UNESCO World Report 1 Director: Jérôme Bindé. Preface by Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO. UNESCO Reference Works series Book, 226 pages, figures, boxes, tables, references, notes Format:...

In 2015, the United Nations General Assembly took a historic and visionary step with the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development....

It is striking how development priorities have aligned over the past five years. Countries of all income levels are prioritizing their transition to digital and ‘green’ economies, in parallel. This...

With this special report, the Courier aims to open up new avenues for reflection on these lesser-known aspects of the greatest global challenge of our times. Because, in parallel to the scientific...

L'UNESCO et la campagne contre l'analphabétisme dans un reportage de David « Chim » Seymour et des textes de Carlo Levi (1950). L'analyse des archives audiovisuelles de l'UNESCO en vue de leur...

Published by UNESCO on behalf of UN-Water Water is a unique and non-substitutable resource of limited quantity. As the foundation of life, societies and economies, it carries multiple values and...

UNESCO World Report 2 This report analyzes all aspects of cultural diversity, which has emerged as a key concern of the international community in recent decades, and maps out new approaches to...

Access to water and sanitation is internationally recognized human right. Yet more than two billion people lack even the most basic of services. The latest United Nations World Water Development...

Sustainable development, human migration, conflict and natural disasters: water cuts across these and many other major issues on the global agenda. Employment is another key factor in population...

The world ocean is a life-supporting system for humanity, yet it remains largely unknown.  Based on data collected from around the world, the Global Ocean Science Report 2020 offers a global record of...

UNDER EMBARGO UNTIL MARCH 22 The UN World Water Development Report 2020 Supported by examples from across the world, the latest United Nations World Water Development Report describes both the...

The fourth edition of the World Water Development Report (WWDR4), ‘Managing Water under Uncertainty and Risk’ is a comprehensive review of the world’s freshwater resources and seeks to demonstrate,...

More than 2 billion people lack access to safe drinking water and more than double that number lack access to safe sanitation. With a rapidly growing global population, demand for water is expected to...

The 2023 GEM Report on Technology in education: A tool on whose terms? addresses the use of technology in education around the world through the lenses of relevance, equity, scalability and...

The world ocean is one, interconnected and vast. It covers 70% of the surface and contains more than 95% of the water of the planet. Grasping such vastness is challenging. Yet we have to realize that...

Without question, the 1997–98 El Niño became a major news story, even a household word. Reports of floods, forest fires, droughts, fishery collapses, along with the ensuing loss of lives and property,...

The interwoven futures of humanity and our planet are under threat. Urgent action, taken together, is needed to change course and reimagine our futures. Education, long acknowledged as a powerful...

Never before have there been so many social scientists in the world – many more than the 200,000 population of Margaret Mead’s famous Samoa. Never before have the social sciences been so influential:...

COMING SOON The report highlights the crucial role of engineering in achieving each of the 17 SDGs. It shows how equal opportunities for all is key to ensuring an inclusive and gender balanced...

The 2019 GEM Report continues its assessment of progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4) on education and its ten targets, as well as other related education targets in the SDG agenda....

Accounting for approximately 99% of all liquid freshwater on Earth, groundwater has the potential to provide societies with tremendous social, economic and environmental benefits and opportunities....

The 44th session of the World Heritage Committee, Fuzhou (China)/online meeting), was held from 16 to 31 July 2021. At its annual session, the World Heritage Committee makes decisions on whether a...

The 2017 edition of the United Nations World Water Development Report (WWDR), the fourth in a series of annual, theme-oriented reports, addresses an often overlooked issue that is critical to water...

COMING SOON Independent journalism is in peril. The rapid erosion of the business models underpinning media sustainability has deepened a crisis in the freedom and safety of journalists around the...

Non-state actors’ role extends beyond provision of schooling to interventions at various education levels and influence spheres. Alongside its review of progress towards SDG 4, including emerging...

COMING SOON - DISPONIBLE PROCHAINEMENT The Global Report series monitors the implementation of the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, as well as...

The extended 45th session of the World Heritage Committee begins in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, we express our gratitude to our hosts for convening the first in-person Committee since the onset of...

Climate change is the defining issue of our time, and among the greatest threats facing cultural and natural heritage today. One in three natural sites and one in six cultural heritage sites are...

Un livre unique de photographies couleurs sur plus de 25 pays d'Afrique Noire réalisées pendant 30 ans par un des meilleurs photojournalistes français et un des plus grands coloriste qui travaille...

For some the water crisis means having to walk long distances every day to fetch enough drinking water – clean or unclean – just to get by. For others it means suffering from avoidable malnutrition or...

Water and energy are inextricably linked. Water is essential for the production, distribution and use of energy. Energy is crucial for the extraction and delivery of safe drinking water – and for the...

Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development At the 70th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in September 2015, member states adopted a new global development agenda,...

There are today 264 million children and youth not going to school – this is a failure that we must tackle together, because education is a shared responsibility and progress can only be sustainable...

Water flows through the three pillars of sustainable development – economic, social and environmental. Water resources, and the essential services they provide, are among the keys to achieving poverty...

Arts education is often said to be a means of developing critical and creative thinking. Arts education has also been argued to enhance performance in non-arts academic subjects such as mathematics,...

Many businesses around the world use technology as a means to set-up, run and improve their commercial performance but not all countries have sufficient access to technology. In fact the ’digital...