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UNEP/GRID-Arendal | Annual Report 2001
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Section 3 | Behind GRID-Arendal
Rio Declaration
Agenda 21
Rio de Janeiro 1992
Electronic State of the Environment report Norway 1992
Information for decision-makers
Organising the cyberspace
Strengthening networks of institutions
From Rio to Johannesburg
Ten significant years have passed from the groundbreaking Earth Summit in Rio de
Janeiro in 1992 to the pending World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannes-
burg in 2002.
The outcome of Rio 1992 was the Rio Declaration and
Agenda 21, which were adopted by more than 178
nations. GRID-Arendal's work relates to many of the areas
outlined in the two documents.
We have progressed from creating the first electronic
State of the Environment report for Norway to supporting
41 countries in making their own reports. We have helped
14 cities all over the world to produce their own environ-
mental reports on the Internet. We are now working on
reports for counties and provinces. We have produced
extensive web sites, reports, and graphics and provided
our workshop expertise to help communicate about the
environment in the Arctic area, Central and Eastern
Europe, and the Baltic region. We are also presenting new
initiatives for Africa and South America in Johannesburg.
All along we have worked closely with our international
and invaluable partners in UNEP, governments, regions,
scientists, NGOs and other organisations.
GRID-Arendal will present new and better services at the
summit in Johannesburg. Here the focus will be on turning
plans into action. GRID-Arendal is looking forward to doing
our bit in the future.