Publication Name

UNEP/GRID-Arendal

Annual Report

2000

A CD-ROM and web site were created for the IPCC Special

Reports on Climate Change

This Web/CD contains the full text and graphics of five special

reports from the IPCC's Working Groups, released for the 6th

Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework

Convention on Climate Change, in The Hague, The Nether-

lands, 13-24 November 2000.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Graphics

The Kyoto Protocol requires signatories to achieve specific targets

for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but projections indicate

that few countries are likely to meet their commitments. These

graphics comparing actual emissions, projected emissions, and

national commitments are produced annually by GRID-

Arendal in co-operation with the UNFCCC secretariat to show

the progress of countries towards their goals. This year, an on-

line interactive map was also produced to illustrate the data.

Convention on Biological Diversity

For the Conference of Parties (COP) of the Convention on Bio-

logical Diversity, GRID-Arendal made use of its network of ex-

perts in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia to com-

pile a collection of national state-of-biodiversity reports. A CD-

ROM with 22 reports and additional text and graphic material

was published in English and Russian and distributed to all par-

ticipants at the COP. A survey was carried out to identify how

the CD-ROM was used.

The Aarhus Convention

As a part of the regional workshops on the implementation of

the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Par-

ticipation in Decision-Making, and Access to Justice in Envir-

onmental Matters, held in Ashgabad and Tbilisi, GRID-Are-

ndal provided training on the 'information pillar' of the

Convention. GRID-Arendal is actively involved in the conven-

tions Task Force on Electronic Tools, and the next Task Force

workshop will be held in Arendal in 2001.