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New ideas from FCDO Pioneers

Real-time insights from the Hub

Blog
Five Failures from the Frontier
Five Failures from the Frontier
Why failure matters
Why failure matters
Join our work on tech for adaptation finance in Viet Nam and the Philippines: grant applications now live 💡 
Join our work on tech for adaptation finance in Viet Nam and the Philippines: grant applications now live 💡 
Beyond the Carbon Hype: Navigating the real costs and opportunities of voluntary and compliance carbon markets in the Sahel
Beyond the Carbon Hype: Navigating the real costs and opportunities of voluntary and compliance carbon markets in the Sahel
How Bamboo and Straw Could Transform Sustainable Housing
How Bamboo and Straw Could Transform Sustainable Housing
From London's Lessons to New York's Gaps: the Conversation on Climate
From London's Lessons to New York's Gaps: the Conversation on Climate
On the Frontier of Health Chatbots
On the Frontier of Health Chatbots
From scripts to systems: where health chatbots add value
From scripts to systems: where health chatbots add value
On the Frontier of Finding Peace
On the Frontier of Finding Peace
Closing the Data Gap: Digital Public Infrastructure for Forest Risk Commodities
Closing the Data Gap: Digital Public Infrastructure for Forest Risk Commodities
CLOSED: Call for Proposals: Commercial Strategies and Market Intelligence for Sustainable Silica & Silicon
CLOSED: Call for Proposals: Commercial Strategies and Market Intelligence for Sustainable Silica & Silicon
Interpretating nature by sight and satellite
Interpretating nature by sight and satellite
Technological responses to disappearance in Mexico
Technological responses to disappearance in Mexico
How can AI help us improve aid effectiveness?
How can AI help us improve aid effectiveness?
Discovery summary: using AI to accelerate access to justice in Malawi
Discovery summary: using AI to accelerate access to justice in Malawi
Experiment: AI-based sentiment analysis of news articles about Malaysian politicians 
Experiment: AI-based sentiment analysis of news articles about Malaysian politicians 
Unlocking investment for climate adaptation: Introducing the Climate Adaptation Tech & Innovation Lab
Unlocking investment for climate adaptation: Introducing the Climate Adaptation Tech & Innovation Lab
On the Frontier of Underhyped Tech
On the Frontier of Underhyped Tech
The four things that matter most when scaling circular economy innovations in LMICs
The four things that matter most when scaling circular economy innovations in LMICs
Recommendations for working with nine underhyped frontier technologies 
Recommendations for working with nine underhyped frontier technologies 
Underhyped Tech - Bioremediation
Underhyped Tech - Bioremediation
Underhyped Tech - Organic Flow Batteries
Underhyped Tech - Organic Flow Batteries
Justice Delayed is Justice Denied: How Malawians Are Championing AI to Revolutionize the Legal Sector
Justice Delayed is Justice Denied: How Malawians Are Championing AI to Revolutionize the Legal Sector
The Final Sprint: Overcoming Barriers and Paving the Way for MyDemokrasi’s Future
The Final Sprint: Overcoming Barriers and Paving the Way for MyDemokrasi’s Future
Underhyped Tech - Thermal Energy Storage
Underhyped Tech - Thermal Energy Storage
Underhyped Tech - Algal Photobioreactors
Underhyped Tech - Algal Photobioreactors
Bridging the Climate Data Divide: Turning Adaptation into an Investment
Bridging the Climate Data Divide: Turning Adaptation into an Investment
On the Frontier of Robotics
On the Frontier of Robotics
Patrick’s story: the future of robotics is the Millenium Falcon
Patrick’s story: the future of robotics is the Millenium Falcon
LLMs in International Development - A Recipe for Success?
LLMs in International Development - A Recipe for Success?

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Films, podcasts and reports

Films from our pilots

Podcasts

Resources
The Drone Frontier: an eagle-eyed view on the future of unmanned aerial vehicles
The Drone Frontier: an eagle-eyed view on the future of unmanned aerial vehicles
Understand the power of data: The Data Frontier podcast series
Understand the power of data: The Data Frontier podcast series
Frontier Tech Talks
Frontier Tech Talks

Evidence from the Hub

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