Stories
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
From waste to energy: Turkey looks to biomass to achieve ‘green growth’
30 August 2021 | By: UNIDO
By fostering an environmentally sound bioenergy industry, Turkey can decrease dependence on imported coal, oil and natural gas, and also mitigate harmful greenhouse gas emissions
El apoyo a largo plazo a la biotecnología en Cuba resulta en prometedoras vacunas contra el COVID-19
El apoyo a largo plazo a la biotecnología en Cuba resulta en prometedoras vacunas contra el COVID-19
02 August 2021 | By: Jenny Larsen, ONUDI
El gobierno cubano ha anunciado recientemente que su vacuna Soberana II contra el COVID-19 entrará pronto en la fase III de los ensayos, con lo que el país está un paso más cerca de producir la ...
Changing one life changes the world
25 July 2021
With the financial support of the Government of Japan and within the framework of its global Human Security efforts, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) promoted the social ...
G7 Summit: time to put women front and centre of the global economic recovery
06 July 2021 | By: Fatou Haidara, Managing Director, Directorate of Corporate Management and Operations, UNIDO, and Helen McEachern, Chief Executive Officer, Cherie Blair Foundation for Women
The leaders of the G7 group of nations will soon gather in Cornwall, United Kingdom, to devise plans to ‘build back better’ from the COVID-19 pandemic. The summit takes place in the wake of a crisis ...
COVID-19 pandemic: threats to SMEs in poorest nations require swift policy action
22 June 2021 | By: Frank Hartwich and Jenny Larsen
Despite the overwhelming dominance of services in the world economy, the manufacturing sector continues to punch above its weight. It remains a main driver of the productivity growth needed to spur ...
New research shows food system is responsible for a third of global anthropogenic emissions
16 June 2021 | By: Charles ARTHUR
Greenhouse Gas Emissions from the Food System: Building the Evidence Base presents new estimates of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the food system developed at the country level and integrating ...
Cleantech entrepreneurs driving a green recovery in Barbados
14 June 2021 | By: Borbala Csete and Andrea Eras Almeida
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Eastern Caribbean island nation, famed for its beautiful landscapes, pristine white-sand beaches and temperate climate, attracted around a million tourists each ...
Diversification: Tunisian company turns a crisis into an opportunity
13 May 2021 | By: UNIDO
When Createx, a company specializing in manufacturing clothes for export, lost its main client during the coronavirus crisis, it was the trigger to restructure
Protecting the ozone layer, protecting the Earth: Making air-conditioning safer
22 April 2021 | By: Charles ARTHUR
China has one of the world’s fastest growing domestic markets for air conditioners. This is reflected in the fact that, from 2000 to 2020, energy demand for space cooling in Chinese buildings ...
Manufacturing firms shouldn’t fear the true cost of fuel – here’s why
08 April 2021 | By: Nicola Cantore, Massimiliano Calì, Jenny Larsen, Juergen Amann, Valentin Todorov and Charles Fang Chin Cheng
Fresh UNIDO-led research in collaboration with the World Bank provides concrete evidence that removing fossil fuel subsidies would not only make environmental sense but would also improve firms’ ...
What’s so important about mini-grids?
30 March 2021 | By: Leisa Burrell
Six hundred million people living on the continent of Africa lack access to energy. These 600 million people need electricity to light their homes and to run their businesses.
La economía circular: un cambio de paradigma para soluciones globales
22 March 2021 | By: Por
La economía circular propone un modelo completamente distinto que conduce al crecimiento y al empleo sin comprometer el medio ambiente.
