World Cleanup Day 2024
Arctic cities and marine litter—let's create a lasting impact!
Arctic cities and marine litter—let's create a lasting impact!
Sustainable management of marine resources and improved livelihoods at MPAs in Bijagós Archipelago.
Arendalsuka is the largest political gathering in Norway and has been held annually since 2012.
The FARE project is dedicated to creating the First steps towards an Assessment of plastic Risk to the Norwegian Environment.
GRID-Arendal hosted an event bringing together policymakers, ambassadors, experts and civil society on marine pollution in the Arctic.
This special series of reports fills the need for targeted and timely information about environmental challenges.
This project will continue to assist with the communication needs and expert advice needed by Blue Solutions.
This activity will develop a strategic blue carbon assessment for the West African region.
The project highlights both the challenges and the solutions for sound waste management in mountain regions.
This project aims to reinforce the fisheries’ governance in Guinea and control IUU fishing activities in its Exclusive Economic Zone.
The project aims to raise awareness, promote leadership and strengthen cooperation to reduce marine pollution in the region.
The network’s goal is to advance the blue forest approach in addressing climate change and meeting the SDGs
Delivery of lectures to Master student at University in Agder
Nunataryuk is a Horizon 2020 project which investigates the impact of permafrost thaw in Arctic coastal areas .
This project works with 14 Pacific Islands Countries to finalise extended continental shelf boundaries.
Changing social and cultural values of nature: Exploring plural values of human-nature relationships in glacierized environments.
Strong governance of marine and terrestrial systems results in a healthy and productive natural environment.
Mountain Talks bring together the latest perspectives on environmental & climate issues that affect the mountaineering & guiding community.
Making European data available to support the Maritime Spatial Planning and the Blue Economy
The ECOTIP project investigates ecosystem tipping points and their cascading effects in the Arctic, from melting ice to changing fisheries.
A pilot study of the drivers and impacts of freshwater discharge from glacial systems in Norway and the Chinese Karakoram.
Norwegian Infrastructure for Drone-based research, mapping and monitoring in the coastal zone
Environmentally sound management of household waste is one of the challenges faced by national governments and municipalities.
Supporting coastal communities through resilient, inclusive, and ecosystem-based blue economy solutions
Experiences in Ocean Governance from the Regional Seas
The ResilienSEA project aims to enhance the scientific expertise and management of seagrass meadows in seven West Africa countries.
Preventing plastic in Nepal rivers by strengthening the informal sector
GRID trains and supports journalists to cover climate, nature, and pollution through the lens of constructive, solutions-focused journalism.
Marine litter is found even in the most remote parts of the Arctic.
Enhancing governments’ presence at sea through the provision of low-cost intelligent technological solutions and local capacity building.
Focused on more environmentally responsible trail running.
The project aims to achieve strengthened country capacity for the identification of sources of plastic pollution
Using information from Earth Observation technology to reduce environmental and human insecurity
Aiming to empower 5 African nations to inform negotiations for the global plastics treaty by increasing knowledge, capacity & collaboration.
GRID-Arendal's office is in an environmentally friendly building centrally located in the idyllic Tyholmen area Arendal
Developing and disseminating knowledge towards enhancing wastewater management and sanitation service delivery in Africa.
The University of the Arctic is a cooperative network of more than 170 universities, colleges, research institutes and other organizations.
UNESCO and GRID-Arendal jointly developed “Glaciers on the Edge” featuring a selection of iconic glaciers located in Natural Heritage Sites.
This theme advances innovative nature-based coastal and marine climate solutions.
Globally, around one million plant and animal species are now threatened with extinction...
This initiative builds on a 2014 joint submission to the UN to extend continental shelves beyond the current limit of 200 nautical miles.
Develop and pilot tools and approaches for area based planning in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (ABNJ).
Sustainable Seas Trust (SST) and GRID-Arendal are proud to announce the launch of a free online e-learning course for citizen scientists.
Marine litter is everywhere and unfortunately, the Arctic Ocean is no exception.
This project aims to provide technical support to Indonesia for the development of a Blue Carbon Market
The 9,500 km2 Namibian Islands’ Marine Protected Area (NIMPA) is an iconic area of outstanding marine biodiversity.
Responding to the call from the UN Environment and the Global Environment Facility for innovative actions to help address climate change...
IKHAPP –International Knowledge Hub Against Plastic Pollution
GRID-Arendal is supporting release of the Nordic Council report "Possible Elements of a New Global Agreement to Prevent Plastic Pollution".
With raising global consumption patterns the amounts of waste increases, and scrupulous waste management is threatened with the illegal...
GRID-Arendal and the Kisumu Waste Pickers Welfare Association in Kenya will work to empower women waste pickers.
Supporting the Interim Secretariat with the implementation of the Convention Program of Work and the organization of COP6.
A media initiative aimed at empowering journalists from the Global South to effectively cover the INC.
Marine litter and plastic pollution in the ocean is affecting ecosystems, economies and societies around the world.
Working in collaboration with the African Circular Economy Network and Footprints Africa to fill the gap.
This project builds on the “One Health” concept, which recognises that human health is interconnected with environmental and animal health.
The goal of the project is to strengthen knowledge management capacity and promote scaled-up learning of disseminated experiences...
The MASTREC project focuses on the detection of trafficking of illegal rosewood from Madagascar and illegal charcoal from Somalia/Kenya.
Bringing marine conservation to life through community storytelling
Bringing together 10 research institutions from across the Arctic to study the phenomenon of “polar blue carbon”.
Arctic PASSION is co-developing and implementing an Arctic observations system that is tuned to the needs of diverse users.
Developing a strategic roadmap to help guide the transition to circular plastic economies at local, national and global scales.
SOS-ZEROPOL2030 aims to develop a holistic zero pollution framework to guide the process towards achieving zero pollution in European seas
This programme focuses on leadership issues related to natural resources, strengthen leadership and management competencies and mind-set
This project applies and develops capacity on Integrated Ocean Management in countries of the African Atlantic coast.
The project delivers products of Earth Observation data to understand and monitor changes to ecosystems.
The Cayal and Ufoyaal Kassa-Bandial marine protected areas (MPAs) were created in 2004 in the north and 2020 in the south of Senegal.