GRID Polar Division News

The main objective of the seminar is to identify opportunities for using the global and regional Multilateral Environmental Agreements as policy tools to strengthen environment management to support sustainable development in the Arctic region and minimize negative global impact from Arctic environmental change

A range of events, reflecting the threats from global warming to the people and wildlife across the world, are to be staged in Norway’s most northerly city Tromsø as well as the capital Oslo and other Norwegian cities. 2007 also marks the start of International Polar Year.

Preliminary announcement of the "Multilateral Environmental Agreements and their relevance to the Arctic" seminar 21-22 September 2006 in Arendal, Norway

WWF and GRID-Arendal workshop on conservation and vulnerability in the NW Russia and Northern Norway regions, March 22-24 2006 in Murmansk, Russia

The Polar Programme will host the first development meeting for the Many Small Voices Project, March 20-21 in Ottawa, Canada

GRID-Arendal has recently been approached by Indigenous Peoples organizations that have seen UNEP's logo on the web-site of the company Wildlife Works. This has been incorrectly interpreted as UNEP support to anti-sealing campaigns. UNEP adhers to the principle of sustainable use, and endorses the rights of Indigenous Peoples to carry out their traditional activities within the principle of sustainable use.

The GEO Year Book 2006 is the third annual survey of the changing global environment produced by the United Nations Environment Programme, in collaboration with many world experts in environmental research and action. Joan Eamer at GRID-Arendal had the responsbility for the polar section.

The graphic products section of this web-site has been revised and is now connected with the main GRID-Arendal maps and graphics database.

Montreal, 6 December 2005 - UN Environment Builds Bridges Between Vulnerable Peoples in the Arctic and Small Islands

GRID-Arendal's Polar Programme is organizing a roundtable discussion at the coming UN Climate Convention meeting in Montreal (COP XI). The theme of the roundtable is Climate Change in Vulnerable Regions - the Arctic and Small Island Developing States and will take place on Arctic Day, Tuesday, December 6 in Montréal.