On this platform, you can discover what sustainable development challenges the Accelerator Labs have been working on, which partners got involved and what insights emerged from their on-the-ground experiments. Through these plans, the Labs can identify the way forward by seeing thematic patterns and can foster cross-Lab collaboration.
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Preventing and reducing marine pollution
The Accelerator Labs' approach to marine pollution relies on filling data gaps and tapping into collective intelligence to get a better overview of the issues in each locale; and on community engagement to address those issues.
Data gaps are often filled by combining computer vision (an application of AI) with satellite data (Panama), or by deploying citizen science initiatives, which double up as awareness and community engagement measures (Argentina). Collective intelligence is mobilized with ethnographic research (Fiji, Philippines) or participatory design initiatives (Mexico). Communities are engaged by awareness-raising initiatives (Bangladesh, Indonesia), aimed at proposing ways that the livelihood of coastal communities aligns with the reduction of marine pollution.
UNDP Accelerator Labs
