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Achieving methods for restoring the health of soils degraded by salinization and contamination 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
europe
poland
methods
restoring
health
soils
degraded
salinization
contamination
scalable
solutions
achieving
climate-environment
systems
society-governance
designs
health-biology
Achieving mechanisms for rapid, transparent and equitable allocation of climate loss and damage finance 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
europe
netherlands
mechanisms
rapid
transparent
equitable
allocation
climate
loss
damage
finance
systemic
economics-resources
systems
society-governance
solutions
ensuring
open
Costa Rica, North America
Achieving community-scale renewable microgrids resilient to extreme weather isolation 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
costa-rica
community-scale
renewable
microgrids
resilient
extreme
weather
isolation
integrated
pathways
achieving
economics-resources
systems
society-governance
designs
methods
Achieving carbon-negative cementitious binders setting in saline conditions 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
europe
greece
carbon-negative
cementitious
binders
setting
saline
conditions
breakthrough
approaches
achieving
meaningful
economics-resources
systems
society-governance
methods
solutions
Achieving institutional arrangements that improve the effectiveness of international environmental agreements 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
africa
uganda
institutional
arrangements
improve
effectiveness
international
environmental
agreements
robust
methods
enabling
economics-resources
systems
society-governance
designs
solutions
open
Global / Unspecified, Global
Poor maternal nutrition and inadequate diets cause long-term cognitive and health impacts. Integrated nutrition programs combining food, health, and education services can reduce stunting.
social-civic-problems
global-unspecified
stunting
child
remains
high
low
middle-income
countries
nutrition
health
poor
health-biology
climate-environment
access
african
economics-resources
whether
open
Global / Unspecified, Global
Low-income neighborhoods lack access to affordable, healthy food retail. Community-supported agriculture and mobile markets can improve access.
economics-resources
global-unspecified
food
urban
deserts
persist
even
middle-income
countries
access
low-income
neighborhoods
african
remains
low
lack
climate-environment
Achieving protocols for equitable and rapid distribution of medical countermeasures in pandemics 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.
health-biology
africa
egypt
protocols
equitable
rapid
distribution
medical
countermeasures
pandemics
systemic
solutions
addressing
economics-resources
climate-environment
systems
society-governance
methods
open
Canada, North America
Achieving solutions for managing the growing burden of mental health conditions in young populations 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.
health-biology
north-america
canada
mental-health
solutions
managing
growing
burden
mental
health
conditions
young
populations
systemic
economics-resources
society-governance
climate-environment
systems
open
Ecuador, South America
Achieving low-cost diagnostics and treatments for the major neglected tropical diseases 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.
health-biology
south-america
ecuador
low-cost
diagnostics
treatments
major
neglected
tropical
diseases
integrated
pathways
achieving
economics-resources
climate-environment
systems
society-governance
methods
open
Mexico, North America
Achieving technologies for verifying compliance with international environmental agreements 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
mexico
technologies
verifying
compliance
international
environmental
agreements
practical
realization
achieving
meaningful
economics-resources
systems
society-governance
methods
solutions
open
Guatemala, North America
Achieving protocols for the responsible sharing and use of large-scale human genomic and health data 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
protocols
responsible
sharing
large-scale
human
genomic
health
data
scalable
solutions
systems
climate-environment
society-governance
methods
technology-computing
Achieving institutional designs that increase the political feasibility of ambitious climate policies 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
asia
vietnam
institutional
designs
increase
political
feasibility
ambitious
climate
policies
breakthrough
approaches
economics-resources
systems
society-governance
methods
solutions
Achieving transparent and equitable allocation mechanisms for scarce climate finance 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
asia
kazakhstan
transparent
equitable
allocation
mechanisms
scarce
climate
finance
overcoming
barriers
achieving
economics-resources
systems
society-governance
ensuring
solutions
Achieving systems for continuous verification of nuclear non-proliferation commitments 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
europe
sweden
systems
continuous
verification
nuclear
non-proliferation
commitments
breakthrough
approaches
achieving
meaningful
society-governance
climate-environment
technology-computing
methods
ensuring
open
United States, North America
Achieving institutional arrangements that improve the integration of climate considerations into all policy domains 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.
society-governance
north-america
united-states
integration
institutional
arrangements
improve
climate
considerations
all
policy
domains
systemic
economics-resources
climate-environment
systems
solutions
designs
Achieving institutional arrangements that reduce the risk of catastrophic accidents involving advanced technologies 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.
society-governance
africa
ethiopia
institutional
arrangements
reduce
risk
catastrophic
accidents
involving
advanced
technologies
scalable
economics-resources
systems
climate-environment
solutions
designs
open
United Kingdom, Europe
Achieving mechanisms ensuring that benefits of advanced AI are widely shared rather than concentrated 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
europe
united-kingdom
mechanisms
ensuring
benefits
advanced
widely
shared
rather
concentrated
development
achieving
systems
climate-environment
society-governance
solutions
governance
Achieving interventions that reliably increase vaccine confidence without polarizing communities 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.
health-biology
asia
nepal
interventions
reliably
increase
vaccine
confidence
polarizing
communities
robust
methods
enabling
economics-resources
climate-environment
systems
society-governance
solutions
open
Chile, South America
Achieving affordable and scalable solutions for safe sanitation in dense urban informal settlements 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
chile
affordable
scalable
solutions
safe
sanitation
dense
urban
informal
settlements
overcoming
society-governance
systems
climate-environment
methods