France has made its mark in the eSports world, underpinned by a strong foundation in connectivity. France ranks among the OECD's best for user-experienced broadband performance, yet while French ...

Governments worldwide face a complex landscape marked by short-term crises, long-term priorities, declining public trust, and the pressing need for environmental and digital transformation. Addressing ...

Did you ever wonder how rising inequality and polarisation will shape education? Or how advances in artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and other technologies could transform teaching and ...

The swift evolution of AI technologies calls for policymakers to consider and proactively manage AI-driven change. The OECD’s Expert Group on AI Futures was established to help meet this need and ...

Global average temperatures temporarily breached the threshold of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels in 2024, and economic losses from extreme weather-related events are increasing rapidly, with ...

Climate action has never been more urgent. 2024 was the hottest year on record and the first to exceed an average of 1.5°C of warming. As the world faces record-breaking heat and escalating climate ...

Quantum technologies are advancing rapidly, promising new opportunities but also raising questions around privacy, digital security and responsible innovation. While the OECD is exploring principles ...

The first OECD Rural Development Conference in Latin America, overseen by OECD’s Regional Development Policy Committee (RDPC) and its Working Party on Rural Policy, will take place on 25-28 November ...

New OECD data show that government funding for civil space research is increasingly uneven, with major cutbacks in the United States offset by gains in Europe and Asia. This blog explores trends in ...

This conference is organised as part of the project "For a better mobilisation of EU direct and indirect management programmes (PGDI) in the French Outermost Regions (ORs)", carried out by the OECD at ...

Social innovation is increasingly recognised as a tool which helps to address social challenges while generating economic benefits. Social innovation involves the creation and implementation of novel ...