuable materials from complex waste streams 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
europe
greece
enabling
technologies
selective
recovery
valuable
materials
complex
waste
streams
robust
society-governance
systems
methods
approaches
solutions
Current approaches to non-invasive continuous monitoring of multiple chronic disease biomarkers 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
africa
mozambique
non-invasive
continuous
monitoring
multiple
chronic
disease
biomarkers
deployable
technologies
current
society-governance
systems
climate-environment
enabling
approaches
Current approaches to mechanisms ensuring that climate adaptation finance reaches the most vulnerable communities 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
australia
mechanisms
ensuring
climate
adaptation
finance
reaches
vulnerable
communities
integrated
pathways
society-governance
systems
enabling
under
solutions
Current approaches to systems ensuring the reliability and security of digital infrastructure under climate extremes 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.
technology-computing
europe
italy
systems
under
ensuring
reliability
security
digital
infrastructure
climate
extremes
systemic
society-governance
climate-environment
solutions
enabling
designs
open
Papua New Guinea, Oceania
Current approaches to methods for quantifying the full environmental and social costs of different energy pathways 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
papua-new-guinea
methods
quantifying
full
environmental
social
costs
different
energy
pathways
development
society-governance
systems
enabling
approaches
solutions
Current approaches to architectural and planning approaches that make cities more equitable and climate-resilient simultaneously 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
europe
italy
approaches
architectural
planning
make
cities
equitable
climate-resilient
simultaneously
scalable
solutions
society-governance
systems
enabling
under
designs
open
Guatemala, North America
Current approaches to technologies enabling efficient and low-impact desalination and water treatment at various scales 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
guatemala
enabling
technologies
efficient
low-impact
desalination
water
treatment
various
scales
robust
climate-environment
systems
methods
approaches
solutions
open
Solomon Islands, Oceania
Current approaches to biotechnologies enabling the production of high-value materials from captured carbon dioxide 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
solomon-islands
enabling
biotechnologies
production
high-value
materials
captured
carbon
dioxide
systemic
solutions
society-governance
systems
approaches
technologies
methods
Current approaches to real-time digital twins of entire river basins for adaptive management 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.
technology-computing
asia
thailand
real-time
digital
twins
entire
river
basins
adaptive
management
integrated
pathways
society-governance
systems
climate-environment
enabling
approaches
open
Colombia, South America
Current approaches to housing and land systems that prevent displacement during climate-driven migration 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
south-america
colombia
systems
housing
land
prevent
displacement
during
climate-driven
migration
practical
realization
society-governance
climate-environment
technology-computing
enabling
under
Current approaches to interventions that improve the quality and equity of primary healthcare delivery 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
europe
spain
equity
interventions
improve
quality
primary
healthcare
delivery
scalable
solutions
current
systems
climate-environment
enabling
approaches
under
Translate quantum sensing advances into rugged, affordable tools for detecting pollutants, groundwater changes, magnetic anomalies, and infrastructure defects.
climate-environment
quantum
sensing
low-cost
environmental
monitoring
translate
advances
rugged
affordable
tools
infrastructure
technology-computing
society-governance
science-space
global-unspecified
health-biology
open
Pacific Ocean, Global
Establish credible baseline science, governance, monitoring, liability, and precautionary thresholds before commercial extraction irreversibly alters deep-sea ecosystems.
society-governance
pacific-ocean
biodiversity
deep-sea
preventing
damage
mining
establish
credible
baseline
science
governance
monitoring
enabling
technologies
continuous
climate-environment
open
Papua New Guinea, Oceania
Create scalable combinations of eDNA, acoustic sensing, imaging, community science, and AI that produce trustworthy species data in under-surveyed ecosystems.
climate-environment
oceania
papua-new-guinea
biodiversity
mapping
regions
few
taxonomists
create
scalable
combinations
edna
acoustic
economics-resources
ecosystems
protection
society-governance
species
open
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa
Develop monitoring approaches that work despite persistent cloud cover, fragmented enforcement, local economic dependence, and rapidly changing extraction routes.
technology-computing
africa
democratic-republic-of-the-congo
detecting
illegal
logging
cloud-covered
tropical
forests
develop
monitoring
approaches
work
society-governance
economics-resources
forest
science-space
systems
open
Brazil, South America
Develop affordable lab equipment, experimental protocols, and digital interfaces that enable meaningful participation in science education for disabled learners.
social-civic-problems
south-america
brazil
science
accessible
laboratories
students
disabilities
develop
affordable
lab
equipment
experimental
education
digital
remains
technology-computing
access
Combine local wastewater control, fisheries governance, restoration science, and heat-stress response to preserve reefs under repeated marine heatwaves.
climate-environment
oceania
australia
local
preventing
coral
reef
collapse
stressors
combine
wastewater
control
society-governance
under
governance
global-unspecified
bleaching
african
Develop building, public-space, energy, health-alert, and worker-protection solutions for low-income neighborhoods facing extreme heat and intermittent power.
science-space
asia
india
heat
neighborhoods
preventing
urban
deaths
reliable
cooling
develop
building
public-space
climate-environment
society-governance
systems
solutions
cities