Innovation in General (incl. HCD)

Highlights from the innovation efforts of UN Entities in the third quarter of 2021.

The 2021 Global Innovation Index presents the global innovation ranking with a special focus on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on innovation.

Developed by the UN, for the UN, the toolkit includes 27 tools, step-by-step directions, worksheets and case studies, as well as a self-assessment that provides a diagnosis on every user’s innovation strengths and areas for improvement.

A policy framework for responsible limits on facial recognition including an use case on law enforcement investigations.

This report explores the malicious uses and abuses of artificial intelligence and possible ways that criminals may exploit it in the future.

This report provides an guidance on the potential application of AI to counter terrorism online for law enforcement and counter-terrorism agencies in South Asia and South-East Asia.

Climate change is threatening to increase vulnerability, undermine economic gains, hinder social and economic development, and worsen access to basic services and the quality of life of citizens all over the world.

This brief showcases how two large Chinese companies leverage advanced liquid-cooling systems to cool their data centres.

The Directory showcases ITC's innovations in Data & Research, Digital Transformation and Organizational Transformation.

This report provides insight into how refugees who participate in the Canadian Orientation Abroad programme are using digital tools in the pre-departure stage, and what challenges they face in doing so.

The report provides insights for understanding the travel and tourism tech investments and the travel and tourism startups, delving into the relevant features and considerations.

For the third year in a row, the UNWTO has partnered with the fDi intelligence from the Financial Times to develop a joint publication on Tourism Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) analyzing data on Greenfield investments trends. The relevance of this report is pivotal to governments and investors because it exposed data on flows of capital, and destinations for investments providing insight on market trends for the tourism recovery.

UNWTO has developed a series of Investment Guidelines to enhance coordination and cooperation and mobilize global investment mechanisms to respond to a global crisis. "Enabling Frameworks for Tourism Investment" provides insights for understanding and enabling the conditions and barriers to mobilize tourism investment and so build a competitive, sustainable and inclusive tourism sector beyond the attraction and promotion approaches.

Meet the 25 winners of the SDG Global Startup Competition, working for a More Sustainable and Innovative Tourism, selected as the most disruptive startups that directly contribute to accelerate the achievement of the SDGs.

In response to the COVID-19 impact on tourism, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has opened a space to share startups and companies working for restarting tourism. Setting innovation and sustainability as the new normal

The publication features 12 case studies from 15 cities in six sectors of environmental sustainability and climate action.