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This report presents five case studies of how public policy can accelerate private sector action on three transitions key to achieving the SDGs: digitalization, energy transition and decent work & social protection.

The Digital Economy Report 2024 underscores the urgent need for environmentally sustainable and inclusive digitalization strategies.

This panel discussion on the future of the humanitarian system includes panelists Nathalie Olijslager, Director of Stabilisation and Humanitarian Assistance, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands; Gemma Connell, Chief of the Assessment, Planning & Monitoring Branch, OCHA; and Minako Manome, Head of Risk Anticipation Hub, UNDP. Moderated by Kareem Elbayar, Private Sector Unit Team Lead, OCHA.

This session dives deeper into the innovative and dynamic training available to help UN colleagues invest in their skills to advance the future of the United Nations.

“The Labs 2.0: Evolving into a global research and development capability for the SDGs,” highlights how the Network is accelerating action towards the SDGs and is harnessing the power of research and development (R&D) to push the boundaries of what is known and unknown about the biggest problems we face

UNDP Accelerator Labs Network and Nesta’s Centre for Collective Intelligence Design launch "UNTAPPED: Collective Intelligence for Climate Action"

New research from UNICEF Innocenti and produced in partnership with the University of Sheffield, New York University, City University New York and the Queensland University of Technology explores the question: can video games contribute to the well-being of children and, if so, how?

As the Accelerator Labs move to contribute more deliberately to UNDP’s R&D function, we offer the experience accumulated by our network of labs in the form of this toolkit: a collection of documented resources.

This webinar, from the OCHA Centre for Humanitarian Data, explores a new Climate Change Risk Index from INFORM that quantifies the humanitarian risks associated with the climate emergency.

This episode is about AI’s promises for medicine, pharmacology, and bioengineering

The manual guides trainers and facilitators to assess agricultural innovation systems and identify evidence-based needs and entry points for strengthening them.

This paper, prepared by UN Women in collaboration with the Action Coalition on Innovation and Technology for Gender Equality, aims to help governments, policymakers, multilateral organizations, the private sector, and civil society build consensus around a gender-transformative framework to advance women’s and girls’ rights and empowerment in the digital age.

The assessment framework helps key stakeholders to catalyze system innovation processes and identify entry points for developing capacities to innovate in a a sector, a value chain, a territory or at country level.

The report highlights the opportunities that green innovation – goods and services with smaller carbon footprints – offer developing countries to strengthen their economies and boost their technological capacities.

Advanced simulation modelling can represent and explore the detail of social behaviour and interaction. It can inform policy in complex areas where unexpected outcomes can emerge from the interaction of many people.

In 2013, the Health Assembly adopted resolution WHA66.24 on eHealth standardization and interoperability, which urged Member States “to consider developing … policies and legislative mechanisms linked to an overall national eHealth strategy”.