World Solve

Develop scalable methods to harvest, process, and use invasive water plants without spreading them further or introducing toxins into feed, compost, or consumer goods.

Develop surveillance and quarantine systems that work across informal nurseries, border markets, and online plant commerce where official controls are weak.

Develop restoration models that reduce emissions and fire risk while providing viable incomes for communities dependent on drained peatland agriculture.

Create traceability systems that can document catch location, species, labor conditions, and gear use for artisanal fishers without requiring expensive onboard technology.

Design affordable storage, logistics, grading, and processing systems that prevent fruit spoilage between small farms and markets without imposing high capital costs.

Create transparent insurance systems that use credible local weather and yield data without excluding farmers whose losses do not match coarse satellite-based triggers.

Develop accurate sensors and interventions for biomass smoke, kerosene, mold, and particulate exposure in low-income homes without assuming reliable internet or grid power.

Create portable screening methods and referral systems that detect hearing loss early in communities without audiologists or specialized diagnostic equipment.

Create robust low-resource triage systems that recognize early sepsis using inexpensive sensors, clinical workflows, and locally calibrated machine-learning models.

Develop surveillance and affordable safety protocols for dialysis delivered in fragmented private and informal systems, where contamination and equipment reuse may go undocumented.

Create accurate, validated screening tools that detect dangerous neonatal bilirubin levels in homes and rural clinics without requiring expensive laboratory equipment.

Utilities and hospitals in Democratic Republic of Congo increasingly face ransomware attacks, but many operate on legacy systems without the budget or expertise to implement modern cybersecurity defenses.

Small-scale fishers in Bangladesh often operate without formal recognition or access to credit, insurance, or market infrastructure, leaving them economically vulnerable and undercounted in fisheries policy.

Women in rural areas of Haiti often travel long distances for reproductive healthcare, and the shortage of trained providers leaves many without access to family planning or maternal care services.

The absence of robust, context-adapted solutions for pathways for achieving universal access to clean cooking without locking in high emissions 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.

Farmers in Ukraine widely rely on diesel pumps for irrigation, and solar-powered alternatives remain financially out of reach without financing mechanisms tailored to seasonal farm income.

Germany's aging population is outpacing the development of affordable elder care facilities and trained caregiving staff, leaving many families without support for elderly relatives.