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On 17 June, UNESCO New Delhi virtually launched the latest edition of the UNESCO Science Report ‘The Race against Time for Smarter Development’, through a webinar followed by a panel discussion on 'challenges and opportunities in mainstreaming smarter development in India'.

Every five years, the UNESCO Science Report provides an update of trends in science governance. It aggregates data on spending, personnel, scientific publications and patents. The latest edition tracks progress towards the UN's 2030 Sustainable Development Goals and the rapid progress of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. It also tracks the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on global research and innovation.

The “7th edition” of theReport was written by 70 authors from 52 countries. It monitors the development path that countries have been following over the past five years and highlights that countries of all income levels are prioritizing their transition to digital and ‘green’ economies. To accelerate this transition, governments are designing new policy tools to facilitate technology transfer to industry.

The report also underscores that spending on science worldwide increased by 19% between 2014 and 2018, as did the number of scientists. This trend has been further boosted by the COVID crisis. Yet, eight out of ten countries still devote less than 1% of GDP to research and  they remain largely recipients of foreign scientific expertise and technology.

The report was jointly released by Mr Eric Falt, Director, UNESCO New Delhi and Dr Akhilesh Gupta, Head, Policy Coordination & Programme Management (PCPM) Division and Climate Change, Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India. The panel discussion was moderated by Mr Benno Boer, Programme Specialist for Natural Sciences, UNESCO New Delhi.  

For wider outreach the Executive Summary of the Report has been translated into Hindi by UNESCO New Delhi.

the Hindi version

To view the video of the "Summary of the findings of the report',