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Environmental Knowledge for Change

GRID-Arendal is an official 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.

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IMPACT III Seminar: From information delivery to behaviour change - August 21-22 - Arendal, Norway

Join the CN Net - UNEP’s Climate Neutral Network

Many Strong Voices act on climate change – new action plan, new website

The Environment & Poverty Times No. 5

Kick the Habit: A UN Guide to Climate Neutrality

In Dead Water

Dirty coal is here to stay

Greenhouse gas intensity of national economies

Examples of GHG emission amounts generated by different activities or goods

Press releases

Top Olympic Athlete Yao Ming becomes UNEP's first Environmental Champion

Beijing, 9 August 2008 – Top Olympic athlete Yao Ming is the UN Environment Programme’s first-ever Environmental Champion, UNEP announced today.

Saturday 09 Aug 2008

Green energy will fuel the Olympic experience for millions of spectators in Beijing

Beijing, 5 August 2008 – As seven million spectators count down to the opening of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, solar energy, wind farms and recycled water are among the green features that will hel...

Tuesday 05 Aug 2008

UNEP Executive Director attends Olympic Opening Ceremony to support Greening of the Games

Nairobi, 4 August 2008 – Achim Steiner, the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), will attend the Beijing Olympic Opening Ceremony on 8 August as part of UNEP’s contin...

Monday 04 Aug 2008

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