Publications
Our publications include more than traditional reports. They span formats such as StoryMaps, apps, photo essays and multimedia. Each one is designed to communicate complex environmental challenges in ways that are visual, engaging, and grounded in real-world impact.
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The Changing Himalayas: Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources and Livelihoods in the Greater Himalayas
The Changing Himalayas – Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources and Livelihoods in the Greater Himalayas
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Local Responses to Too Much and Too Little Water in the Greater Himalayan Region
Five case studies were carried out between June 2008 and September 2009 (in Chitral District, Pakistan; the Koshi basin, Nepal; Bihar,…
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Khaidarkan Mercury: Addressing Primary Mercury Mining in Kyrgyzstan
UNEP and UNITAR are presenting this overview document outlining the situation regarding the world’s last known exporting mercury mine
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Blue Carbon: The Role of Healthy Oceans in Binding Carbon
The report highlights the critical role of the oceans and ocean ecosystems
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Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change on Food Security in the Canadian Arctic
If there are two global issues that have come into favour in the last decade it would have to be climate change and food security
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Environment & Poverty Times No.6
The theme of the 6th issue of Environment and Poverty Times is resource efficiency as a catalyst for a greening of the world economy and…
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Uganda: Atlas of our Changing Environment
The Uganda Atlas seeks to safeguard the country’s environment and inspire decision makers to action.
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The Natural Fix? The Role of Ecosystems in Climate Mitigation
A rapid response assessment report released by UNEP to mark World Environment Day 2009
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Vital Forest Graphics
Over the last few years, two key environmental issues, have been on the top of the environmental agenda: climate change and deforestation
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The Environmental Food Crisis: The Environment’s Role in Averting Future Food Crises
A rapid response assessment report warns that up to 25% of the world’s food production may become lost due to environmental breakdown
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Climate in Peril: A Popular Guide to the Latest IPCC Reports
A Popular Guide to the Latest IPCC Reports presents the substance of the Climate Change 2007
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Best Practices in Environmental Information Management in Africa: The Uganda Case Study
Uganda realized the need to put in place systems and structures to ensure the management of environmental information.
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GLOBIO3: A Framework to Investigate Options for Reducing Global Terrestrial Biodiversity Loss
The GLOBIO3 model has been developed to assess human-induced changes in biodiversity, in the past, present, and future at regional and global scales. The model is built on simple cause–effect relationships between environmental drivers and biodiversity impacts, based on state-of-the-art knowledge. The mean abundance of original species relative to their abundance in undisturbed ecosystems (MSA)…
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Environment and Security: The case of Central Asia
Recent political developments in Kyrgyztan and Uzbekistan have once again drawn the world s attention to the Ferghana valley. Being the …
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Kick the Habit: A UN Guide to Climate Neutrality
Written and produced by GRID-Arendal for World Environment Day 2008, shows how various levels of society can work towards climate…
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Environment & Poverty Times No.5
The paper features a collection of short articles, maps, graphics and other illustrations that focuses on the complex links between…
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In Dead Water: Merging of Climate Change with Pollution, Over-Harvest, and Infestations in the World’s Fishing Grounds
The rapid response report entitled In Dead Water has for the first time mapped the multiple and combined impacts of pollution; alien…
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The Last Stand of the Orangutan: State of Emergency-Illegal Logging, Fire and Palm Oil in Indonesia’s National Parks
State of Emergency: Illegal Logging, Fire and Palm Oil in Indonesia’s National Parks..
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Vital Caspian Graphics: Challenges Beyond Caviar
We often associate the Caspian Sea with caviar that is legally or illegally finding its way to our tables, but overlook the footprints…
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Global Outlook for Ice & Snow
The futures of hundreds of millions of people across the world will be affected by declines in snow cover, sea ice, glaciers, permafrost …
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Vital Ozone Graphics: Resource Kit for Journalists
“Vital Ozone Graphics – resource kit for journalists” is a joint publication of UNEP DTIE OzonAction and GRID-Arendal. It features 30+ new..
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Balkan Vital Graphics
Environmental protection is one of the areas where the Balkan countries still face a big challenge to catch up with their western…
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Vital Climate Graphics
The publication of this second edition was prompted by the popularity of the first edition and the obvious need for providing updated…
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Vital Arctic Graphics
The Arctic is the world’s last continuous, undeveloped and unexploited coastal and marine region.
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Our Precious Coasts: Marine Pollution, Climate Change and the Resilience of Coastal Ecosystems
Marine pollution, climate change and the resilience of coastal ecosystems. Scientists studying reefs that were bleached in the late 1990s ..
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