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Official Records of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development: Report on the Seventeenth Session

Official Records of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development: Report on the Thirteenth Session (17-21 May 2010).

Official Records of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development: Report on the Fourteenth Session (23-27 May 2011).

Official Records of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development: Report on the Fifteenth Session (21-25 May 2012).

Official Records of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development: Report on the Sixteenth Session (3-7 June 2013)

This is the official report of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development on its eighteenth session during the period of 4-8 May 2015.

Official Records of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development: Report on the nineteenth session 9-13 May 2016.

Global warming will surpass 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels during the next decade, due to greenhouse gas emissions. The constant rise in temperatures and related impacts combine with other...

Droughts have deep, widespread and underestimated impacts on societies, ecosystems, and economies. They incur costs that are borne disproportionately by the most vulnerable people. The extensive...

This report is the product of the contributions of nations, public and private risk-related science and research experts, amongst others. It contributes to achieving the Sendai Framework for Disaster...

This is the official report submitted to the Economic and Social Council by the Commission on Science and Technology for Development on its twentieth session
(8-12 May 2017).

The central question for this year's report is how governance systems can evolve to better address the systemic risks of the future. In today’s crowded and interconnected world, disaster impacts...

The Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR) is a major initiative of the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR). It contributes to the achievement of the Hyogo...

This publication is the third biennial report coordinated by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR). The first and second reports focused primarily on public policy and the...