Stories
Intelligent industry and narrowing the gender gap
04 January 2022 | By: Cecilia Ugaz Estrada
There is a risk that intelligent technologies and smart intelligent products could perpetuate or even amplify inequalities if they are not designed in a way that takes account of the different ...
COVID-19 in Iran: safe disposal of medical waste
10 December 2021 | By: Charles ARTHUR
Since the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic in Iran, the number of hospital patients has increased significantly, as in other countries, and the generated medical waste has put an extra burden on ...
06 December 2021 | By: Lorena Lamas, Manuel Albaladejo and Paula Mirazo
Major transitions should leave no one behind, and the transition to renewable energy should be no exception.
06 December 2021
As the global climate gets hotter, there is an ever greater need for refrigeration. But the more we chill food and drinks in fridges and cool our rooms with air-conditioning, the hotter the air ...
South Africa's capacity to deploy Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies post-COVID-19
20 November 2021
Despite South Africa’s declared interest in taking a lead role in the implementation of Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies on the continent, an analysis of the country’s innovation system and ...
What is an energy management system?
09 November 2021 | By: Charles ARTHUR
An energy management system (EnMS) is a framework for energy consumers, including industrial, commercial and public sector organizations, to manage their energy use.
Women promoting agro-product safety along the value chain in rural China
08 November 2021 | By: Charles ARTHUR
As part of the Improving agro-industrial practice and capacity for poverty alleviation in Quannan project, which began in early 2019, UNIDO has transformed the rapid-testing rooms in Quannan’s farmers ...
The COVID-19 crisis and digital transformation: what impacts on gender equality?
08 November 2021 | By: UNIDO
The COVID-19 crisis has accelerated digital transformation, unearthing new challenges for the achievement of gender equality in labour markets.
After COVID-19: “Net Zero” anxieties on Africa’s Copperbelt and Savannah
03 November 2021 | By: UNIDO
While African countries, among the lowest greenhouse gas emitters in the world, welcome the bold measures taken so far by the international community to assuage climate change, anxiety about the ...
20 October 2021 | By: UNIDO
土耳其通过促进无害环境的生物能源产业发展，可以减少对进口煤炭、石油和天然气的依赖，并减少有害的温室气体排放。
The COVID-19 pandemic and the call for innovation policies in the health sector
19 October 2021 | By: Julia Paranhos, associate professor at the Economics Institute, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (IE/UFRJ), Brazil
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the importance of well-defined, long-term industrial and STI policies aimed at mitigating the risks associated with innovative activities that target unmet public ...
Industrial development: empowering women in Cambodia
30 September 2021 | By: Pidor Chhay
"I want to tell other women, be confident in yourself, believe in what you do, persevere and speak up, speak up and speak up. Not only men but also women, like my case, are able to influence the ...
Japanese companies work remotely to deliver technologies to fight COVID-19
27 September 2021 | By: UNIDO
Japanese companies have been working intensively and innovatively throughout 2021 to transfer technologies to 12 countries in Africa and Asia to help limit the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fostering climate adaptation through entrepreneurship in Sierra Leone
20 September 2021 | By: Original publisher and author: Global Environment Facility (GEF)
A new initiative funded by the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) and led by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) aims to work with these innovators and entrepreneurs to ...
How can digital skills nurture social inclusion?
17 September 2021 | By: JIA Jiexi
To seize opportunities presented by digitalization and to keep up with new jobs requirements, equipping oneself with digital skills has become essential. Research carried out by the World Economic ...
UNIDO supports International Day of Clean Air for blue skies
07 September 2021 | By: UNIDO
With this background, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization’s Environment and Energy Directorate, in cooperation with the UNIDO Staff Union, has held a series of online events to mark ...
Industry: the future is circular
02 September 2021 | By: Manuel Albaladejo, Representative and Director of the UNIDO Office for Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay
The transition to a circular industry will be key in the fight against climate change
