On the occasion of the International Day for Biological Diversity celebrated on 22 May, whose theme this year is "Our Solutions are in Nature", UNESCO has posted on its website five exchanges between world-renowned experts in which they discuss the following topics
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In our post-viral world, major issues concerning the environment, education, and international relations arise. UNESCO has invited leading women thinkers, specialists in fields ranging from climatology to international relations, physics and African studies, to express their vision of the challenges and opportunities.
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What can journalism do in the face of all forms of disinformation? The Fondation Hirondelle, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this March, and UNESCO have just published the manual "Journalism and Disinformation" in French. It provides keys to take a step back from disinformation... Journalism
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The Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, has appointed 24 of the world's leading experts on the social, economic and cultural challenges of artificial intelligence (AI) to draft internationally applicable recommendations on the ethical issues raised by the development and use of AI. These
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Ringing telephones, alarms, airplanes, horns, roaring engines... our sound environment is increasingly deafening and silence has become a rare commodity, even an object of covetousness. But what is silence and what do we deprive ourselves of when we no longer have access to it? Environmental issue,
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Pour son 8e rendez-vous annuel, la Chaire Unesco Alimentations du monde avait organisé un colloque à Montpellier SupAgro le 15 février dernier sur le thème « Manger le vivant : les microbes, du sol au ventre ». Retrouvez en ligne l’ensemble des vidéos de cette journée. Longtemps associés aux maladies ou
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Les participants à la Conférence mondiale de l’UNESCO sur l’intelligence artificielle appellent à une gouvernance fondée sur les droits pour l’IA Il est nécessaire de garantir une gouvernance de l’intelligence artificielle (IA) centrée sur l’être humain, sont convenus les participants à la conférence intitulée Principes de l’Intelligence artificielle :
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Eviter les conflits et favoriser le bon déroulement des activités humaines en mer (aquaculture, tourisme, énergie marine, exploitation des fonds marins…) : tel est l’enjeu du projet MSPglobal que lancent conjointement la Commission océanographique intergouvernementale (COI) de l’UNESCO et la Commission européenne les 11 et 12 février au siège de l’UNESCO.
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Today threatened, damaged, looted or destroyed, four major sites, some of which are classified as UNESCO World Heritage Sites - Palmyra and Aleppo (Syria), Mosul (Iraq) and Leptis Magna (Libya) - are unveiled and reborn in a spectacular immersive production at the Arab World Institute from 10 October.
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The International Coordinating Council of UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Programme, meeting in Palembang (Indonesia) from 23 to 28 July, added 24 new sites to the World Network of Biosphere Reserves. These special sites, known as "Supporting Sites for Science for Sustainability", are
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Even today we learn that 30% of corals have died in the Australian Great Barrier Reef. Coral reefs now cover less than 0.2% of the ocean surface but are home to 30% of marine animal and plant species, protecting them from predators and acting as a larder. They contribute
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The French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), in partnership with UNESCO, will launch the InsSciDE project on 26 January. Funded by the European Commission for a period of four years, the project aims to lay the foundations for science diplomacy at the European level.
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Les Nations unies ont proclamé la Décennie des sciences océaniques pour le développement durable (2021-2030). Cette initiative vise à mobiliser la communauté scientifique, les décideurs politiques, les entreprises, et la société civile autour d’un programme commun de recherche et d’innovation technologique. La proclamation de cette Décennie est un aboutissement
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64 villes, réparties dans 44 pays, ont été désignées Villes créatives de l’UNESCO par la Directrice générale, Irina Bokova. Elles rejoignent un Réseau conçu par l’UNESCO pour mettre l’innovation et la créativité au cœur des nouvelles stratégies urbaines pour un développement plus durable et plus inclusif. Ce réseau suscite un
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A new Global Report on Gender Inequalities in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education (STEM) was launched at a three-day event in Bangkok aimed at removing barriers to development. Girls and women are grossly under-represented in science, technology, engineering and mathematics education.
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Is food only an object of health, of nutrition in the strict sense? Where has the notion of pleasure gone? The pleasure of a gourmet plate, the pleasure of conviviality, the pleasure of the market, of sharing and transmission? Is it possible to rediscover the pleasure of eating? For its 6th annual meeting, in
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What if we stop looking at wastewater, whether it is domestic, industrial or agricultural, as a problem or a cost and look at it as a resource? The latest United Nations World Water Development Report calls for this shift in thinking.
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UNESCO publishes the world's first compendium of data on harmful algal blooms, the micro-organisms that deplete fish stocks, destroy fish farms and can carry disease and even cause the death of humans and large marine animals. Photo: Large planktonic bloom off the coast of the
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UNESCO World Heritage threatened by industry. In a report published on Wednesday 6 April, WWF sounded the alarm. According to the NGO, half of the treasures of humanity's World Heritage, these emblems of biodiversity - 114 out of 229 protected sites - are now under threat.
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L’armée de Bashar al-Assad, largement soutenue par l’aviation russe et les forces du Hezbollah libanais a repris le contrôle de Palmyre. La (re)prise de la ville, inscrite au Patrimoine mondial de l’Unesco, est ici un enjeu symbolique tout autant que stratégique. Libérée, il faudra maintenant reconstruire Palmyre. La reprise de
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