Report

This DOT report provides an overview of DOT’s achievements and learnings in Lebanon during 2021. The report also provides a visual presentation of DOT’s achievements: more than 5,672 beneficiaries, more than 456 people with disabilities became digitally abled and more than 3,500 young girls and women entered productive employment. It concludes that while digitalization poses some challenges, it also creates opportunities to promote more inclusive and sustainable solutions to empower vulnerable youth.

This report investigates how Norwegian aid may contribute to reducing emissions while fighting poverty. Three areas where Norway already has a strong record are clean energy, energy transition, nature-based solutions, and sustainable food systems. In addition to these, three areas where there is potential for cooperation are green taxes, the circular economy and urbanization, and green urban development. 

The Global Youth Energy Outlook (GYEO) is the first youth-led research project of its kind organized by Student Energy to engage over 40,000 young people ages 18 to 30 and share their perspectives on the energy transition. The research highlights that most young people want their countries to take immediate and drastic climate action. At the same time, public and private sector leaders are called upon to actively create opportunities for young people and meaningfully engage youth in decision-making spaces.

This report explores how a well-being approach can help build back better and identifies common well-being priorities for recovery.

This report assesses the needs for future skills development and demand creation in Bhutan in the context of the changing nature of work, The report aims to contribute to Bhutan's future skilling strategy and share research insights on three globally implemented innovation labs: Standford’s d.school, the Harvard iLab, and the MIT Media Lab The report concludes that many of the core ingredients for future skilling and demand creation already exist in Bhutan. However, existing efforts, lack the momentum and coordination they need to thrive in the digital economy.

This report focuses on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) and presents findings drawn from the narratives of over 150 young female STEM professionals in seven countries. The report showcases how confidence in their own abilities helps women deal with setbacks. At the same time, the report highlights the critical role that support from parents, mentors, and partners play in women’s success in STEM.

School closures during COVID-19 (coronavirus) led to an unprecedented global experiment in the delivery of remote learning. This report seeks to assess what lessons can be drawn from experiences of remote learning during COVID-19 in K-12 education, with a focus on low- and middle-income countries.

This study includes three main sections that have been organized in chronological order within this report: the first one, “What can we learn from education emergency responses in low- and middle-income countries?” analyzes the emergency education responses to the COVID-19 pandemic of over 120 governments from April until May 2020.

This paper assesses the link between human capital, emission and technological change, using OECD data on employed individuals’ cognitive skills as well as industrial emissions. The findings demonstrate that higher levels of cognitive skills are associated with employment in industries that rely less on emissions. In addition, those industries have been able over time to reduce their reliance on emissions for production.

This Global Guidance Document provides an overview of how educators can prepare students to participate in the just transition to a green and more inclusive economy.