Production and calorie intake of animal-source products are expected to increase as incomes rise in middle-income countries, but further increases in food production through improvements in ...

Cancer causes one in four premature deaths in OECD countries. It damages people’s quality of life, their ability to work, and their incomes. Cancer increases health expenditure and harms the economy ...

The world is producing twice as much plastic waste as two decades ago, with the bulk of it ending up in landfill, incinerated or leaking into the environment, and only 9% successfully recycled, ...

Governments are at an inflection point in addressing climate change. While climate action has gained momentum over the past decade, current efforts are not sufficient to keep the Paris Agreement’s ...

Extreme weather events are increasing in frequency and intensity, yet their macroeconomic impacts remain poorly understood. This paper provides novel regional-level evidence on the economic ...

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 ...

From AI to synthetic biology, the speed at which emerging technologies evolve presents dilemmas for governments seeking to harness the benefits of technology while managing risks. This blog explores ...

As countries meet for the mid-year climate negotiations in Bonn starting on 16 June 2025 to discuss a proposed set of indicators to measure progress towards the Global Goal on Adaptation, what ...

A recently developed framework, the Domestic Resource Mobilisation (DRM) Framework, identifies country-specific tax policy measures and estimates their tax revenue potential to mobilise additional ...

Privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) are critical tools for building trust in the collaborative development and sharing of artificial intelligence (AI) models while ...