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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
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
open
Argentina, South America
Achieving biotechnologies enabling the sustainable production of alternative proteins at scale 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
argentina
scale
biotechnologies
enabling
sustainable
production
alternative
proteins
deployable
technologies
achieving
climate-environment
systems
society-governance
methods
solutions
