- Completed
- Ideas in development
- In progress
- No results found
- Coastal Habitats
- Comms & Outreach (General)
- Global
- Marine
- Mountains
- Polar
- Transboundary Governance
- Waste & Marine Litter
- No results found
- 1 - No Poverty
- 2 - Zero Hunger
- 3 - Good Health and Well-being
- 4 - Quality Education
- 5 - Gender Equality
- 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation
- 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
- 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
- 9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
- 10 - Reduce Inequalities
- 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
- 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
- 13 - Climate Action
- 14 - Life Below Water
- 15 - Life on Land
- 16 - Peace and Justice Strong Institutions
- 17 - Partnerships to achieve the Goal
- SDGs to transform our world
- No results found
- Aalborg University
- Aarhus University
- Abidjan Convention
- Åbo Akademi University
- Accreditation Services International GmbH (ASI)
- ACTeon
- African Circular Economy Network
- African Development Bank Group
- African Ministers' Council on Water
- AGEDI
- Aleut International Association
- Alpine Convention
- Andøya Space Center
- Animal Welfare Institute
- ARCOS Network
- Arctic Council
- Arctic Council Indigenous Peoples Secretariat
- Arctic Monitoring & Assessment Programme
- Arendal bibliotek
- Arendal Kommune
- Arendal voksenopplæring
- Asian Development Bank (ADB)
- Association of Nature Conservation Organisations of Tajikistan (ANCOT)
- Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS)
- ATLAN Space
- AWI
- AZTI-Tecnalia
- BEF
- Behavioural Insights Team
- Belize Ministry of Blue Economy and Civil Aviation
- Bentley University
- Blue Climate Solutions
- Blue Forests
- Blue Ventures
- BMLFUW
- BOKU
- BP
- BRS Secretariat
- BSNN
- CAFF
- CARPATCLIM
- CarpathCC
- Carpathian Convention
- Catapult Satellite Applications
- C-CORE
- CCP - UNODC-WCO Container Control Programme
- Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering & Technology (CIPET)
- Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas)
- Centre for the Ocean and the Arctic (Havarktis)
- Centro de Conservación Cetacea
- Church of England
- CICERO
- CIEL - Center for International Environmental Law
- CITES
- Clean Seas
- Climate & Clean Air Coalition (CCAC)
- Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN)
- Clinton Foundation
- CMS Secretariat
- CNR-ISMAR Istituto di Scienze Marine
- Collabrative Partnership on Forests (CPF)
- Collecte Localisation Satellites (CLS)
- Condesan
- Conservation International
- Convention on Biological Diversity
- Coral Triangle Centre
- Council of Ethics of the Swedish National Pension Funds
- Creasion
- CSIC
- CSP
- Danube Delta National Institute for Research and Development (DDNI)
- Department of Environmental Affairs
- Doko Recyclers
- Duke University
- East African Community
- Ecopotential
- EIA
- Ellen MacArthur Foundation
- Environmental Agency Abu Dhabi (EAD)
- Environment Management Group (EMG)
- Environment Protection Agency Sierra Leone (EPASL)
- ENVSEC
- ESRI
- Eurac Research
- European Space Agency (ESA)
- Eye on Earth
- FAO
- Federal Ministry for the Environment Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMUV)
- Federal Research Center – Kola Science Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada
- Fishguard
- FN Byen
- FN-Sambandet
- Footprints of Africa
- Forest Trends
- Forum for Women and Development (FOKUS)
- GEF
- GEO6
- GIZ
- Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment (GMBA)
- Global Nutrient Cycle Project
- Global Partnership on Marine Litter (GPML)
- Global Partnership on Nutrient Management (GPNM)
- Global Peatlands Initiative
- Global Programme of Action (GPA)
- Global Snow Leopard & Ecosystem Protection Programme (GSLEP)
- Global Wastewater Initiative (GW21)
- Global Water Partnership Southern Africa (GWPSA)
- GOTHECA
- Government of Norway
- Government of Sweden
- Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
- GPC Group
- Great Apes Survival Partnership (UN-GRASP)
- Greater Virunga Transboundary Collaboration
- Greenland Institute of Natural Resources
- GRID-Arendal Marine Litter
- GRID-Geneva
- GRID-Warsaw
- Handelens Miljøfond
- Hej!Support
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research
- Hicling Arthurs Low
- Hokkaido University
- Humboldt University of Berlin
- IASS
- ICCROM
- ICIMOD
- ICLEI Africa
- ICOMOS
- ICPDR
- IETC
- IFMGA
- IFOAM – Organics International
- Ilbirs Foundation
- IMPRESS
- IMR (Havforskningsinstituttet)
- INOPOL
- Institute of Marine Research
- Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences
- International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry
- International Climate Initiative (IKI)
- International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation
- International Environmental Technology Centre (UNEP-IETC)
- International Federation of Mountain Guides Associations
- International Knowledge Hub Against Plastic Pollution (IKHAPP)
- International Maritime Organisation (IMO)
- International Organization for Migration (IOM) Norway
- Interpol
- Interstate commission on sustainable development (ICSD)
- IPEN
- IPS
- IRP
- ISWA
- ISWA - WOW!
- IUCN
- IUEM
- IUFRO
- IW:Learn
- IWMI
- JNCC
- Kilian Jornet Foundation
- Klimapartnere
- KMFRI
- Kola Science Centre
- Komunitas Tera
- LabexMER
- Lake Victoria Basin Commission
- Leadership for Environment and Development Nepal (LEAD NEPAL)
- Limpopo Watercourse Commission (LIMCOM)
- MAP
- Marine and Freshwater Research Institute
- Marine Coastal Policy
- MAVA Foundation
- Maxar
- Medvind
- MESP
- Meteorologisk Institutt
- Ministerium Für Ein Lebenswertes Österreich
- Ministry of Foregn Affairs of Finland
- MIO-ESCDE
- Mountain Partnership
- Mountain Research Initiative (MRI)
- MPAEM Guinea
- Mu Gamma Consultants
- Multilateral Fund
- Nairobi Convention
- National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS)
- National Research Council (CNR)
- NATO
- NEMA
- New Plastics Economy
- NILU
- NINA (Norwegian Institute for Nature Research)
- NIVA
- NIWA
- NOAA
- Nomadic Herders Foundation
- NORAD
- NORCE
- Nordic World Heritage Foundation
- Norges Naturvernforbund
- Northern Arctic Federal University in Arkhangelsk (NARFU)
- NORUT
- Norway's International Climare and Forest Initiative (NICFI)
- Norwegian Blue Forests Network (NBFN)
- Norwegian Embassy of Copenhagen
- Norwegian Geotechnical Institute
- Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA)
- Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment
- Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA)
- Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI)
- Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU)
- NR (Norwegian Computing Center)
- NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
- NUI Galway
- Nunataryuk
- Ocean Alive
- OceanCare
- Ocean Conservancy
- OCTO: Open Communications for The Ocean
- ODINAfrica
- OKACOM
- OLTT
- OSCE
- PAME
- PanEco
- PLB Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
- PRC Marine (PRCM)
- Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation for the Environment
- ProSea Foundation
- Rainforest Foundation Norway
- RAMPAO
- RARE
- Regional Environmental Center (REC)
- ResilienSea
- RHIPTO
- Royal Government of Bhutan
- Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA)
- Saami Council
- SAICM - Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management
- SALT
- SARDC
- Scientific Network of the Caucasus Mountain Region
- SeaSketch
- Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC)
- SESYNC
- Seven
- Sida
- SIDS DOCK
- SINTEF
- Snow Leopard Trust
- Southern African Development Community (SADC)
- Southern Illinois University Carbondale
- SPREP
- SRM Institute of Science and Technology (SRM)
- Sustainable Caucasus
- Sustainable Seas Trust
- Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System (SIOS)
- Szent István University
- Taiga Nature Society
- Technical University of Denmark
- The Asia Foundation
- The Association of World Reindeer Herders
- The Basel Convention
- The Centre of Marine Sciences of the Algarve (CCMAR)
- The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
- The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
- The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)
- The Marine Foundation
- The Nature Conservancy
- The Nomadic Herders Project
- The Nordic Council and Nordic Council of Ministers
- The Norwegian ForUM for Development and Environment
- The Open University of the Netherlands
- The Rotterdam Convention
- The Stockholm Convention
- The Universities Council on Water Resources (UCOWR)
- The University of Vienna
- The World Bank
- TMSI
- Toxics Link
- Traffic
- Trygg Mat Tracking (TMT)
- TVE
- UArctic
- UBO
- UCL
- Uganda Wildlife Society (UWS)
- UMR AMURE
- UNDP
- UNDP Norway
- UNECA
- UNECE
- UN Environment
- UN Environment Regional Seas Programme
- UNEP
- UNEP ROE
- UNEP-Vienna
- UNEP-WCMC
- UNESCO
- UNESCO World Heritage Centre
- UN HABITAT
- UNICEF Norway
- UNICRI
- UNIDO
- Union of International Mountain Leader Associations
- United Nations Forum on Forests
- United Nations Institute of Training and Research (UNITAR)
- Universidade Lusófona
- University Centre of the Westfjords
- University College Cork
- University of Agder (UIA)
- University of Akureyri
- University of Bergen (UiB)
- University of Birmingham
- University of Copenhagen
- University of East Anglia
- University of Georgia
- University of Gothenburg
- University of Kwazulu-Natal
- University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences
- University of Southampton
- University of Stirling
- University of Sydney
- University of Tokyo
- University of Tromsø
- University of Tromsø (UiT)
- University of Vienna
- University of Wollongong
- USAID
- USAID - Southern Africa
- USGS
- Vizzuality
- VLIZ
- Wageningen University
- WAITT Foundation
- Wetlands International Afrique
- Whale and Dolphin Conservation
- WIEGO
- World Agroforestry Center
- WorldFish Center
- World Meteorological Organization
- World Resources Institute (WRI)
- WWF
- WWF Bhutan
- WWF Norway
- Yayasan Ecosystem Lestari (YEL)
- Youth and Education Alliance (YEA!)
- Zambezi Watercourse Commission (ZAMCOM)
- Zambia Environmental Management Agencyc(ZEMA)
- ZOI
- No results found
- Marine Environment
- Polar and Climate
- Transboundary Governance & Environmental Crime
- Waste and Marine Litter
- No results found
The African Marine Litter Outlook Pre-Publication Event
An online event to celebrate the pre-publication of the African Marine Litter outlook
PRReSUP
An assessment of policy and investment options for reducing plastics into the marine environment in Pacific Island Countries (PICs)
ResilienSEA – Resilient Seagrasses
The ResilienSEA project aims to enhance the scientific expertise and management of seagrass meadows in seven West Africa countries.
Blue Forests Project
The Blue Forests Project is a global initiative focused on harnessing the values associated with coastal carbon and ecosystem services...
IW:LEARN
The goal of the project is to strengthen knowledge management capacity and promote scaled-up learning of disseminated experiences...
Circular Economy on the African Continent
Working in collaboration with the African Circular Economy Network and Footprints Africa to fill the gap.
H2020 - ResponSEAble - Ocean Literacy
ResponSEAble - Protecting the ocean: our collective responsibility, our common interest - Supporting the development of cost-effective ocean
GRID-Arendal eBook Library
As part of its awareness programme, GRID-Arendal has prepared this collection of feature-rich eBook versions of selected publication...
Barents Sea Leadership on Marine Litter
The project aims to raise awareness, promote leadership and strengthen cooperation to reduce marine pollution in the region.
Beach Macro Litter Monitoring E-Course
Sustainable Seas Trust (SST) and GRID-Arendal are proud to announce the launch of a free online e-learning course for citizen scientists.
Blue Finance
This project will continue to assist with the communication needs and expert advice needed by Blue Solutions.
GOTHECA-NOCK
A pilot study of the drivers and impacts of freshwater discharge from glacial systems in Norway and the Chinese Karakoram.
Climate Leaders Training
This programme focuses on leadership issues related to natural resources, strengthen leadership and management competencies and mind-set
FARE Project
The FARE project is dedicated to creating the First steps towards an Assessment of plastic Risk to the Norwegian Environment.
Waste Management in Mountain Regions
The project highlights both the challenges and the solutions for sound waste management in mountain regions.
Marine Pollution in the Arctic: Global Linkages and Global Solutions
GRID-Arendal hosted an event bringing together policymakers, ambassadors, experts and civil society on marine pollution in the Arctic.
Nordic Blue Carbon
A research project funded by the Norwegian Environment Agency (2017-2020) on climate adaptation, carbon capture and long-term storage.
Mountain Talks – webinar series for mountaineers and guides
Mountain Talks bring together the latest perspectives on environmental & climate issues that affect the mountaineering & guiding community.
Boosting Blue Forests Education and Capacity Building
Aims to raise awareness & develop education activities for blue forests. Includes a digital learning platform & geo-referenced database.
Norwegian Blue Forests Network (NBFN)
The network’s goal is to advance the blue forest approach in addressing climate change and meeting the SDGs
Peace building and Law of the Sea in the Pacific Ocean
This project works with 14 Pacific Islands Countries to finalise extended continental shelf boundaries.
Oceanic Blue Carbon
Responding to the call from the UN Environment and the Global Environment Facility for innovative actions to help address climate change...
ICES Seafloor Litter Categorization Test
Environmental Crime Waste Traffic
With raising global consumption patterns the amounts of waste increases, and scrupulous waste management is threatened with the illegal...
Marine Litter in the Arctic
Marine litter is found even in the most remote parts of the Arctic.
UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Plastic Pollution
Marine litter is everywhere and unfortunately, the Arctic Ocean is no exception.
University of the Arctic
The University of the Arctic is a cooperative network of more than 170 universities, colleges, research institutes and other organizations.
The Mami Wata Project
The Mami Wata project applies and develops capacity on Integrated Ocean Management in countries of the African Atlantic coast.
Fragility, Conflict and Security
Using information from Earth Observation technology to reduce environmental and human insecurity
West Africa - Continuing extend continental shelves
This initiative builds on a 2014 joint submission to the UN to extend continental shelves beyond the current limit of 200 nautical miles.
H2020 ECOPOTENTIAL
The project delivers products of Earth Observation data to understand and monitor changes to ecosystems.
Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (ABNJ)
Develop and pilot tools and approaches for area based planning in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (ABNJ).
Support for launch of the Nordic Report
GRID-Arendal is supporting release of the Nordic Council report "Possible Elements of a New Global Agreement to Prevent Plastic Pollution".
Investigative Environmental Journalism Grants
Increasing awareness of environmental crime issues through financial support to investigative environmental journalists
European Marine Observation and Data Network - EMODnet
Making European data available to support the Maritime Spatial Planning and the Blue Economy
International policy development to combat marine litter
Marine litter and plastic pollution are global issues that affect the whole world.
PANORAMA - Solutions for a Healthy Planet
PANORAMA is a global partnership initiative to document and promote examples of inspiring, replicable solutions across
SeaBee
Norwegian Infrastructure for Drone-based research, mapping and monitoring in the coastal zone
Household Waste Management
Environmentally sound management of household waste is one of the challenges faced by national governments and municipalities.
Adaptation at Altitude
Increasing resilience and adaptive capacity of mountain communities and ecosystems to climate change.
ECOTIP
The ECOTIP project investigates ecosystem tipping points and their cascading effects in the Arctic, from melting ice to changing fisheries.
Nunataryuk H2020
Nunataryuk is a Horizon 2020 project which investigates the impact of permafrost thaw in Arctic coastal areas .
Support to the Tehran Convention
Supporting the Interim Secretariat with the implementation of the Convention Program of Work and the organization of COP6.
Arctic PASSION
Arctic PASSION is co-developing and implementing an Arctic observations system that is tuned to the needs of diverse users.
Teaterplassen 3 AS
GRID-Arendal's office is in an environmentally friendly building centrally located in the idyllic Tyholmen area Arendal
The FishGuard Initiative
Enhancing governments’ presence at sea through the provision of low-cost intelligent technological solutions and local capacity building.
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and the Blue Carbon Market
The Pacific CTCN
Capacity development to access risks in the coastal zone associated with climate change
Wastewater management and sanitation provision in Africa
Developing and disseminating knowledge towards enhancing wastewater management and sanitation service delivery in Africa.
Supporting the Global Peatlands Initiative
A Rapid Response Assessment to support the Global Peatlands Initiative.
Blue Carbon
This theme advances innovative nature-based coastal and marine climate solutions.
Invitation to share information on tackling marine litter and plastic pollution through Indigenous Knowledge Systems
The UNEP and GRID-Arendal invite you to participate in a survey to collect information on tackling marine litter and plastic pollution
Rapid Response Assessments
This special series of reports fills the need for targeted and timely information about environmental challenges.
University Course in Marine Management
Delivery of lectures to Master student at University in Agder
Blue Carbon in West Africa
This activity will develop a strategic blue carbon assessment for the West African region.
Vanishing Treasures
Globally, around one million plant and animal species are now threatened with extinction...
Transboundary Governance
Strong governance of marine and terrestrial systems results in a healthy and productive natural environment.
100 African Voices
100 African Voices Map and Documentary
Resilient Mountain Solutions
The Resilient Mountain Solutions (RMS) is an initiative developed and led by ICIMOD.
Vital Graphics
In order to inform environmental and development policy-making processes, UNEP keeps under review the state of the world environment.
Mapping and communication
Developing innovative tools to communicate using maps
Seafloor habitats
Maps of seafloor habitats are important predictors of biodiversity and a key input into marine spatial planning
Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel at UNEA 5.2
Marine and coastal satellite services to track environmental crime activities (MASTREC)
The MASTREC project focuses on the detection of trafficking of illegal rosewood from Madagascar and illegal charcoal from Somalia/Kenya.
GEF Marine Plastics Project
Developing a strategic roadmap to help guide the transition to circular plastic economies at local, national and global scales.
Marine Litter
Marine litter and plastic pollution in the ocean is affecting ecosystems, economies and societies around the world.
Grønn Dag
Grønn Dag er et arrangement som setter fokus på miljø og bærekraftig husholdninger
Are you worried about plastic in your seafood? Please complete our survey to give us your views
This questionnaire aims to understand your opinion on plastic/microplastic pollution in your marine ecosystem.
RiPL - Preventing plastic in Nepal rivers by strengthening the informal sector
As the population of Kathmandu increases, plastic usage and thereby waste generation is also growing
IKHAPP
IKHAPP –International Knowledge Hub Against Plastic Pollution
Reinforcing fisheries' governance in Guinea
This project aims to reinforce the fisheries’ governance in Guinea and control IUU fishing activities in its Exclusive Economic Zone.
Caucasus Environment Outlook
Himalayan Climate Change Adaptation Programme - HICAP
HICAP is producing knowledge on how climate change affects natural resources, ecosystem services, and the communities that depend on them.
Marine litter predictive mapping
This pilot project develops a shoreline map to define coastal areas with different likelihood of accumulating beach litter.
Mountain Outlook Series
A series of policy assessments for different global mountain regions is being produced by GRID-Arendal and UN Environment.
Marine pollution: tackling land-based sources through multi-stakeholder action UN Ocean Virtual Side Event
Date and Time: Tuesday 28th June, 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM, GMT +1 (Lisbon)
Marine Debris Action Planner (MDAP)
The Marine Debris Action Planner (MDAP) is a project funded by Innovation Norway in which GRID-Arendal and SALT are developing a service...
Permafrost in coastal Arctic regions
We coordinated development of a Rapid Response Assessment to assess critical research gaps related to Arctic coastal permafrost.
Global Tailings Dam Portal Project
The Global Tailings Portal is a public, searchable database with detailed information on more than 1,700 mine tailings dams around the world
Transboundary WRM - Lake Victoria
The project will produce an Atlas of Lake Victoria’s Changing Environment, including training for local experts to create similar atlases
Mountains & SDGs
Mountains cover 25 percent of the world’s land surface, and directly support 12 percent of the world’s population living within mountain...
Internasjonale Dager
Since 2006, GRID-Arendal has taken part in the annual celebration of Internasjonale Dager, a week-long event in late October...
Nomadic Herders
Reindeer herders are facing lost pastures and land fragmentation caused by industrial development and other land-use changes.
Pacific Marine Atlases (MACBIO)
This project is providing maps and data to support marine spatial planning in the Pacific
UNEP Regional Seas
Support is being provided to the Tehran Convention Secretariat to contributes to peace and security in the Caspian region.
Organised environmental crime in EECCA
GEO-6
Every couple of years UN Environment takes the global environmental temperature.
H2020 BlueBRIDGE
Using cloud computing to analyse marine protected areas
Green & Blue Economy
GRID-Arendal’s Green Economy Programme supports UN Environment to meet policy, modelling, capacity building and reporting goals for its Green Economy work.
Polar View
The objective of the Polaris program is to respond to the evolving demands for space-based monitoring of the Polar Regions
Blue Solutions
The Blue Solutions Initiative develops capacity and supports knowledge exchange on successful approaches to marine and coastal management.
Environmental Assessment Guidelines - a writing marathon
GRID-Arendal is managing the development of updated Integrated Enviromental Assessment guidelines for UN Environment
Droughts in the Anthropocene
The project Droughts in the Anthropocene will showcase and present selected case studies from around the world related to droughts and water
Many Strong Voices (MSV)
GRID-Arendal and the University College London coordinate Many Strong Voices that brings together people from the Arctic and Small Island...
Plastic Myths
We uncover the true facts behind these 10 Plastic Myths
GRID-Arendal's 30th Anniversary Celebration
GRID-Arendal celebrates its 30th Anniversary on 13 August 2019 during Arendalsuka
UNEP IEA Guidelines
The practice of integrated environmental assessment (IEA) has evolved significantly since the last set of guidance which was developed by UN
Sanitation and Wastewater Atlas of Africa Workshop
Abu Dhabi Blue Carbon Demonstration Project
Improving the understanding of carbon sequestration and other ecosystem services that coastal and marine ecosystems provide in Abu Dhabi.
Mercury - Losing Generations
TEEB4OC Development Project
UNEP has decided to re-boot the process of submitting a GEF Proposal related to TEEB4OC. This development project will focus on the step...
Masters in HOME
GRID-Arendal is developing a Masters Programme in Holistic Ocean Management (HOME) with Agder University in Norway and NMMU in South Africa.
Blue Guardians
The Blue Guardians program is an international partnership to enhance climate resiliency for Small Island Developing States with a focus...