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Governing with Evidence: How the UN System Generates, Mobilizes and Uses Science
How does the UN use science to shape global decisions? A new UNU-CPR report maps the multilateral science-policy ecosystem.
Policy Brief
International Inequality and Post-Quantum Cryptography
What happens when quantum computers can break today's encryption?
Policy Brief
Small Modular Nuclear Reactors
Brief of the Secretary General's Scientific Advisory Board.
Policy Brief
AI Deception
Brief of the Secretary General's Scientific Advisory Board.
Policy Brief
Mirror Life
Brief of the Secretary General's Scientific Advisory Board.
Report
Service Delivery in Systems of Hybrid Governance: A Framework for Development Actors in Complex Settings
How can development actors deliver services in hybrid governance contexts where state and non-state actors share authority?
Report
Implications of the ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on State Obligations around Climate Change for Future Generations
How the ICJ’s 2025 Advisory Opinion reshapes state responsibility for climate change while leaving key gaps on intergenerational justice.
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From Science to Policy: Planetary Solutions in Action
Report translating breakthrough science into actionable policy for planetary health
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Governing for the End of the Month or the End of the World? Leverage Points to Overcome Governance Myopia
Beyond growth: how can governance systems be transformed to support a human-rights economy? New UNU-CPR paper sets out pathway.
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Moving from Crisis Management to Resource Mobilization in the UN80 Process
At its 80th anniversary, the United Nations faces an “untenable” financial trajectory and explores options to mobilize funding.