Creating knowledge and understanding through science equips us to find solutions to today’s acute economic, social and environmental challenges and to achieving sustainable development and greener societies. As no one country can achieve sustainable development alone, international scientific cooperation contributes, not only to scientific knowledge but also to building peace.

Highlights

Open Science

Making science more accessible, inclusive and equitable

Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme

It's about life! 50 years reconnecting people and nature

UNESCO-Russia Mendeleev Prize

1st laureates of the Prize are Professors Balzani and Oganessian

Monitoring water quality

A new tool for the Lake Chad basin

Youth

Driving the Future with Science, Engineering, and Innovation

UNESCO Global Geoparks

Celebrating earth heritage

Natural Sciences

Working with local communities and promoting sustainable development around the world

Young people cleaning the beach in Cabo Verde

Latest Publications

UNESCO Science Report: the race against time for smarter development; executive summary
UNESCO
2021
UNESCO
0000377250
The United Nations world water development report 2021: valuing water
UNESCO
2021
UNESCO
0000375724
Mapping research and innovation in the Republic of Mozambique
UNESCO
2021
UNESCO
0000375475
Engineering for sustainable development: delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals
UNESCO
ICEE
Central Compilation and Translation Press
2021
UNESCO
0000375644