Global Modelling of Natural Hazard Risks: Enhancing Existing Capabilities to Address New Challenges

This report analyses existing gaps in data, knowledge and practices in the field of risk assessment for large and complex disasters.

Technology and game theory

Mobile phones and e-books are already essential school supplies on many university campuses. But they’re just slide rules compared to what education tools might look like in a few years.

Symposium on Monitoring Global Threats: The Contribution of Satellite Technologies

This symposium will highlight some of the key results from ongoing OECD work on innovative technologies for tackling major societal challenges. Specifically, it draws on a series of five special workshops organised in the first half of 2012 which examined space technologies’ current and future contribution to surveillance and early warning on global threats.

Innovation: la crise économique et la morosité des perspectives mettent à mal la R&D, selon l’OCDE

Le financement privé de la recherche et du développement a été frappé de plein fouet par la crise économique, la quasi-totalité de des pays de l’OCDE affichant un recul des investissements susceptible de pénaliser l’innovation et la croissance à long terme, selon un nouveau rapport de l’OCDE.

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Rapports du Forum mondial de la science

Publications et documents du Forum mondial de la science de l'OCDE

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• Global Science Forum reports

Forum de l'OCDE 2012

Dans un climat économique toujours plus complexe, face à l’inquiétude et la frustration générale grandissantes, les gouvernements et les organisations internationales sont appelés à trouver des sources d’inspiration nouvelles et à réfléchir différemment. Tout en développant des stratégies de croissance économique et d’emploi à long terme, les politiques doivent répondre aux attentes d’une société plus juste et plus inclusive. En 2012,

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OECD biotechnology newsletter updates

The purpose of the OECD Biotechnology Update is to provide up-to-date information on the diverse activities at OECD related to biotechnology. The most recent newsletters are listed here.

Insights blogpost: OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard: Innovation and Growth in Knowledge Economies

This blogpost from the OECD Insights Blog sets out some of the main findings from the OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2011, including where scientific research is being done and what impact it has, how patents are tracking the impact of science and more.

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Video: Innovation and patents

The quality of patent filings has fallen by 20% over the past two decades, as reported in this 2-minute video. Fall in quality reduces the potential for breakthrough inventions, says the OECD's Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2011.

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Is green growth just a fantasy? Knowledge, innovation and the promise of a better life for all

This post from the OECD Insights Blog discusses OECD's new study, "Fostering Innovation for Green Growth" and what governments can do to promote innovation and specific issues such as green innovation.

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