Innovation Library

This report provides insight into how refugees who participate in the Canadian Orientation Abroad programme are using digital tools in the pre-departure stage, and what challenges they face in doing so.

Exploration of the multi-faceted opportunities and risks that digital innovation can bring to social connections and community cohesion among migrants and host communities.

This documentation, which includes a series of human-centered stories, summarizes the results achieved and lessons learned in the UNFPA China Live streaming Comprehensive Sexuality Education Project.

The report reveals 30 signals that shape the “where, who, how, and why” of the changing nature of work, including opportunities, threats, and solutions from local contexts.

The report investigates changes in public discourses about migration-related topics in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic by conducting algorithm-based analyses of over 30 million Tweets.

The Go.Data User Guide provides instructions for installing, configuring, navigating, and using the Go.Data application.

The report investigates changes in public discourses on migration-related topics during the early stage of COVID-19 by conducting algorithm-enabled analyses of over 30 million Tweets.

The Directory showcases ITC's innovations in Data & Research, Digital Transformation and Organizational Transformation.

Frontier technologies to protect the environment and tackle climate change, the latest report – developed by ITU together with UNECE; UNESCO; UN Environment; UNFCCC; United Nations Global Compact; UNIDO; UN-Habitat; and UN-Women – begins by exploring what is changing on our planet, why these changes are taking place, and who is most at risk as a result.

This brief showcases how two large Chinese companies leverage advanced liquid-cooling systems to cool their data centres.

Climate change is threatening to increase vulnerability, undermine economic gains, hinder social and economic development, and worsen access to basic services and the quality of life of citizens all over the world.

This report showcases the full range of measures that are being deployed to better understand the Earth’s system, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and build resilience to the climate crisis.

The Global E-waste Monitor 2020 provides comprehensive insight to address the global e-waste challenge.

The paper focuses on e-waste derived from wireless infrastructure for mobile Internet connectivity, connected devices and data storage with examples from mobile networks, IoT and data centres.

The report explores the applicability and scope of digital technologies for enabling circularity in the lifecycle of electronic devices.

This paper distils provides examples of how evidence-based interventions can meaningfully impact children’s futures. A toolkit to guide to support practitioners through key ethical decision points.

This report provides an guidance on the potential application of AI to counter terrorism online for law enforcement and counter-terrorism agencies in South Asia and South-East Asia.

This report explores the malicious uses and abuses of artificial intelligence and possible ways that criminals may exploit it in the future.

This report contributes to the growing understanding of the potential risk of AI falling into the hands of terrorists.

A policy framework for responsible limits on facial recognition including an use case on law enforcement investigations.

The report discusses advancements in AI as well as the impacts of using this technology to fight crime, based on the second Global Meeting on AI for Law Enforcement.

The report summarises key findings, challenges and recommendations on the Opportunities and Risks of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics for Law Enforcement.

Developed by the UN, for the UN, the toolkit includes 27 tools, step-by-step directions, worksheets and case studies, as well as a self-assessment that provides a diagnosis on every user’s innovation strengths and areas for improvement.

The Data Responsibility Guidelines offer principles, processes and tools to support OCHA’s data work.