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Current approaches to nature-based solutions for urban biodiversity that also provide cooling and flood benefits 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.

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WS02983
By Ian Patel · 2025-09-04T14:16:35.385Z · Horizon: 2050
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WS02983 | World Solve | https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=2983

Current approaches to methods for quantifying the full costs of inaction on climate change biodiversity loss and pollution 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.

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WS03060
By Ian Patel · 2025-08-31T10:21:19.827Z · Horizon: 2032
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WS03060 | World Solve | https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=3060

Current approaches to AI alignment techniques robust to distribution shift and self-improvement 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.

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WS02849
By Ian Patel · 2025-08-29T00:05:53.118Z · Horizon: 2040
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WS02849 | World Solve | https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=2849

Current approaches to education and workforce systems preparing people for livelihoods in a net-zero economy 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.

economics-resources africa kenya systems education workforce preparing people livelihoods net-zero economy integrated pathways society-governance climate-environment technology-computing enabling under
WS03174
By Ian Patel · 2025-08-28T09:31:55.092Z · Horizon: 2040
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WS03174 | World Solve | https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=3174

Current approaches to nature-based coastal protection that remains effective under high rates of sea-level rise 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.

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WS03011
By Ian Patel · 2025-08-11T15:02:36.893Z · Horizon: 2035
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WS03011 | World Solve | https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=3011

Current approaches to real-time flood and landslide early warning systems for informal hillside settlements 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 tanzania systems enabling real-time flood landslide early warning informal hillside settlements society-governance technology-computing methods economics-resources solutions
WS03180
By Ian Patel · 2025-08-11T02:25:22.830Z · Horizon: 2032
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WS03180 | World Solve | https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=3180

Current approaches to real-time systems for predicting and mitigating the impacts of extreme precipitation events 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.

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WS02882
By Ian Patel · 2025-07-20T09:12:37.622Z · Horizon: 2030
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WS02882 | World Solve | https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=2882

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.

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WS03080
By Ian Patel · 2025-07-04T09:02:18.426Z · Horizon: 2045
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WS03080 | World Solve | https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=3080

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.

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WS03218
By Ian Patel · 2025-06-28T06:41:30.917Z · Horizon: 2040
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WS03218 | World Solve | https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=3218

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.

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WS03165
By Ian Patel · 2025-06-27T02:45:47.179Z · Horizon: 2030
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WS03165 | World Solve | https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=3165

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.

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WS02851
By Ian Patel · 2025-06-22T12:52:19.068Z · Horizon: 2050
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WS02851 | World Solve | https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=2851

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.

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WS03680
By Ian Patel · 2025-06-11T11:51:54.644Z · Horizon: 2035
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WS03680 | World Solve | https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=3680

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.

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WS03105
By Ian Patel · 2025-06-10T07:39:28.226Z · Horizon: 2038
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WS03105 | World Solve | https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=3105

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.

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WS02971
By Ian Patel · 2025-05-24T12:17:37.867Z · Horizon: 2045
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WS02971 | World Solve | https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=2971

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.

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WS02881
By Ian Patel · 2025-05-19T05:22:44.616Z · Horizon: 2032
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WS02881 | World Solve | https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=2881

Current approaches to designs for energy systems that remain functional during multi-day extreme weather events 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.

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WS03029
By Ian Patel · 2025-05-04T18:21:29.102Z · Horizon: 2032
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WS03029 | World Solve | https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=3029

Current approaches to interventions that reduce the burden of infectious diseases through environmental and behavioral action 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.

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WS02940
By Ian Patel · 2025-04-25T07:51:37.494Z · Horizon: 2045
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WS02940 | World Solve | https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=2940

Current approaches to therapies that extend healthspan by targeting fundamental aging processes 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 north-america costa-rica therapies extend healthspan targeting fundamental aging processes overcoming barriers current systems climate-environment enabling approaches under
WS02914
By Ian Patel · 2025-04-23T00:31:01.655Z · Horizon: 2045
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WS02914 | World Solve | https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=2914

Current approaches to planetary protection detection for forward and backward contamination 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.

local-regional oceania solomon-islands planetary protection detection forward backward contamination practical realization current approaches society-governance systems climate-environment enabling under
WS03252
By Ian Patel · 2025-04-15T23:11:41.411Z · Horizon: 2050
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WS03252 | World Solve | https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=3252

Current approaches to nature-based solutions for landslide and erosion control on steep agricultural lands 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.

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WS03244
By Ian Patel · 2025-03-22T15:33:47.031Z · Horizon: 2040
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WS03244 | World Solve | https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=3244