Publication Name

10 Communication and outreach

10.1 Enhance the impact of UNEP work through communications

and outreach products; organise outreach events; facilitate

lectures; provide technical and publication services

UNEP publications produced and disseminated

During 2012-2013 GRID-Arendal facilitated the production of a range of UNEP reports in both printed and digital (PDF

and e-book) formats. Some of these publications are available in alternative language versions. Many of the publications

have been further described under relevant sections of the Work Programme.

• UNEP’s flagship

Global Environment Outlook-5 (GEO-5)

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report was launched on World

Environment Day in June 2012 in Rio de Janeiro, on the eve of Rio+20. GRID-Arendal

undertook major responsibility for the production of the full, 528-page, English version of

the report and of the Summary for Policy Makers (SPM) in all six official UN languages.

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This involved the preparation of complex maps and graphics and the professional and

accurate layout of all versions in hardcopy (print) and electronic formats (pdfs on USB

drive and as an e-book). The SPM was launched prior to the full report at the meeting of

UNEP’s Governing Council in February 2012.

• The

Dniester Atlas

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was launched on 29 November 2012 in conjunction with the signing

of the bilateral Treaty on Cooperation on the Conservation and Sustainable Development

of the Dniester River Basin by the Minister of Environment of the Republic of Moldo-

va, Mr. Gheorge Salaru, and the Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine,

Mr. Eduard Stavytskyi. The event took place at the Italian Parliament during the Meeting

of the Parties to the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)

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Con-

vention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International

Lakes (Water Convention).

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• A package of public material related to the report

City-Level Decoupling: Urban Resource

Flows and the Governance of Infrastructure Transitions

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by UNEP’s International Re-

source Panel (IRP) was developed by GRID-Arendal. The package included professional

and accessible versions of the full report, the SPM, the Case Studies, a fact sheet and a

set of postcards in hardcopy (print) and electronic formats (pdfs and as an e-book). This

is the first of four IRP reports that that will be converted into attractive, appropriate mate-

rial and media that are accessible and tailored to the target groups.

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http://www.unep.org/geo/geo5.asp

110. Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish

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http://www.grida.no/publications/dniester-river-atlas/

112.

http://www.unece.org/

113.

http://www.unece.org/env/water/text/text.html

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http://www.unep.org/resourcepanel/Publications/CityLevelDecoupling/tabid/106135/Default.aspx

Environment for the futurewewant

Formore information,contact:

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Buildinguponpreviousworkof the International

ResourcePanelonDecouplingNaturalResource

UseandEnvironmental Impacts fromEconomic

Growth, this reportexamines thepotential for

decouplingat thecity level.While themajority

of theworld’spopulationnow live incitiesand

citiesarewheremost resourceconsumption

takesplace,both thepressuresandpotentials

tofindways to reconcileeconomicgrowth,

wellbeingand the sustainableuseofnatural

resourceswill thereforebegreatest incities.

Analysing the roleofcitiesas spatialnodes

where themajor resourceflowsconnectas

goods, servicesandwastes, the report’s focus

ishow infrastructuredirectsmaterialflows

and therefore resourceuse,productivityand

efficiency inanurbancontext. Itmakes the

case forexaminingcities fromamaterialflow

perspective,whilealsoplacing thecitywithin

thebroader systemofflows thatmake it

possible for it to function.

The reportalsohighlights theway that

thedesign,constructionandoperationof

energy,wste,water, sanitationand transport

infrastructurescreatea socio-technical

environment that shapes the “wayof life”of

citizensandhow theyprocure,useanddispose

of the resources they require. Itsapproach

is innovative in that it frames infrastructure

networksas socio-technical systems,

examiningpressures forchangewithincities

thatgobeyond technicalconsiderations.The

importanceof intermediariesas thedominant

agents forchange isemphasized,aswellas

the fact that socialprocessesanddynamics

need tobeunderstoodand integrated intoany

assessmentofurban infrastructure interventions

and the reconfigurationof resourceflows.

A setof 30case studiesprovideexamples

of innovativeapproaches to sustainable

infrastructurechangeacrossabroad range

ofurbancontexts thatcould inspire leaders

ofothercities toembrace similarcreative

solutions.Ofcourse, innovations inandof

themselvesdonot suffice if theyarenot

integrated into larger strategic visions for the

city,andaseachcity isunique, interventions

need tobe tailored to the setofchallengesand

opportunitiespresent ineachcase.

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