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“Just signing agreements is not enough”
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World gathers in Nairobi next month to take action on environment
Read MoreAfrica’s “Blue Economy” key to a sustainable future: New policy handbook shows the way
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Africa’s vast lakes and ocean resources are key to the future wealth and sustainable development of the continent – if properly used. Traditional approaches to development focussed only on economic outcomes and were measured only in terms of how much a country’s economy grew. Environmental, social and other considerations didn’t count. But these days thinking…
Read MoreSprinting to Finish Gender and Environment Report
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How can gender issues be brought to the heart of environmental assessment and decision-making? That question is the essence of the United Nations Environment Programme’s Global Gender and Environment Outlook (GGEO) to be released at the second United Nations Environmental Assembly to be held in Nairobi, Kenya in late May this year. GRID-Arendal’s Tina Schoolmeester…
Read MoreVisualizing Future Challenges In The Arctic
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All over the Arctic indigenous peoples are feeling the effects of human-induced changes to their livelihoods. And while the effects of climate change are important, for reindeer herders there is an even more pressing concern – the consequences of lost pastures and land fragmentation caused by industrial development and other land-use changes. Like other Arctic…
Read More[It shouldn’t] rain at Arctic Frontiers
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It’s not supposed to rain 350 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle. In January. But the first day of this year’s Arctic Frontiers Conference was greeted by grey skies and showers. The snow – and howling wind – came at the end of the week. Tromsø, of course, is Norway’s major northern city. It boasts…
Read MoreOpinion: Conversations Beyond Development
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Yannick Beaudoin, Chief Scientist
Read MoreAll that the ocean does for us
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How do we describe — and measure — everything the ocean does for us? This was a key question at the the third annual Mapping Ocean Wealth project meeting that GRID-Arendal recently attended in Miami, Florida. One of the primary goals of Mapping Ocean Wealth is to calculate and describe – in quantitative and spatial…
Read MoreMore than a Billion People Depend on Wetlands for Livelihoods
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Celebrated 2 February under the theme “Wetlands for our Future: Sustainable Livelihoods“, the World Wetlands Day 2016 marks the 45th anniversary of signing of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. Over 800 events worldwide will highlight the vital role of wetlands for human wellbeing and promote their sustainable use. It is estimated that more than a…
Read More“Great stories and beautiful photos”
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Many Strong Voices Arctic youth photo project on display in Canada
Read MorePortraits of Resilience
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Through Our Eyes – By youth from Alaska
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