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'''GRID-Arendal''' is a centre collaborating with the [[United Nations Environment Programme]] (UNEP), located in [[Arendal]], [[Norway]]. The office was established in 1989 by the Norwegian Government to support the UN in the field of environment. It is part of the [[GRID]] network of environmental data and information centers, under the [[UNEP]] Division of early warning and assessment. |
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[[File:grid-arendal-offices-wide.jpg|thumb|right|470px|Photo of GRID-Arendal offices in Arendal, Norway]] |
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'''GRID-Arendal''' is a [[United Nations Environment Programme]] (UN Environment, or UNEP) partner, located in [[Arendal]], [[Norway]]. The Norwegian government created AGRID-Arendal {{Years ago|1989}} years ago. |
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GRID-Arendal supports informed decision making and awareness-raising through environmental information management and assessment, capacity building services, outreach and communication tools, methodologies and products. |
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GRID-Arendal informed there would be 50 million climate refugees by 2010.<ref>Fifty million climate refugees by 2010. (2008). In UNEP/GRID-Arendal Maps and Graphics Library. Retrieved 00:33, July 1, 2008, from https://web.archive.org/web/20080630223232/http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/fifty-million-climate-refugees-by-2010</ref> Its chart specified that part of the population impacted would come from small islands, some of which "will disappear completely."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://maps.grida.no/library/files/storage/11kap9climat.png |title=Archived copy |website=maps.grida.no |access-date=30 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110415115311/http://maps.grida.no/library/files/storage/11kap9climat.png |archive-date=15 April 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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The mission of GRID-Arendal is to create environmental knowledge enabling positive change. This is achieved by organizing and transforming available environmental data into credible, science-based information products, delivered through innovative communication tools and capacity-building services targeting relevant stakeholders. |
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The centre was established in 1989 by the Norwegian Government as a non-profit foundation to support the United Nations in the field of environmental information management and assessment, capacity-building and communications and outreach. It is part of the GRID network of environmental data and information centers, under the UNEP Division of Early Warning and Assessment (DEWA). The GRID program itself was established in 1985 as a part of [[United Nations System-wide Earthwatch|Earthwatch]] with the goal of providing useful environmental data to researchers and policymakers. GRID (Global Resource Information Database) centers also support developing countries through training programs and [[Technology transfer|transfer of technology]] pertinent to [[geographic information system]]s and [[remote sensing]]. |
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GRID-Arendal’s vision is a society that understands and values the environment on which it depends. |
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== GRID centers == |
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The Global Resource Information Database (GRID) was established in 1985 in the framework of [[United Nations System-wide Earthwatch|Earthwatch]] to provide timely and usable environmental data to the world community of researchers and policy makers. GRID centers also supports the developing countries through training programs and transfer of the technologies pertinent to the geographic information system and remote sensing. |
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*[http://www.grida.no/ Arendal, Norway] |
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*[http://www.eapap.unep.org/ Bangkok, Thailand - UNEP Environment Assessment Programme for Asia and the Pacific (EAPAP)] |
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*[http://www.gridbp.ktm.hu/indexa.htm Budapest, Hungary - Department for Environmental Information Systems] |
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*[http://www.gridc.canterbury.ac.nz/ Christchurch, New Zealand - University of Canterbury] |
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*[http://www.grid.unep.ch/ Geneva, Switzerland - Geneva Executive Centre (GEC)] |
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*[http://www.unep.org/unep/eia/ein/grid/icimod/ ICIMOD at UNEP] |
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*[http://www.icimod.org/ Kathmandu, Nepal - International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)] |
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*[http://gridmsk.infospace.ru/ Moscow, Russia] |
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*[http://gridnairobi.unep.org/ Nairobi, Kenya] |
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*[http://www.unep.org/unep/eia/ein/grid/ottawa/ Ottawa, Canada - Canada Centre for Remote Sensing] |
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*[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/grid/home San Jose dos Campos, Brazil - Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espacias (INPE)] |
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*[http://na.unep.net/ Sioux Falls, USA - EROS Data Center] |
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*[http://www.gridtb.org/ Tbilisi, Georgia] |
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*[http://www.gridw.pl/ Warsaw, Poland - Environmental Information Centre] |
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GRID-Arendal works to synthesise environmental data into information products accessible to policymakers and the public. The GRID-Arendal website hosts a [https://web.archive.org/web/20140219195238/http://maps.grida.no/ collection] of environmental graphics, photographs and maps. The organisation's motto is "Environmental Knowledge for Change". |
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The GRID-Arendal web site provides access to an extensive collection of useful maps, including [[topographic maps]] of many countries by region.<ref>[http://maps.grida.no/region GRID-Arendal collection of free maps.]</ref> GRID-Arendal encourages users to include links to country maps in their documents, although re-printing of high-resolution maps requires agreement (a link to the agreement form is given on the web site). |
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* [[United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea]] (UNCLOS) |
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* [[Elaine Baker]], [[UNESCO]] Chair in Marine Science at the University of Sydney, a position sponsored by GRID-Arendal |
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== External links == |
== External links == |
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* {{official website}} |
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* [http://www.grida.no Main web-site] |
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* [https://www.unep.org/resources/report/unepgrid-arendal-marine-programme UNEP/GRID-Arendal Marine Programme] |
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* [http://maps.grida.no Maps and graphics on environment and sustainable development] |
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Latest revision as of 21:55, 13 October 2024
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GRID-Arendal is a United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment, or UNEP) partner, located in Arendal, Norway. The Norwegian government created AGRID-Arendal 35 years ago.
GRID-Arendal informed there would be 50 million climate refugees by 2010.[1] Its chart specified that part of the population impacted would come from small islands, some of which "will disappear completely."[2]
The centre was established in 1989 by the Norwegian Government as a non-profit foundation to support the United Nations in the field of environmental information management and assessment, capacity-building and communications and outreach. It is part of the GRID network of environmental data and information centers, under the UNEP Division of Early Warning and Assessment (DEWA). The GRID program itself was established in 1985 as a part of Earthwatch with the goal of providing useful environmental data to researchers and policymakers. GRID (Global Resource Information Database) centers also support developing countries through training programs and transfer of technology pertinent to geographic information systems and remote sensing.
GRID-Arendal works to synthesise environmental data into information products accessible to policymakers and the public. The GRID-Arendal website hosts a collection of environmental graphics, photographs and maps. The organisation's motto is "Environmental Knowledge for Change".
See also
[edit]- United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)
- Elaine Baker, UNESCO Chair in Marine Science at the University of Sydney, a position sponsored by GRID-Arendal
References
[edit]- ^ Fifty million climate refugees by 2010. (2008). In UNEP/GRID-Arendal Maps and Graphics Library. Retrieved 00:33, July 1, 2008, from https://web.archive.org/web/20080630223232/http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/fifty-million-climate-refugees-by-2010
- ^ "Archived copy". maps.grida.no. Archived from the original on 15 April 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
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