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Understanding Middle Powers in Development Cooperation
Capabilities, behaviors and values drive a new era of development leadership.
Brief
Deep-sea Mining
Brief of the Secretary General's Scientific Advisory Board.
Brief
Verification of Frontier AI Models
Brief of the Secretary General's Scientific Advisory Board.
Brief
Carbon Dioxide Removal Technologies
Brief of the Secretary General's Scientific Advisory Board.
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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.
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Disaster risk reduction
GeoAI-enabled systems strengthening disaster risk reduction and resilience.
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Social assistance
Designing and deploying socially assistive robots for societal benefit.
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Education
AI-enabled approaches supporting equitable and inclusive education.
Brief
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.
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Climate Change, Food Insecurity and Conflict
Understanding the climate-food-conflict nexus – and practical options to address climate-induced hunger and instability.