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To improve the economic, environmental and social conditions of developed and developing countries through mitigating climate change and by developing a new model of economic growth that simultaneously targets economic performance and environmental sustai

10/12/2026

The policy challenge around AI is no longer only how to control risk. It is how to build governance systems that make responsible implementation possible.

As AI becomes embedded across public institutions, markets and social systems, governance increasingly shapes the conditions under which adoption can succeed. It determines where accountability sits, what standards guide deployment, how evidence is assessed, and how institutions respond when performance changes over time.

This makes governance an enabling framework as much as a protective one.

Well-designed systems can reduce uncertainty, clarify institutional responsibilities and create more credible pathways from experimentation to wider adoption. They can also help ensure that innovation remains responsive to public interest, local context and changing evidence.

For policymakers and institutional leaders, the question is therefore becoming more precise:

What kind of governance architecture allows AI to scale responsibly without weakening oversight, adaptability or public trust?

10/02/2026

ICEED is excited to share that Ken Kitatani recently had the honour of meeting His Majesty King Charles III at Dumfries House in Scotland and was appointed as a member of an AI committee convened by His Majesty through The King’s Foundation.

During the gathering, Ken also introduced the establishment of the United Nations University AI Hub (UNU AI Hub) in London and had constructive discussions with fellow members about potential areas for future collaboration.

09/28/2026

Young people are already forming ideas about the world they want to live in. They are studying emerging technologies, building businesses, organising communities, questioning inherited systems, and looking for credible ways to contribute to change.

The challenge is no longer whether they are ready to participate. It is whether institutions are prepared to recognise them as contributors while the most consequential decisions are still being made.

AI will continue to reshape education, employment, healthcare, public services, communication, and economic opportunity. Many of the choices being made today will define the systems young people inherit, lead, and eventually be expected to repair. When they remain outside the rooms where those choices are made, institutions lose more than a perspective. They lose access to the generation already interpreting where society is heading.

Inviting young people into AI governance is therefore connected to the quality and durability of the decisions institutions make today. It creates an opportunity to build with the future in the room, rather than waiting for the future to challenge what has already been built.

09/04/2026

As we reflect on the launch of the UNU Hub on Artificial Intelligence for Climate, Governance and Culture, we are especially grateful to the people who supported it and made it a success.

At the centre of this work is a team committed to keeping AI development and application connected to people, communities, and the global challenges that shape our lives.

We thank our colleagues at ICEED, our partners at the United Nations University (UNU) and SOAS University of London, and guests and contributors who shared this important moment with us. We are proud of what we have built together and look forward to carrying that same spirit of collaboration into the work ahead.

Photo Credit 📸: Yasmine Tohme

09/02/2026

ICEED is pleased to announce the launch of the UNU Hub on Artificial Intelligence for Climate, Governance and Culture, in partnership with the United Nations University (UNU) and SOAS University of London.

Located at SOAS, the Hub brings together UNU’s research expertise across the multilateral system, SOAS’s academic impact and ICEED’s public–private partnerships to explore how artificial intelligence can be responsibly developed and applied across climate, governance and culture.

The hub's work will span research, development and innovation; education, training and capacity-building; and outreach, advocacy and impact. Through these three pillars, it will produce policy-relevant research, strengthen institutional capacity and develop practical approaches to help societies navigate the opportunities and systemic transformations created by AI.

We look forward to working with our partners to advance responsible, evidence-informed applications of AI that contribute to sustainable development and human well-being.

Read the official press release to learn more about the Hub and its mandate:
i-ceed.org/2026/08/unu-hub-launch/

📸 Photo credit: Tohme

08/28/2026

ICEED calls for more inclusive and coordinated approaches to AI governance, reflecting a broader need for institutions to make decisions across fast-moving, interconnected systems.

The challenge is that evidence, regulation, investment, implementation, and public expectations often evolve at the same pace. This can create gaps between what is technically possible, what institutions are prepared to govern, what resources are available, and what societies are ready to adopt.

The opportunity is to create the conditions for better-informed, more coordinated action: bringing the right stakeholders together, strengthening policy insight, and building partnerships that can translate emerging ideas into responsible, practical outcomes.

Learn more about ICEED’s work at I-CEED.org.

08/07/2026

At ICEED, we believe the true value of AI in healthcare lies in strengthening healthcare systems and improving access to quality care.

📌How can healthcare professionals integrate AI into their clinical workflows?
📌In what ways can facilities with limited resources use it effectively?
📌Does it reach the communities that could benefit most?
📌 And once a diagnosis is made, how can patients access the treatment, follow-up care, and support?

Building stronger healthcare systems through AI calls for collaboration among research, policy, clinical practice, technology, and investment. Bringing these perspectives together creates opportunities to develop solutions that are both innovative and responsive to real-world needs.

Explore how ICEED is advancing dialogue and forging partnerships that are shaping the future of AI in healthcare at ICEED.org.

07/15/2026

World Youth Skills Day 2026 calls us to reflect on what it truly takes to build a shared future through intergenerational collaboration.

While younger generations often bring imagination, urgency, courage, and innovative perspectives, experienced leaders offer invaluable strategic guidance, institutional memory, and lessons learned through practice. The integration of these distinct yet complementary strengths establishes a robust foundation for technological innovation, economic cooperation, and societal progress.

In a world shaped by rapid technological change, climate pressure, and shifting global realities, youth investment is becoming increasingly urgent, particularly as skills create opportunity, trust builds confidence, and participation inspires leadership.

07/03/2026

The gap between what AI systems are designed to do and what they are actually doing is where the most important governance information lives and where the evidence base for more responsive policy gets built.

Closing that distance requires consistent documentation across jurisdictions, shared terminology that makes findings legible across different legal systems, and a direct connection between what monitoring reveals and the institutions where governance decisions are made. As the pace at which AI systems are being deployed across high-stakes environments increases, the urgency of building them well is consequential.

For ICEED, this is an important area of active engagement that contributes to effective AI governance grounded in evidence, responsive to what is actually happening, and oriented toward both present realities and future developments.

Learn more about our work in AI governance on our website at I-CEED.org

06/19/2026

Crisis creates pressure for immediate answers. And immediate answers have their place.

But the decisions that shape outcomes well beyond the moment they were made are just as important.

🍀 What are the consequences of this decision beyond the immediate?
🍀 Whose context is different from ours, and how does that change what we are looking at?
🍀 What does this make possible or foreclose for the systems that come after?

This approach makes governance more durable, frameworks more adaptable, and coordination more practical when it matters most. Across the spaces ICEED engages in, the conversation extends beyond current challenges to how systems prepare for what comes next.

For us, governing effectively and navigating crises well begins long before the crisis arrives, with the quality of the questions being asked, the depth of the thinking applied, and the willingness to look further than the immediate consequences and shape what comes next.

Read more on our work at I-CEED.org (blog). Link in bio.

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