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Brief 17 Feb 2026

Deep-sea Mining

Brief of the Secretary General's Scientific Advisory Board.

Brief 17 Feb 2026

Verification of Frontier AI Models

Brief of the Secretary General's Scientific Advisory Board.

Brief 17 Feb 2026

Carbon Dioxide Removal Technologies

Brief of the Secretary General's Scientific Advisory Board.

Report 20 Jan 2026

Unlocking AI’s Potential to Serve Humanity: Robotics, Geospatial AI and Communications Networks

How AI can advance human and planetary well‑being through responsible deployment.

Report 16 Jan 2026

Disaster risk reduction

GeoAI-enabled systems strengthening disaster risk reduction and resilience.

Report 16 Jan 2026

Social assistance

Designing and deploying socially assistive robots for societal benefit.

Report 16 Jan 2026

Education

AI-enabled approaches supporting equitable and inclusive education.

Brief 17 Dec 2025

Foundations of Scientific Consensus for International Cooperation

How scientific consensus mechanisms can remain independent, adaptive, and credible while guiding global cooperation on emerging technologies like AI.

Report 21 Nov 2025

Climate Change, Food Insecurity and Conflict

Understanding the climate-food-conflict nexus – and practical options to address climate-induced hunger and instability.

Brief 08 Nov 2025

Lessons from the Post-War Economic Order: Toward a Just Transition Framework

Critical lessons regarding innovation, finance and cooperation can guide a just transition today.