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Create inclusive warning, transport, shelter, communication, and continuity systems designed with disabled people rather than added as an afterthought.
society-governance
asia
japan
systems
disabled
people
accessible
evacuation
during
disasters
create
inclusive
warning
technology-computing
climate-environment
economics-resources
social-civic-problems
global-unspecified
Develop wheelchairs, prosthetics, hearing aids, and mobility devices that withstand heat, humidity, dust, rough roads, and limited repair networks.
climate-environment
africa
uganda
devices
affordable
assistive
adapted
tropical
climates
develop
wheelchairs
prosthetics
hearing
global-unspecified
philosophy-ethics
whether
haven
technology-computing
Develop interoperable standards, open contracting, data portability, and technical capacity so public agencies retain control over essential digital systems.
technology-computing
digital
preventing
procurement
lock-in
proprietary
infrastructure
develop
interoperable
standards
open
society-governance
systems
public
data
technical
climate-environment
open
Mexico, North America
Develop fair consultation, compensation, benefit-sharing, ecological assessment, and appeals systems for large solar, wind, and transmission projects.
climate-environment
north-america
mexico
resolving
conflicts
over
renewable-energy
land
acquisition
develop
fair
consultation
compensation
society-governance
systems
making
global-unspecified
philosophy-ethics
Create understandable, revocable, culturally appropriate consent and benefit-sharing systems for data gathered from communities by governments, researchers, and firms.
society-governance
consent
data
building
mechanisms
community
collection
create
understandable
revocable
culturally
systems
technology-computing
economics-resources
global-unspecified
climate-environment
philosophy-ethics
whether
open
Colombia, South America
Create valuation, exemptions, tenure recognition, and appeal mechanisms that finance services without displacing low-income households.
economics-resources
south-america
colombia
designing
fair
property-tax
systems
rapidly
informalizing
cities
create
valuation
exemptions
society-governance
public
climate-environment
services
governance
Build accessible, time-bound, auditable mechanisms for people wrongly denied benefits, especially where automated eligibility systems create opaque errors.
society-governance
asia
india
systems
improving
grievance
redress
welfare
build
accessible
time-bound
auditable
mechanisms
technology-computing
economics-resources
climate-environment
global-unspecified
public
Develop independent methods to measure when ranking algorithms intensify ethnic, religious, electoral, or communal tension in specific regional contexts.
technology-computing
asia
myanmar
understanding
recommendation
systems
amplify
local
conflict
develop
independent
methods
measure
climate-environment
society-governance
quantifying
assessing
reducing
Create safety, legal, financial, and networked support systems for local actors who challenge falsehoods in polarized or authoritarian environments.
climate-environment
africa
kenya
protecting
community
fact-checkers
retaliation
create
safety
legal
financial
networked
support
local
actors
might
systems
mathematics-logic
Develop rapid-response, evidence-preservation, platform-accountability, legal, and psychosocial support systems for journalists targeted by coordinated abuse.
technology-computing
asia
philippines
journalists
coordinated
protecting
digital
harassment
develop
rapid-response
evidence-preservation
platform-accountability
legal
systems
society-governance
ensuring
global-unspecified
climate-environment
Create community-owned archival methods that preserve oral traditions, local records, and indigenous knowledge while respecting consent and access boundaries.
social-civic-problems
south-america
peru
local
oral
knowledge
preventing
loss
history
digitization
create
community-owned
archival
economics-resources
climate-environment
recovery
society-governance
actors
Develop valid evaluation approaches that measure original thinking while minimizing bias from coaching, language, resources, and cultural familiarity.
local-regional
assessing
creativity
problem-solving
rewarding
privilege
develop
valid
evaluation
approaches
measure
methods
mitigating
impacts
climate
climate-environment
designed
foods
Create practical education programs where students map risks, test solutions, and contribute to community resilience rather than only learning abstract climate facts.
social-civic-problems
asia
philippines
climate
teaching
adaptation
skills
local
problem-solving
create
practical
education
programs
climate-environment
society-governance
solutions
systems
methods
Design affordable resilient school infrastructure, continuity plans, safe routes, and learning systems for children facing repeated climate disruptions.
climate-environment
oceania
vanuatu
safeguarding
schools
against
heat
floods
cyclone
disruption
design
affordable
resilient
systems
technology-computing
under
climate
social-civic-problems
Develop methods to quantify livelihoods, health, culture, land, and social losses caused by drought, salinization, erosion, and chronic heat.
climate-environment
measuring
loss
damage
household
level
slow-onset
disasters
develop
methods
quantify
climate
economics-resources
global-unspecified
health-biology
health
whether
relocation
Create water, waste, energy, land-use, and visitor-management systems that support residents as climate stress and seasonal tourism intensify.
climate-environment
asia
maldives
water-scarcity
tourism
adaptation
islands
facing
freshwater
scarcity
pressure
create
water
waste
climate
systems
under
society-governance
Develop land-use, compensation, farming, and hydrological strategies that allow rivers to absorb floods without simply eliminating rural livelihoods.
mathematics-logic
europe
netherlands
restoring
floodplains
while
maintaining
food
production
develop
land-use
compensation
farming
climate-environment
economics-resources
global-unspecified
urban
rural
Create trusted local communication systems that counter false evacuation, health, aid, and weather claims before they cause physical harm.
climate-environment
preventing
climate
misinformation
during
disaster
response
create
trusted
local
communication
society-governance
systems
health-biology
public
health
technology-computing
fiscal
open
Chile, South America
Design water-allocation and enforcement systems that reduce consumption among high users without shifting disproportionate burdens onto low-income residents.
climate-environment
south-america
chile
making
drought
restrictions
equitable
unequal
cities
design
water-allocation
enforcement
systems
society-governance
economics-resources
global-unspecified
public
social-civic-problems
Combine local wastewater control, fisheries governance, restoration science, and heat-stress response to preserve reefs under repeated marine heatwaves.
climate-environment
oceania
australia
local
preventing
coral
reef
collapse
stressors
combine
wastewater
control
society-governance
under
governance
global-unspecified
bleaching
african
