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Asia / Indonesia
WS02566
Rapid urban growth in Indonesia has produced large informal settlements lacking basic infrastructure, and in-place upgrading approaches remain rare compared to displacement-driven redevelopment models.
Team Humans Club. (2026). Upgrading informal settlements without displacing residents in Indonesia.. World Solve Repository, WS02566. Retrieved from https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=2566
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North America / United States
WS03083
The absence of robust, context-adapted solutions for scalable interventions improving executive function after chronic stress creates cascading risks across interconnected human and natural systems. Key missing elements include durable perf...
Team Humans Club. (2026). Scalable solutions for scalable interventions improving executive function after chronic stress.. World Solve Repository, WS03083. Retrieved from https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=3083
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Oceania / Papua New Guinea
WS02838
The absence of robust, context-adapted solutions for governance frameworks for the ethical development and deployment of human enhancement technologies creates cascading risks across interconnected human and natural systems. Key missing ele...
Team Humans Club. (2026). Scalable solutions for governance frameworks for the ethical development and deployment of human enhancement technologies.. World Solve Repository, WS02838. Retrieved from https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=2838
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Oceania / Solomon Islands
WS03121
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 equ...
Team Humans Club. (2026). Systemic solutions addressing biotechnologies enabling the production of high-value materials from captured carbon dioxide.. World Solve Repository, WS03121. Retrieved from https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=3121
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Europe / Romania
WS03166
A persistent gap exists in realizing practical, scalable solutions for governance models for ensuring the safety of advanced AI systems capable of recursive self-improvement. Scientific understanding, engineering readiness and institutional...
Team Humans Club. (2026). Breakthrough approaches to governance models for ensuring the safety of advanced AI systems capable of recursive self-improvement.. World Solve Repository, WS03166. Retrieved from https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=3166
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South America / Chile
WS02631
Girls in parts of Chile disproportionately drop out of secondary school due to a combination of early marriage pressure, unpaid domestic labor expectations, and lack of safe transportation to school.
Team Humans Club. (2026). Reducing secondary school dropout rates among girls in Chile.. World Solve Repository, WS02631. Retrieved from https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=2631
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Oceania / Papua New Guinea
WS03073
A persistent gap exists in realizing practical, scalable solutions for methods for reducing the environmental footprint of the global healthcare system. Scientific understanding, engineering readiness and institutional capacity remain insuf...
Team Humans Club. (2026). Breakthrough approaches to methods for reducing the environmental footprint of the global healthcare system.. World Solve Repository, WS03073. Retrieved from https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=3073
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Asia / India
WS03061
A persistent gap exists in realizing practical, scalable solutions for predictive analytics for anticipating and preventing cascading infrastructure failures. Scientific understanding, engineering readiness and institutional capacity remain...
Team Humans Club. (2026). Breakthrough approaches to predictive analytics for anticipating and preventing cascading infrastructure failures.. World Solve Repository, WS03061. Retrieved from https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=3061
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Europe / Romania
WS02924
A persistent gap exists in realizing practical, scalable solutions for affordable and durable solutions for the management of household and industrial organic waste. Scientific understanding, engineering readiness and institutional capacity...
Team Humans Club. (2026). Scalable solutions for affordable and durable solutions for the management of household and industrial organic waste.. World Solve Repository, WS02924. Retrieved from https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=2924
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Asia / Vietnam
WS02890
A persistent gap exists in realizing practical, scalable solutions for ethical and technical frameworks for human-AI collaboration in high-stakes decision making. Scientific understanding, engineering readiness and institutional capacity re...
Team Humans Club. (2026). Systemic solutions addressing ethical and technical frameworks for human-AI collaboration in high-stakes decision making.. World Solve Repository, WS02890. Retrieved from https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=2890
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North America / Haiti
WS02786
Low digital literacy among vulnerable populations in Haiti increases susceptibility to online scams, grooming, and exploitation, with few structured public education programs addressing the gap.
Team Humans Club. (2026). Closing the digital literacy gap that enables online exploitation in Haiti.. World Solve Repository, WS02786. Retrieved from https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=2786
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Asia / Thailand
WS03004
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 r...
Team Humans Club. (2026). Integrated pathways for real-time digital twins of entire river basins for adaptive management.. World Solve Repository, WS03004. Retrieved from https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=3004
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South America / Colombia
WS02962
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. Closi...
Team Humans Club. (2026). Practical realization of housing and land systems that prevent displacement during climate-driven migration.. World Solve Repository, WS02962. Retrieved from https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=2962
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Oceania / Samoa
WS03064
Despite recognition of its importance, reliable methods for institutional designs that make long-term investments in public health infrastructure politically sustainable are still lacking. Progress is hindered by incomplete mechanistic know...
Team Humans Club. (2026). Deployable technologies for institutional designs that make long-term investments in public health infrastructure politically sustainable.. World Solve Repository, WS03064. Retrieved from https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=3064
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Africa / Senegal
WS02917
Achieving circular design rules and tracking systems for high-value consumer electronics at meaningful scale demands simultaneous progress in fundamental research, engineering integration and socio-technical systems that work for low- and m...
Team Humans Club. (2026). Systemic solutions addressing circular design rules and tracking systems for high-value consumer electronics.. World Solve Repository, WS02917. Retrieved from https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=2917
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South America / Ecuador
WS03214
Despite recognition of its importance, reliable methods for mechanisms for aligning the incentives of technology companies with broader societal goals are still lacking. Progress is hindered by incomplete mechanistic knowledge, high capital...
Team Humans Club. (2026). Integrated pathways for mechanisms for aligning the incentives of technology companies with broader societal goals.. World Solve Repository, WS03214. Retrieved from https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=3214
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Africa / Kenya
WS02651
Low-income households in Kenya have almost no financial protection against climate-driven income shocks, and existing microinsurance products remain too costly or poorly understood to achieve meaningful uptake.
Team Humans Club. (2026). Designing insurance products against climate shocks for low-income households in Kenya.. World Solve Repository, WS02651. Retrieved from https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=2651
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Africa / DR Congo
WS03251
Achieving systems ensuring the long-term stewardship and accessibility of scientific knowledge and data at meaningful scale demands simultaneous progress in fundamental research, engineering integration and socio-technical systems that work...
Team Humans Club. (2026). Development of systems ensuring the long-term stewardship and accessibility of scientific knowledge and data.. World Solve Repository, WS03251. Retrieved from https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=3251
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Asia / China
WS03002
Achieving pathways for transitioning fossil-fuel dependent regions to diversified economies at meaningful scale demands simultaneous progress in fundamental research, engineering integration and socio-technical systems that work for low- an...
Team Humans Club. (2026). Scalable solutions for pathways for transitioning fossil-fuel dependent regions to diversified economies.. World Solve Repository, WS03002. Retrieved from https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=3002
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Asia / Indonesia
WS03172
A persistent gap exists in realizing practical, scalable solutions for pathways for achieving high rates of material circularity in the construction sector. Scientific understanding, engineering readiness and institutional capacity remain i...
Team Humans Club. (2026). Overcoming barriers to pathways for achieving high rates of material circularity in the construction sector.. World Solve Repository, WS03172. Retrieved from https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=3172
