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Environmental Knowledge for Change

GRID-Arendal is a collaborating centre of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).  Established  in 1989  by the Government of Norway as a Norwegian Foundation, our mission is to communicate environmental information to policy-makers and facilitate environmental decision-making for change.  We are located in Arendal, Southern Norway, with outposted offices in Geneva, Ottawa and Stockholm.

HighlightsFeatured publicationsSelected maps & graphics
GA hosts public screening of The Age of Stupid, 2 December at Kino 1 in Arendal
ECORA Report now available in both English and Russian
Celebrating 20 Years! GRID-Arendal celebrates milestone
Mapping environmental security issues in the southern Mediterranean
Vital Ozone Graphics 2 - Climate Link
Khaidarkan Mercury - Addressing primary mercury mining in Kyrgyzstan
The potential impact of a 5-metre sea level rise in Florida and Southeast Asia
A Planet in Ecological Debt
Agriculture land use distribution - croplands and pasture land
Africa Agriculture Assessments Balkans Biodiversity Climate Change E-book Environment and Security Forests Indigenous Peoples Mapping Marine Ozone Polar Poverty State of Environment Urban Waste Water

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Vacancies

Africa Coordinator, GRID-Arendal
Application deadline 30 November 2009

Press Releases

UN Carbon Markets Powering Green Energy Growth in Africa
Tuesday 17 Nov 2009
Grassroots initiatives from Bangladesh to Zimbabwe are the Gold Winners of the 2009 SEED Awards
Tuesday 10 Nov 2009
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