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Science for a sustainable future

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

New biosphere reserves

UNESCO designates 11 new biosphere reserves, including a transboundary site

New UNESCO Global Geoparks

18 sites joined the UNESCO Global Geoparks network

Partnerships and Cooperation

United Nations World Water Development Report 2023

Basic Sciences, Research,

Innovation and Engineering

Women in science

L'Oreal-UNESCO For Women in Science Programme

Open Science

Making science more accessible, inclusive and equitable

Science for a Water Secure World

Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme

In numbers

researchers worldwide

represents 99% of the world’s unfrozen freshwater

Biosphere reserves

in 134 countries

UNESCO Global Geoparks

in 48 countries

Latest news

Tamara Klink: The young navigator breaking boundaries and travelling solo to the Arctic

Tamara Klink: The young navigator breaking boundaries and travelling solo to the Arctic

Five trailblazers win UNESCO–AI Fozan International Prize for the Promotion of Young Scientists

Five trailblazers win UNESCO–AI Fozan International Prize for the Promotion of Young Scientists

UNESCO announces 13 awards for young researchers working in biosphere reserves

UNESCO announces 13 awards for young researchers working in biosphere reserves

Consultation on the Roadmap for Preparing a National Plan for Sustainable Beekeeping and Native Honey Bee Conservation in Cambodia

Consultation on the Roadmap for Preparing a National Plan for Sustainable Beekeeping and Native Honey Bee Conservation in Cambodia

Natural Sciences

Working with local communities and promoting sustainable development around the world

Young people cleaning the beach in Cabo Verde

Our stories

Indigenous voices

Indigenous Peoples and the COVID-19 pandemic

People and nature

Using drones to protect Great Apes in Africa

Upcoming events

Information session on the third UNESCO Conventions Ceremony (Wednesday 21 June 2023, 10 a.m., Room IV)

Information meeting with Permanent Delegations

Information session on the third UNESCO Conventions Ceremony (Wednesday 21 June 2023, 10 a.m., Room IV)

UNESCO takes part in Summit for a New Global Financing Pact

Cat VIII - Symposia

UNESCO takes part in Summit for a New Global Financing Pact

International Conference on the Ethics of Neurotechnology

Cat II – Intergovernmental meeting, other than international conference of States

International Conference on the Ethics of Neurotechnology

14th Meeting of the Scientific Board of the International Basic Sciences Programme (IBSP)

Cat VI – Expert Committee

14th Meeting of the Scientific Board of the International Basic Sciences Programme (IBSP)

Key publications

The United Nations World Water Development Report 2023: partnerships and cooperation for water

UNESCO

2023

Publication financed by the Government of Italy and Regione Umbria

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Mapping research and innovation in the Kingdom of Cambodia

UNESCO

2023

UNESCO

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UNESCO’s actions for biodiversity: making peace with nature

2022

UNESCO

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UNESCO Science Report: the race against time for smarter development

UNESCO

2021

UNESCO

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Mathematics for action: supporting science-based decision-making

UNESCO

2022

UNESCO

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Engineering for sustainable development: delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals

UNESCO

ICEE

Central Compilation and Translation Press

2021

UNESCO

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