Last year’s COP26 conference drew global attention to the science and technology that humanity will need in order to mitigate the climate crisis. New investment funds, scientific collaborations and technology policies are in train – for carbon removal, energy efficiency, renewable energy sources and more.
UNIDO convenes experts to consider manufacturing responses to COVID-19 and lessons to be learnt
VIENNA, 18 May 2021 - The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) believes that the COVID-19 pandemic brings an opportunity to glean lessons and present feasible solutions to improve the governance of global manufacturing in the face of this and future crises. Opening a virtual high-level expert consultation, “Manufacturing responses to COVID-19: Lessons for governance and policy coordination in the face of global disasters”, UNIDO Director General, LI Yong, said, “This is a chance not be missed.”
The consultation with the 12 eminent experts on economic development is part of UNIDO’s ongoing research work for the Industrial Development Report 2022, entitled
23 Feb 2021 | News
Open and closed: A call to rethink the way we handle global research and innovation
Science|Business launches an inquiry into how we can better manage the amazing fruits of science and technology in an age of pandemics, climate change and global turmoil
It’s time to take a fresh look at when and how the world cooperates in science and technology development, according to a group of scientific and political leaders organised by Science|Business.
The pandemic and climate crises mean “we need to rethink the way we handle global research and innovation,” said German Bundestag member Stefan Kaufmann at a Science|Business online conference on February 23. The pandemic “has put a strong spotlight on, and amplified the already existing tension between, two conflicting priorities: the need for openness and the need for security,” he said.