Activities
Our projects are seeds of change. Each one is co-created with partners, grounded in place, and designed to shift systems for both people and nature.
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UNEP IEA Guidelines
The practice of integrated environmental assessment (IEA) has evolved significantly since the last set of guidance which was developed by UN
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Himalayan Climate Change Adaptation Programme
HICAP is producing knowledge on how climate change affects natural resources, ecosystem services, and the communities that depend on them.
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GEF Marine Plastics Project
Developing a strategic roadmap to help guide the transition to circular plastic economies at local, national and global scales.
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Permafrost in coastal Arctic regions
We coordinated development of a Rapid Response Assessment to assess critical research gaps related to Arctic coastal permafrost.
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Rapid Response Assessments
This special series of reports fills the need for targeted and timely information about environmental challenges.
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European Marine Observation and Data Network – EMODnet
Making European data available to support the Maritime Spatial Planning and the Blue Economy
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Marine Litter
Marine litter and plastic pollution in the ocean is affecting ecosystems, economies and societies around the world.
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Abu Dhabi Blue Carbon Demonstration Project
Improving the understanding of carbon sequestration and other ecosystem services that coastal and marine ecosystems provide in Abu Dhabi.
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Global Tailings Dam Portal Project
The Global Tailings Portal is a public, searchable database with detailed information on more than 1,700 mine tailings dams around the world
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Nomadic Herders
Reindeer herders are facing lost pastures and land fragmentation caused by industrial development and other land-use changes.
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UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Plastic Pollution
Marine litter is everywhere and unfortunately, the Arctic Ocean is no exception.
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UNEA resolutions on marine litter
The United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) is the world’s highest-level decision-making body on the environment. It addresses the critical environmental challenges facing the world’s past, present and future. Since 2014, UNEA has passed four resolutions on marine litter, reflecting the global leadership and common understanding of plastic pollution. The UNEA resolutions on marine litter and…
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Transboundary WRM – Lake Victoria
The project will produce an Atlas of Lake Victoria’s Changing Environment, including training for local experts to create similar atlases
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Blue Carbon in West Africa
This activity will develop a strategic blue carbon assessment for the West African region.
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Marine litter predictive mapping
This pilot project develops a shoreline map to define coastal areas with different likelihood of accumulating beach litter.
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Environmental Assessment Guidelines – a writing marathon
GRID-Arendal is managing the development of updated Integrated Enviromental Assessment guidelines for UN Environment
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H2020 ECOPOTENTIAL
The project delivers products of Earth Observation data to understand and monitor changes to ecosystems.
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Waste Management in Mountain Regions
The project highlights both the challenges and the solutions for sound waste management in mountain regions.
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Blue Carbon
This theme advances innovative nature-based coastal and marine climate solutions.
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Droughts in the Anthropocene
The project Droughts in the Anthropocene will showcase and present selected case studies from around the world related to droughts and water
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Mountain Outlook Series
A series of policy assessments for different global mountain regions is being produced by GRID-Arendal and UN Environment.
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Blue Carbon Portal
This site provides a home for the international blue carbon community. It serves as a platform to share experiences and information…
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Teaterplassen 3 AS
GRID-Arendal’s office is in an environmentally friendly building centrally located in the idyllic Tyholmen area Arendal
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Mountains & SDGs
Mountains cover 25 percent of the world’s land surface, and directly support 12 percent of the world’s population living within mountain…
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Blue Finance
This project will continue to assist with the communication needs and expert advice needed by Blue Solutions.
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The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity of our Oceans (TEEB-Oceans)
Our work in this area responds to the growing demand from decision makers to better manage human activities and their impact on marine biodiversity and ecosystems.
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SDG Architect – healthy marine ecosystems
Building on the “Ocean and Us” publication, the Ecosystem Services related Blue Solutions and GEF Blue Forests work, the Architect will…
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World Ocean Assessment outreach
The goal of the project is to prepare promotional and communication products highlighting the findings of the World Ocean Assessment (WOA) report.
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UNEP National Air Quality Monitoring
UNEP and GRID-Arendal are entering into this SSFA with the overall objective of co-operating on providing assistance with the deployment…