Innovation Library

The Book takes a look at the state of play of green technologies responding to some of the most critical challenges of climate change with special focus on agriculture and forestry, the water sector and cities.

How can AI and other technologies help provide clean energy in a more just and equitable way? Each year, the IBM Sustainability Accelerator selects new projects and organizations that use technologies such as AI to help communities tackle sustainability issues worldwide.

The Digital Facilitation Toolkit has been created with two purposes: to support the delivery of online capacity-building strategies and to shed light on the different dimensions playing a role when facilitating online.

This webinar discusses features of behavioural science application, skills and capacity requirements, the steps in behavioural science projects and how to apply behavioural science to policies and programmes, as well as to reduce administrative burden.

This webinar explored the benefits that blockchain can bring to financial inclusion and essentially “banking” the unbanked, and celebrated the graduation of its 2021 Blockchain Cohort.

The Report looks into the drivers of agricultural automation and analyses the business case for adoption of digital automation technologies in different agricultural production systems across the world.

The webinar highlights why digital inclusion is foundational to the achievement of SDGs, shares how senior executives are promoting digital accessibility, and draws a link between digital Innovation and the prerogative for digital accessibility.

Predicting war, coups and riots has been a goal for a generation of social studies researchers. Advances in machine learning and newly available historical datasets and predictors have given momentum to the field. Our research focused on the feasibility of predicting conflict for anticipatory action.

A new global study of 3,000 CEOs revealed that sustainability is rising higher on corporate agendas, and decision makers recognize sustainability as a business imperative. Despite this, business leaders continue to face growing pressures from boards and investors, and a lack of reliable data insights hinders their ability to take action.

The conference examines the state of play and the future of AI, survey the potential risks and rewards of AI technologies for international peace and security, and explore the path to Responsible AI.

This report is part of UN-Habitat’s strategy for guiding local authorities in realizing a people-centered digital transformation process in their cities and settlements.

This primer introduces the different types of UMS, describes their key components and functions, and outlines the main challenges that these systems can pose to international security.

This primer introduces the different types of UAS, describes their key components and functions, and outlines the main challenges that these systems can pose to international security.

This primer introduces the different types of UGS, describes their key components and functions, and outlines the main challenges that these systems can pose to international security.

Around half of the world’s primary schools still lack computers and internet access. ITU and UNICEF’s Giga school connectivity aims to turn this around by connecting all schools to the internet. What further opportunities do digital technologies offer to transform education?

This report contains an inventory of Blockchain in the humanitarian sector and proposes Dos and Don’ts for anyone thinking about implementing the technology in the sector.

This AI for Good webinar looks at the latest AI and robotic technologies for space science that are taking humanity into the future of interplanetary exploration missions, while promising to help improve life on Earth.

This talk discusses key possibilities the law offers to tackle trust issues that facing AI.

This report summarizes the existing knowledge about technology assessment processes and good practices and reflects on these in the context of the current conditions in developing countries.

This digital moment highlighted pioneering initiatives and leaders that are ushering in a new era of country-led digital cooperation to build safe, trusted, and inclusive Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI).

This high-level UNGA event explored how new data ecosystems can unlock exponential value for the big challenges of our time.

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The report reaffirms the business case for investment in sustainable science, technology and innovation systems in LDCs to contribute to long-term productivity upgrading, economic development, job creation as well as addressing societal challenges.

This webinar sheds light on climate models and how they can be applied in a humanitarian context.

This discussion examines the importance and significance of behavioural insights to enhance and shape public policy and make an impact on people and planet.