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Technology and innovation play a key role in sustainable development. However, our socio-economic system does not provide adequate drivers of innovation and technological change aimed at this goal. This theme explores how innovation and technology can better contribute to sustainable development.

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Integrating Science & Technology into Development Policies: An International Perspective

22-May-2007

This publication presents the proceedings of an international workshop, held in South Africa, that addressed how international co-operation in science and technology can further the three inter-related aspects (economic, social and environmental) of the development process. The workshop focused on good practices in international S&T partnerships, specifically in the areas of water and energy.
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Arresting the impending environmental imbalances and ecological instability and moving towards sustainable development call for establishing a new multilateral framework for co-operation in environmental science and technology.

International Science and Technology Co-operation: Towards Sustainable Development