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UNESCO Science Report: The Race Against Time for Smarter Development Year of publication: 2021 Author: Susan Schneegans | Tiffany Straza | Jake Lewis Corporate author: UNESCO This seventh edition of the report monitors the development path that countries have been following over the past five years from the perspective of science governance. It documents the rapid societal transformation under way, which offers new opportunities for social and economic experimentation but also risks exacerbating social inequalities, unless safeguards are put in place.The report concludes that countries will need to invest more in research and innovation, if they are to succeed in their dual digital and green transition. More than 30 countries have already raised their research spending since 2014, in line with their commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals. Despite this progress, eight out of ten countries still devote less than 1% of GDP to research, perpetuating their dependence on foreign technologies. 
تقرير التوقعات البيئية العالمية الرابع: البيئة من أجل التنمية المستدامة Year of publication: 2007 Corporate author: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) تضع توقعات البيئة العالمية الرابعة - البيئة من أجل التنمية (GEO-4) التنمية المستدامة في صميم التقييم ، لا سيما فيما يتعلق بالقضايا التي تتناول المساواة بين الأجيال وبين الأجيال. تشمل التحليلات الحاجة والفائدة في تقييم السلع والخدمات البيئية ، ودور هذه الخدمات في تعزيز التنمية ورفاهية الإنسان ، وتقليل تعرض الإنسان للتغير البيئي. خط الأساس الزمني لتوقعات البيئة العالمية الرابع هو عام 1987 ، وهو العام الذي نشرت فيه اللجنة العالمية للبيئة والتنمية (WCED) تقريرها الأساسي ، مستقبلنا المشترك. تأسست لجنة برونتلاند في عام 1983 ، بموجب قرار الجمعية العامة للأمم المتحدة 38/161 للنظر في تحديات البيئة والتنمية الحرجة. تم تأسيسه في وقت ارتفاع غير مسبوق في الضغوط على البيئة العالمية ، وعندما أصبحت التنبؤات الخطيرة حول مستقبل الإنسان أمرًا شائعًا. Global Environment Outlook 4 (GEO-4): Environment for Development Year of publication: 2007 Corporate author: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) The fourth Global Environment Outlook – environment for development ( GEO-4 ) places sustainable development at the core of the assessment, particularly on issues dealing with intra- and intergenerational equity. The analyses include the need and usefulness of valuation of environmental goods and services, and the role of such services in enhancing development and human well-being, and minimizing human vulnerability to environmental change. The GEO-4 temporal baseline is 1987, the year in which the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED) published its seminal report, Our Common Future . The Brundtland Commission was established in 1983, under UN General Assembly resolution 38/161 to look at critical environment and development challenges. It was established at a time of an unprecedented rise in pressures on the global environment, and when grave predictions about the human future were becoming commonplace. 
تقرير المياه والتنمية الثامن: أهداف التنمية المستدامة المتعلقة بالمياه في المنطقة العربية Year of publication: 2019 Corporate author: UN. Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN. ESCWA) لأهداف التنمية المستدامة ذات الصلة بالمياه دور رئيسي في تحقيق خطة التنمية المستدامة لعام 2030 وأهداف التنمية المستدامة الأخرى ومقاصدها. ويسعى الهدف المكرّس للمياه (الهدف 6) إلى ضمان توفر المياه وإتاحة خدمات الصرف الصحي للجميع وإدارتهما بشكل مستدام. وفي العمل على بلوغه ما يدعم تحقيق العديد من الأهداف الأخرى. ويساهم رصد أهداف التنمية المستدامة ذات الصلة بالمياه والإبلاغ عنها على الصعيد الإقليمي في فهم أفضل لموقع المياه في خطة التنمية المستدامة، ويعطي فكرة عما حققته المنطقة العربية من تقدم وما واجهته من تحديات في سعيها إلى تحقيق أهداف التنمية المستدامة والغايات الوطنية المرتبطة بها، في ظل ندرة المياه وزيادة الإجهاد المائي. ويبحث العدد الثامن من تقرير اللجنة الاقتصادية والاجتماعية لغربي آسيا (الإسكوا) حول تنمية المياه في أهداف التنمية المستدامة ذات الصلة بالمياه من منظور الأمن المائي وندرة المياه في المنطقة العربية. ويحدّد طرقاً لتقييم ومعالجة ندرة المياه الحالية والمتوقعة على المستويين الإقليمي والوطني على ضوء سيناريوهات مختلفة لتغيُّر المناخ. ويستعرض مدى اتساق الاستراتيجيات وخطط العمل المائية الإقليمية والوطنية مع الأهداف والمقاصد العالمية ذات الصلة بالمياه. وتبيّن الدراسة كيف يمكن الاسترشاد بمقاصد ومؤشرات أهداف التنمية المستدامة ذات الصلة بالمياه في وضع تدابير في السياسة العامة لمواجهة تحديات المياه في المنطقة العربية. وتشمل التدخلات المقترحة على صعيد السياسات العامة تدابير للحفاظ على موارد المياه وحمايتها، وتوليد موارد مائية إضافية غير تقليدية. ويتم تقدير السياسات العامة المختارة وتحليلها ضمن سيناريوهين مناخيين للفترة المستقبلية 2030-2050 بهدف توجيه التخطيط المستدام والنُظُم الداعمة لعمليات اتخاذ القرارات بما يؤدي إلى تحسين استخدام المياه وترشيده. ويستعرض التقرير الآليات المؤسسية القائمة لرصد أهداف التنمية المستدامة ذات الصلة بالمياه وتنفيذها على مستويات مختلفة. ESCWA Water Development Report 8: The Water-related Sustainable Development Goals in the Arab Region Year of publication: 2019 Corporate author: UN. Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN. ESCWA) Water-related SDGs have a central role in achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its interlinked Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and targets. While the dedicated goal on water (SDG6) aims to ensure availability and the sustainable management of water and sanitation for all, pursing this goal supports the achievement many other goals. Regional monitoring and reporting of the water-related SDGs thus supports a better understanding of water across the sustainable development agenda and provides insights on the progress and challenges facing the Arab region as it aims to achieve the SDGs and associated national targets under conditions of water scarcity and increasing water stress. This eighth issue of the Water Development Report of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) examines the water-related SDGs from the perspective of water security and scarcity in the Arab region. It identifies ways to assess and address present and projected water scarcity at the regional and national levels for various climate change scenarios. It reviews regional and national water strategies and action plans coherency with global water-related goals and targets. The study analyses how the water-related SDG targets and indicators can guide the development of policy measures to tackle water challenges in the Arab region. Proposed policy interventions include measures to conserve and protect water resources and generate additional nonconventional water resources. Selected policy options are quantified and analysed for two climate scenarios for the future period 2030-2050 in view of informing sustainable planning and appropriate decision support systems to optimize and rationalize water use. The report also provides insights on institutional mechanisms in place for monitoring and implementing water-related SDGs at various scales. 
Asia-Pacific Regional Synthesis: Climate Change, Displacement and the Right to Education Year of publication: 2023 Corporate author: UNESCO | United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS) | UNESCO Bangkok In 2020, 30.7 million people were displaced by natural disasters – disasters which the scientific community acknowledges are more frequent and more intense as a result of climate change. In Asia and the Pacific alone, 21.3 million people were displaced, making it the region the most impacted by national disasters and climate change in the world. Therefore, country case studies were carried out in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Tuvalu, and Viet Nam to examine not only specific vulnerabilities to climate change and related mobility, but also the impacts of climate change on the right to education in Asia and the Pacific. These case studies show that climate change directly threatens education – through the destruction of schools and property – but also indirectly puts education in peril by forcing people to cross borders, ensuring neither legal residency nor the right to education. This regional synthesis report aims to guide policy-makers through providing operational policy recommendations on how to ensure education is protected in Asia and the Pacific in the face of climate change and displacement from a human rights-based approach. The report is one of four being developed and will contribute to the global initiative on climate change and displacement and the right to education – launched by UNESCO in 2020 – by informing the development of a Global Report with global policyrecommendations.How climate change impacts the right to education in Asia and the Pacific21.3million displacementstook place in Asia and the Pacific 
Learning at Risk: the Impact of Climate Displacement on the Right to Education; Global Report Year of publication: 2023 Corporate author: UNESCO How climate displacement the impacts the right to education The growing impacts of climate change and displacement on education can no longer be ignored. The increasing number of people displaced due to climate change faces unique vulnerabilities, especially in terms of access to education. This challenge is not only attributed to the often limited political and legal recognition of these displaced persons, but also stems from the global community’s lack of awareness of the diverse obstacles they encounter in seeking access to education. This global report, which concludes the “Initiative on the impact of climate change and displacement on the right to education”, aims to provide guidance to policy-makers worldwide on how to better respect, protect and fulfil the right to education of climate-displaced people. It provides an overview of climate-induced barriers to education, and global policy guidance on how to ensure the protection of the right to education of these populations. The report will inform UNESCO’s Initiative on “The evolving right to education within a lifelong learning perspective” which is investigating how the right to education, as enshrined in international normative instruments, could be strengthened to meet modern needs in our rapidly changing societies. 
Green Technology Book 2022: Solutions for Climate Change Adaptation Year of publication: 2022 Corporate author: World Intellectual Property Organization WIPO’s new Green Technology Book puts innovation, technology and intellectual property at the forefront in the fight against climate change. This inaugural edition focuses on available solutions for climate-change adaptation, which aim to reduce vulnerability and increase resilience to climate impacts. The Green Technology Book comes at a time when we are all experiencing the effects of climate change. It concentrates on three areas where climate impacts are important: agriculture and forestry, water and coastal regions, and cities. A practical guide for those struggling with climate change firsthand, the book showcases 200 solutions for climate-change adaptation that are readily available or in the making. The findings build on the WIPO GREEN Technology Database, which connects green technology providers from around the world with those seeking environmentally friendly solutions. The Green Technology Book is a source of encouragement and inspiration, demonstrating the diversity of solutions available and ready to be scaled up.1. Climate change adaptation and technology2. Innovation and transfer of solutions3. Agriculture and forestry4. Water and coastal regions5. Cities6. Conclusion and recommendations 
How Can We Talk About Climate Without Turning It Into a Contentious Issue? Year of publication: 2023 Author: Laurent Cordonier Corporate author: Le Monde How can we tackle the climate issue without talking only to the convinced? Debates on the climate issue run the risk of becoming a highly divisive political issue, hampering much-needed action, warns sociologist Laurent Cordonier in a new episode of “Chaleur humaine”, a weekly podcast for reflection and debate on ways of tackling the climate challenge. Comment parler du climat sans en faire un sujet d'affrontement ? Year of publication: 2023 Author: Laurent Cordonier Corporate author: Le Monde Comment aborder le sujet du climat sans parler seulement aux convaincus ? Les débats sur la question climatique risquent de devenir un sujet de clivage politique très fort, ce qui entraverait l’indispensable action, prévient le sociologue Laurent Cordonier dans un nouvel épisode du podcast « Chaleur humaine », podcast hebdomadaire de réflexion et de débat sur les manières de faire face au défi climatique.