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United Kingdom, Europe
The absence of robust, context-adapted solutions for education approaches that build resilience and adaptive capacity in climate-vulnerable communities 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
united-kingdom
education
approaches
build
resilience
adaptive
capacity
climate-vulnerable
communities
integrated
pathways
society-governance
solutions
systems
methods
robust
The absence of robust, context-adapted solutions for architectural innovations that make passive cooling effective and affordable in tropical climates 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
africa
uganda
solutions
architectural
innovations
make
passive
cooling
effective
affordable
tropical
climates
society-governance
systems
methods
robust
enabling
open
Papua New Guinea, Oceania
The absence of robust, context-adapted solutions for methods for assessing the social and environmental impacts of large-scale renewable energy deployment 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
oceania
papua-new-guinea
renewable-energy
methods
assessing
social
environmental
impacts
large-scale
renewable
energy
deployment
integrated
society-governance
systems
solutions
robust
Current approaches to methods for quantifying the full life-cycle impacts of different renewable energy technologies 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.
climate-environment
oceania
fiji
renewable-energy
methods
quantifying
full
life-cycle
impacts
different
renewable
energy
technologies
scalable
society-governance
systems
enabling
solutions
open
Costa Rica, North America
The absence of robust, context-adapted solutions for governance frameworks for managing the risks of advanced AI systems capable of autonomous research 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
costa-rica
governance
risks
systems
capable
frameworks
managing
advanced
autonomous
research
development
solutions
climate-environment
ensuring
methods
robust
open
South Africa, Africa
Current approaches to governance frameworks for the responsible use of genetic data in health and ancestry applications 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
africa
south-africa
approaches
governance
frameworks
responsible
genetic
data
health
ancestry
applications
breakthrough
systems
climate-environment
enabling
solutions
under
Current approaches to protocols for safe and equitable sharing of pathogen genetic sequence data 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
oceania
samoa
enabling
protocols
safe
equitable
sharing
pathogen
genetic
sequence
data
robust
systems
climate-environment
solutions
methods
approaches
Current approaches to education approaches that build the skills needed for green jobs and sustainable entrepreneurship 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.
social-civic-problems
asia
japan
approaches
education
build
skills
needed
green
jobs
sustainable
entrepreneurship
scalable
society-governance
systems
climate-environment
enabling
solutions
open
Costa Rica, North America
The absence of robust, context-adapted solutions for technologies enabling the continuous monitoring of structural integrity of aging infrastructure 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
costa-rica
technologies
enabling
continuous
monitoring
structural
integrity
aging
infrastructure
breakthrough
approaches
systems
solutions
climate-environment
methods
robust
open
United Kingdom, Europe
The absence of robust, context-adapted solutions for designs for energy systems that integrate high shares of variable renewables with high reliability 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
united-kingdom
high
systems
designs
energy
integrate
shares
variable
renewables
reliability
overcoming
solutions
climate-environment
methods
ensuring
enabling
Current approaches to protocols for the ethical conduct of research involving advanced AI systems and human subjects 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.
philosophy-ethics
europe
germany
systems
protocols
ethical
conduct
research
involving
advanced
human
subjects
practical
society-governance
climate-environment
enabling
technology-computing
economics-resources
Current approaches to solutions for safe and equitable management of the growing volumes of nuclear waste 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.
climate-environment
africa
ethiopia
enabling
solutions
safe
equitable
management
growing
volumes
nuclear
waste
robust
society-governance
systems
methods
technologies
approaches
The absence of robust, context-adapted solutions for affordable diagnostics enabling early detection of the major causes of childhood mortality 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
affordable
diagnostics
enabling
early
detection
major
causes
childhood
mortality
practical
solutions
systems
climate-environment
methods
robust
open
Solomon Islands, Oceania
The absence of robust, context-adapted solutions for methods for quantifying and reducing the animal welfare impacts of different food production systems 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
solomon-islands
systems
methods
quantifying
reducing
animal
welfare
impacts
different
food
production
solutions
climate-environment
enabling
robust
ensuring
open
Colombia, South America
Current approaches to sensing and response systems for detecting engineered pathogens at ports of entry 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
south-america
colombia
systems
sensing
response
detecting
engineered
pathogens
ports
entry
practical
realization
climate-environment
enabling
technology-computing
under
solutions
open
Colombia, South America
Current approaches to affordable methods for detecting and treating the major causes of vision and hearing impairment 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
south-america
colombia
affordable
methods
detecting
treating
major
causes
vision
hearing
impairment
systemic
systems
climate-environment
enabling
solutions
approaches
The absence of robust, context-adapted solutions for interventions that reduce the social and economic costs of chronic disease 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
asia
indonesia
interventions
reduce
social
economic
costs
chronic
disease
population
scale
development
solutions
systems
climate-environment
methods
robust
The absence of robust, context-adapted solutions for architectural and urban designs that reduce the urban heat island effect under extreme warming 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
italy
urban
architectural
designs
reduce
heat
island
effect
under
extreme
warming
systems
solutions
climate-environment
enabling
methods
The absence of robust, context-adapted solutions for governance frameworks for managing the risks associated with the release of genetically modified organisms 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
portugal
governance
risks
frameworks
managing
associated
release
genetically
modified
organisms
development
solutions
systems
climate-environment
robust
methods
open
Colombia, South America
The absence of robust, context-adapted solutions for biotechnologies enabling plants to thrive under elevated CO2 salinity and heat stress 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
solutions
biotechnologies
enabling
plants
thrive
under
elevated
co2
salinity
heat
systems
climate-environment
methods
technologies
robust