Tag: SDG 12
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Sustainable Food Production
Owner Status Phase 4 – Quantum Processor Quantum Approach Optimisation SDGs Contributors École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) National Institute for Theoretical and Computational Sciences (NITheCS) Quantum Basel Origins of Contributors Impact/context Conflict and insecurity, economic shocks, and extreme weather events are the main drivers of acute food insecurity.
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Plant Genomics
Owner Status Phase 4 – Quantum Processor Quantum Approach Quantum Machine Learning SDGs Contributors Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) Inari QuEra Venturus Eversoles Associates University of São Paulo Origins of Contributors Impact/context The world is currently facing one of the greatest challenges of human history: providing enough nutritious calories for a
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Illegal Mining
Owner Status Phase 1 – Outline Quantum Approach Quantum Machine Learning SDGs Contributors University of Energy and Natural Resources University of Education, Winneba (Ghana) United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) Origins of Contributors Impact/context Water contamination due to illegal mining (galamsey) poses a severe environmental and public health threat in Ghana, with
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Coated Fertiliser Design
Owner Status Phase 1 – Outline Quantum Approach Quantum Simulation SDGs Contributors Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) University of Nottingham Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Origins of Contributors Impact/context The global population is expected to reach 8.5 billion by 2030, creating a significant challenge: increasing food production while minimising further damage to natural ecosystems. To
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Drug Metabolism Design
Owner Status Phase 4 – Quantum Processor Quantum Approach Quantum Simulation SDGs Contributors Algorithmiq Qatar University Uppsala Monitoring Centre (UMC) STFC Hartree Centre Origins of Contributors Impact/context The majority of pharmaceutical compounds undergo a critical biotransformation process in the liver, known as drug metabolism, to facilitate their elimination from the human body. At its fundamental
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Forest Degradation Monitoring
Owner Status Phase 3 – Simulation Quantum Approach Quantum Machine Learning SDGs Contributors CERN QTI Laboratório Nacional de Computação Científica Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) Origin of contributors Impact/context Deforestation and forest degradation in Brazil’s Amazon and neighbouring biomes threaten biodiversity,
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Resilient Global Food Supply
Owner Status Phase 1 – Outline Quantum Approach Optimisation SDGs Contributors Ernst & Young ForeQast University of Oxford Origins of Contributors Impact/context Climate change has a very strong impact on food systems, exacerbating hunger and malnutrition issues, especially in regions that are already vulnerable. Food systems are complex networks of activities, actors, resources, and environments
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Lignin/Plastic Recycling
Owner Status Phase 0 – Idea Quantum Approach Quantum Simulation SDGs Contributors Microsoft Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich (ETH Zürich) UN Habitat Origins of Contributors