Number of students in higher education more than doubled in 20 years, but inequalities remain
UNESCO protects the future of biodiversity through bees and women
As the world marks the International Day for Biological Diversity on 22 May, UNESCO is responding through science, conservation, and community-led action via the Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB) and the Women for Bees project, recognizing women’s role in protecting biodiversity.
As shown in People and Nature in UNESCO-Designated Sites, UNESCO biosphere reserves are living models for balancing biodiversity conservation and sustainable development.
Delivering for people in crisis
Culture, education, science, and information are essential needs in times of turbulence and crisis. They are powerful drivers of social cohesion, resilience, and hope in a better future.
UNESCO plays a vital role in safeguarding the social and cultural foundations that underpin stability, dignity, and recovery for communities affected by crises. By protecting these pillars, we help ensure that societies can rebuild not only infrastructure, but also trust, identity, and the collective capacity to move forward.
Prepare the world for AI,
Prepare AI for the world
Since its founding at the dawn of the atomic age, UNESCO has helped societies navigate and manage the transformative power of technology – to the benefit of all.
Today, in an era shaped by Artificial Intelligence (AI) and related breakthrough innovations, UNESCO continues the critical work of ensuring these emerging technologies are developed and deployed in service of equity, opportunity, and inclusivity, for the people.
Our impact in communities
UNESCO in brief
UNESCO is the United Nations organization that promotes cooperation in education, science, culture and communication to foster peace worldwide.
The Organization provides key services for its Member States, setting global norms and standards, developing tools for international cooperation, producing knowledge for public policies and building global networks of sites and institutions inscribed on its lists.
UNESCO lists and designations
Magazine: The UNESCO Courier
Artificial intelligence: Do we still need to think?
Artificial intelligence is already transforming the way we learn, teach and communicate.
In this new issue, The UNESCO Courier explores the promises, the limits and the challenges of this revolution that is reshaping education, language, creativity – and even parenting. Should we view AI as a threat to our intellectual autonomy, or as an opportunity to better serve humanity?
From Argentina to Sweden, the United Arab Emirates to India and China, this issue delves into artificial intelligence and its far-reaching impact on education and beyond
