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New Zealand, Oceania
The absence of robust, context-adapted solutions for psychological first-aid and mental health systems scalable after mass trauma 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.
society-governance
oceania
new-zealand
mental-health
systems
psychological
first-aid
mental
health
scalable
mass
trauma
practical
realization
solutions
climate-environment
methods
enabling
open
Papua New Guinea, Oceania
The absence of robust, context-adapted solutions for technologies enabling safe long-duration human presence beyond low Earth orbit 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.
society-governance
oceania
papua-new-guinea
technologies
human
beyond
low
enabling
safe
long-duration
presence
earth
orbit
solutions
systems
climate-environment
methods
robust
The absence of robust, context-adapted solutions for biotechnologies for producing high-performance materials from renewable feedstocks 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.
society-governance
oceania
fiji
biotechnologies
producing
high-performance
materials
renewable
feedstocks
practical
realization
absence
robust
solutions
systems
climate-environment
enabling
methods
The absence of robust, context-adapted solutions for real-time systems for predicting and mitigating the cascading impacts of climate extremes 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.
climate-environment
europe
romania
systems
cascading
solutions
real-time
predicting
mitigating
impacts
climate
extremes
scalable
society-governance
methods
real
time
ensuring
Infectious disease outbreaks near Vietnam's borders are frequently delayed in detection because neighboring health ministries use incompatible reporting systems and lack a shared, real-time data-sharing agreement.
health-biology
asia
vietnam
infectious-disease
coordinating
cross-border
outbreak
response
protocols
around
infectious
disease
outbreaks
systems
cross
society-governance
border
health
The absence of robust, context-adapted solutions for sensor networks and models for predicting urban flood risk at street-level resolution 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.
society-governance
asia
kazakhstan
sensor
networks
models
predicting
urban
flood
risk
street-level
resolution
integrated
solutions
systems
climate-environment
robust
governance
The absence of robust, context-adapted solutions for neuromorphic hardware approaching biological energy efficiency 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.
society-governance
europe
romania
neuromorphic
hardware
approaching
biological
energy
efficiency
development
absence
robust
context-adapted
solutions
systems
climate-environment
methods
enabling
open
Colombia, South America
A persistent gap exists in realizing practical, scalable solutions for real-time systems for detecting and responding to the emergence of novel zoonotic diseases. Scientific understanding, engineering readiness and institutional capacity remain insufficient to translate promising concepts into durable impact under real-world constraints of cost, skills and governance.
society-governance
south-america
colombia
real-time
systems
detecting
responding
emergence
novel
zoonotic
diseases
development
persistent
solutions
methods
ensuring
scalable
real
open
Chile, South America
The absence of robust, context-adapted solutions for city-scale anthropogenic versus biogenic CO2 attribution networks 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.
society-governance
south-america
chile
solutions
city-scale
anthropogenic
versus
biogenic
co2
attribution
networks
scalable
absence
systems
climate-environment
methods
robust
enabling
open
Honduras, North America
The absence of robust, context-adapted solutions for solutions for providing reliable electricity to health facilities in off-grid regions 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.
society-governance
north-america
honduras
solutions
systems
providing
reliable
electricity
health
facilities
off-grid
regions
field-ready
climate-environment
methods
enabling
robust
ensuring
open
Honduras, North America
The absence of robust, context-adapted solutions for waste-heat regenerable direct air capture sorbents 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.
society-governance
north-america
honduras
waste-heat
regenerable
direct
air
capture
sorbents
development
absence
robust
context-adapted
solutions
systems
climate-environment
methods
enabling
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.
society-governance
europe
romania
solutions
pathways
achieving
universal
access
clean
cooking
locking
high
emissions
systems
climate-environment
methods
robust
enabling
The absence of robust, context-adapted solutions for biotechnologies enabling the production of high-performance textiles and materials from agricultural waste 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.
society-governance
europe
france
enabling
robust
biotechnologies
production
high-performance
textiles
materials
agricultural
waste
methods
solutions
systems
climate-environment
technologies
low
Philippines lacks a distributed, low-cost surveillance network to detect emerging drug-resistant pathogens before they spread between hospitals, leaving clinicians to prescribe empirically rather than on real-time resistance data.
health-biology
asia
philippines
resistance
building
affordable
early-warning
systems
antimicrobial
lacks
distributed
low-cost
early
society-governance
surveillance
technology-computing
open
Colombia, South America
The absence of robust, context-adapted solutions for interventions that improve the nutritional quality of diets in low- and middle-income countries 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.
society-governance
south-america
colombia
interventions
improve
nutritional
quality
diets
low
middle-income
countries
deployable
technologies
systems
solutions
climate-environment
methods
robust
open
Ecuador, South America
The absence of robust, context-adapted solutions for nature-based solutions for landslide risk reduction on steep slopes in tropical regions 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.
society-governance
south-america
ecuador
solutions
nature-based
landslide
risk
reduction
steep
slopes
tropical
regions
breakthrough
systems
climate-environment
methods
enabling
nature
The absence of robust, context-adapted solutions for low-cost genomic surveillance platforms for endemic and emerging pathogens 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.
society-governance
south-america
peru
low-cost
genomic
surveillance
platforms
endemic
emerging
pathogens
deployable
technologies
absence
solutions
systems
climate-environment
enabling
robust
The absence of robust, context-adapted solutions for solutions for managing the health and environmental impacts of expanding mining for energy transition minerals 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.
society-governance
asia
philippines
solutions
managing
health
environmental
impacts
expanding
mining
energy
transition
minerals
systems
climate-environment
methods
enabling
robust
open
Mexico, North America
The absence of robust, context-adapted solutions for interventions that reduce the prevalence of violence against women and children at population scale 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.
society-governance
north-america
mexico
interventions
reduce
prevalence
violence
against
women
children
population
scale
breakthrough
solutions
systems
climate-environment
robust
methods
The absence of robust, context-adapted solutions for education systems that prepare learners to understand and address complex global challenges 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.
society-governance
africa
senegal
systems
education
prepare
learners
understand
address
complex
development
absence
solutions
climate-environment
methods
ensuring
robust
enabling