Brochures
Natural Sciences
- UNESCO Science for Peace and Sustainable Development (pdf)
This short brochure will give you a snapshot of UNESCO’s current work in science.
Water
- IHP-VIII: Water Security - Responses to Local, Regional and Global Challenges (2014-2021)
(Presentation of the eighth phase of the International Hydrological Programme) - African Drought Monitor
- Managing Water Resources in Arid and Semi-arid Regions of Latin America and the Caribbean
- The Impact of Glacier Retreat in the Andes
- Outcomes of the International Experts’ Meeting on the Right to Water (July 2009)
- International Sediment Initiative
- Ecohydrology for Sustainability
- Demonstration Projects, Ecohydrology
(A joint brochure of the International Hydrological Programme and the Man and the Biosphere Programme) - Ecohydrology – an Interdisciplinary Approach for the Sustainable Management of Water Resources
(A joint brochure of the International Hydrological Programme and the Man and the Biosphere Programme) - International Flood Initiative
- The Impact of Global Change on Water Resources
- Groundwater Resources Assessment under the Pressures of Humanity and Climate Changes: GRAPHIC
- FRIEND-Water (Flow Regimes from International Experimental and Network Data)
- Water – History for our Times
(International Hydrological Programme, essays on water history: # 2)
Policy and Capacity Building
- Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Initiative – Responding to the Needs of Africa
- Science, Technology and Innovation Policy: the Role of Parliaments
- Strategy for the Future Development of UNESCO Chairs in Natural Sciences
- UNESCO and Research for Health
- African Virtual Campus in Science and Technology
- UNESCO Cooperation with NEPAD in Science and Technology
- International Basic Sciences Programme: Harnessing Cooperation for Capacity Building in Science and the Use of Scientific Knowledge
Earth Sciences
- International Geoscience Programme (IGCP)
- UNESCO’s Earth Science Education Initiative in Africa
- UNESCO Global Geoparks
Celebrating Earth Heritage, Sustaining local Communities
Ecosystems and Biodiversity
- Biospere Reserves - Benefits and Opportunities
- Biosphere Reserves - On-ground Testing for Sustainable Development
- UNESCO and Biodiversity
- Biodiversity in UNESCO
- Madrid Action Plan for Biosphere Reserves (2008-2013)
- UNESCO Biodiversity Initiative
- Man and the Biosphere Programme
Basic and Engineering Sciences
- Renewable Energies for People’s Basic Needs
- SESAME - an International Centre for Research and Advanced Technology Under the Auspices of UNESCO
(SESAME: Synchrotron Light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East)
Natural Disasters
- Disaster Preparedness and Mitigation – UNESCO’s Role
- Disaster Risk Reduction - UNESCO's contribution to a global challenge
Climate Change
- UNESCO, Climate Change and COP 21
- Why Monitor the Arctic Ocean? (Services to Society from a Sustained Ocean Observing System)
- Learning to Mitigate and Adapt to Climate Change: UNESCO and Climate Change Education
- The UNESCO Strategy for Action on Climate Change
- Climate Frontlines
Small Island Developing States
- Islands in a Sea of Change
UNESCO’s Intersectoral Platform for Small Island Developing States - Building Island Resilience
UNESCO’s Intersectoral Platform for Small Island Developing States - Islands of the Future. Building resilience in a changing world
- Groundwater and Climate Change: Small Islands Developing States
