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Since 2012 this small city on the south coast of Norway has hosted a week of political debates and policy discussions unlike anything I’ve e

By Yannick Beaudoin, Chief Scientist at GRID-ArendalA few days spent at the recent Africa Export-Import Bank’s 2016 Annual General Sharehold

By Yannick Beaudoin, Chief Scientist at GRID-ArendalA few days spent at the recent Africa Export-Import Bank’s 2016 Annual General Sharehold

The Blue Solutions Initiative held its “Regional Forum on Solutions for Oceans, Coasts and Human Wellbeing in Africa“, on 31 May to 3 June 2

A new report says we need to act now if we want to avoid living in a sea of plastic by mid-century – even if we don’t know everything about

One of the most successful public health campaigns in the world was to stop people smoking tobacco. We know that smoking tobacco increases t

The Limpopo River rises in central southern Africa and stretches through Botswana, South Africa, and Zimbabwe before meeting the Indian Ocea

If you ask your neighbour who is most threatened by air pollution, the answer will likely be people living in cities like Beijing or Mumbai.

GRID-Arendal was front and centre in several important events at the second United Nations Environmental Assembly held recently in Nairobi,

By Tina SchoolmeesterOver the past year I have been fortunate to be part of the lead authors team of the Global Gender Environment Outlook (

By Peter Harris, Managing Director at GRID-Arendal. There has been a lot of bad news in the last weeks about coral reefs. We have heard that

The first day of UNEA-2 is over and Yannick Beaudoin reflects on one of many important events – Extractive resources, peace and sustainable

Nyheten om at Norges tidligere miljø- og utviklingsminister blir leder for FNs miljøprogram (UNEP), kommer på et meget viktig tidspunkt i fø

The announcement that Norway’s former environment minister as new head of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) comes at an import

Lima, Peru 28 April 2016 – A new report recommends that adapting to climate change in the Tropical Andes requires a regional strategy that m

Kari Synnøve Johansen recently travelled to Guinea Bissau to help run a regional workshop on linking marine ecosystem services and developme

Last year saw the adoption of two groundbreaking environmental agreements on sustainable development and climate change. Next month, several

Africa’s vast lakes and ocean resources are key to the future wealth and sustainable development of the continent – if properly used.Traditi

How can gender issues be brought to the heart of environmental assessment and decision-making?That question is the essence of the United Nat

All over the Arctic indigenous peoples are feeling the effects of human-induced changes to their livelihoods.And while the effects of climat

«There are more ideas on earth than intellectuals imagine. And these ideas are more active, stronger, more resistant, more passionate than “

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 pr

Celebrated 2 February under the theme “Wetlands for our Future: Sustainable Livelihoods“, the World Wetlands Day 2016 marks the 45th anniver

As you walk through the front entrance of the Vancouver Aquarium, you are struck by the images.Two-metre long banners containing photos and

Whenever a big storm hits our town, it erodes the land from the ocean side and the lagoon side. Whenever there are really big waves it washe