Innovation Library

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

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

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.

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.

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.

An overview of the 100 most outstanding tourism proposals, selected by the UNWTO Innovation Team.

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.

The WHO Technical Advisory Group on behavioural insights and science for health developed six behavioural insights principles and five steps to support WHO’s efforts and those of its partners.

The publication examines the future digital skills ecosystem and the importance of digital skills in a world shaped by the pandemic.

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.

Exploration of the multi-faceted opportunities and risks that digital innovation can bring to social connections and community cohesion among migrants and host communities.

This documentation, which includes a series of human-centered stories, summarizes the results achieved and lessons learned in the UNFPA China Live streaming Comprehensive Sexuality Education Project.

The report reveals 30 signals that shape the “where, who, how, and why” of the changing nature of work, including opportunities, threats, and solutions from local contexts.

The report investigates changes in public discourses about migration-related topics in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic by conducting algorithm-based analyses of over 30 million Tweets.

The Go.Data User Guide provides instructions for installing, configuring, navigating, and using the Go.Data application.

The report investigates changes in public discourses on migration-related topics during the early stage of COVID-19 by conducting algorithm-enabled analyses of over 30 million Tweets.

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

Frontier technologies to protect the environment and tackle climate change, the latest report – developed by ITU together with UNECE; UNESCO; UN Environment; UNFCCC; United Nations Global Compact; UNIDO; UN-Habitat; and UN-Women – begins by exploring what is changing on our planet, why these changes are taking place, and who is most at risk as a result.

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

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 report showcases the full range of measures that are being deployed to better understand the Earth’s system, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and build resilience to the climate crisis.

The Global E-waste Monitor 2020 provides comprehensive insight to address the global e-waste challenge.

The paper focuses on e-waste derived from wireless infrastructure for mobile Internet connectivity, connected devices and data storage with examples from mobile networks, IoT and data centres.

The report explores the applicability and scope of digital technologies for enabling circularity in the lifecycle of electronic devices.

This paper distils provides examples of how evidence-based interventions can meaningfully impact children’s futures. A toolkit to guide to support practitioners through key ethical decision points.