Innovation Library

Featuring high-level representatives from countries participating in 50-in-5, this event showcased the progress being made around the world to implement safe, inclusive, and interoperable digital public infrastructure and it's potential to radically improve the well-being of both people and planet.

The Digital Inclusion Playbook 2.0 serves as a critical resource to help countries and communities advance inclusive digital transformation effectively in a world of rapidly evolving technologies and complex global dynamics.

The event brought forward-looking commitments from all stakeholders to harness innovation, science and data in a more inclusive, safe and sustainable manner.

The report presents a comprehensive overview of the state of AI in the UN System, highlighting the significant strides and ongoing efforts of UN entities and agencies towards the responsible use of AI for programmatic delivery and towards integrating AI strategically in core operations.

Browse our living library showcasing events related to UN 2.0 priority areas taking place during the Summit of the Future and UN General Assembly 2024.

​This report outlines a blueprint for addressing AI-related risks and sharing its transformative potential globally.

This webinar seeks to highlight the complexities, benefits, and risks for young people concerning video games and to understand the contexts and conditions that give rise to positive play experiences.

The webinars introduced Digital Public Goods and the Digital Public Goods Standard, exploring their importance in promoting inclusive and equitable digital access.

Reports are growing that AI capabilities are exposing children around the world to a new type of online child sexual exploitation and abuse: AI-generated CSAM. This report focuses on this emerging threat.

This webinar explores open source, the opportunities and risks associated with it, and how it can be used for the work of the UN.

The purpose for a Global Strategy on Digital Health is to promote healthy lives and wellbeing for everyone, everywhere, at all ages. To deliver its potential, national or regional Digital Health initiatives must be guided by a robust Strategy that integrates financial, organizational, human and technological resources.

The report offers a summary of the "AI for All: Bridging Divides, Building a Sustainable Future" conference, which fostered a dialogue on the role of AI in shaping a more equitable world.

This Framework builds on the understanding that there is an untapped wealth of relevant knowledge and perspectives in the Global South that should be considered in the development and regulation of frontier technologies at the global level.

This report from the UN and the ILO addresses the critical issue of the uneven adoption of AI and its implications for global equity, fairness, and social justice.

Amidst the challenges confronting agriculture in Europe and Central Asia, this casebook unfolds the stories of 25 farmers and agripreneurs who have successfully embraced digital technologies.

The report presents the policy directions distilled from the UNU Macau AI Conference, a contribution of UNU to the UN Summit of the Future.

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

This Knowledge Brief outlines some of our learnings and insights from internal exploration and experimentation on CBDC interoperability with existing payment systems like fast payment systems (FPS).

This report calls for the world to pay heed and respond to a range of emerging challenges that could disrupt planetary health and well-being. It presents insights on eight critical global shifts that are accelerating the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity and nature loss, and pollution and waste.

This publication explores the integration of digital technologies into Payments for Environmental Services (PES) schemes - a results-based financing mechanism that incentivizes local communities, farmers, and Indigenous Peoples to engage in environmental conservation and restoration activities.

This webinar explores how the rapid advancement of GenAI is transforming diplomatic processes and what this means for the future of global diplomacy.

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 third report, a joint effort of the World Bank and the World Health Organization (WHO), examines behavioral science as applied to the field of public health

The Migration Management Digital Maturity Assessment tool indicates a country’s digital maturity level, provides recommendations and tools for decisions makers

DGACM embarked on a journey to digitally transform intergovernmental services and unlocked a variety of new digital use cases.