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Ecuador, South America
Achieving inherently safe modular micro-reactors for remote 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.
economics-resources
south-america
ecuador
inherently
safe
modular
micro-reactors
remote
communities
systemic
solutions
addressing
achieving
climate-environment
systems
society-governance
methods
social-civic-problems
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
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
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
open
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
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
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
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
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
Colombia, South America
Achieving real-time systems for detecting and responding to the illegal wildlife trade 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
colombia
systems
real-time
detecting
responding
illegal
wildlife
trade
breakthrough
approaches
achieving
society-governance
climate-environment
technology-computing
real
time
Achieving technological pathways diversifying critical mineral supply chains 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
cambodia
supply-chain
technological
pathways
diversifying
critical
mineral
supply
chains
development
achieving
meaningful
climate-environment
systems
society-governance
methods
Achieving farm-scale mapping of mycorrhizal networks and soil carbon 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
oceania
fiji
systems
farm-scale
mapping
mycorrhizal
networks
soil
carbon
field-ready
achieving
meaningful
economics-resources
society-governance
methods
solutions
designs
Achieving systems ensuring the long-term integrity of digital records and cultural heritage under climate risk 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
dr-congo
systems
ensuring
long-term
integrity
digital
records
cultural
heritage
under
climate
society-governance
economics-resources
technology-computing
methods
solutions
open
Guatemala, North America
Achieving mechanisms for aligning short-term political incentives with long-term sustainability goals 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
mechanisms
aligning
short-term
political
incentives
long-term
sustainability
goals
overcoming
barriers
climate-environment
systems
society-governance
designs
methods
open
Guatemala, North America
Achieving solutions for managing the health impacts of air pollution in rapidly growing 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.
climate-environment
north-america
guatemala
air-pollution
solutions
managing
health
impacts
air
pollution
rapidly
growing
cities
development
economics-resources
systems
society-governance
methods
open
United States, North America
Achieving interventions that improve the quality and equity of secondary education in low-income countries 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.
social-civic-problems
north-america
united-states
interventions
improve
quality
equity
secondary
education
low-income
countries
practical
realization
economics-resources
systems
climate-environment
society-governance
methods
open
Ecuador, South America
Current approaches to methods for assessing the long-term social and environmental impacts of large-scale technological change 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.
mathematics-logic
south-america
ecuador
long-term
methods
assessing
social
environmental
impacts
large-scale
technological
change
development
society-governance
climate-environment
systems
enabling
governance
open
Solomon Islands, Oceania
Achieving education systems building measurable resistance to AI misinformation 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.
social-civic-problems
oceania
solomon-islands
systems
education
building
measurable
resistance
misinformation
systemic
solutions
addressing
achieving
society-governance
economics-resources
climate-environment
technology-computing
real