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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.
109.
http://www.unep.org/geo/geo5.asp110. Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish
111.
http://www.grida.no/publications/dniester-river-atlas/112.
http://www.unece.org/113.
http://www.unece.org/env/water/text/text.html114.
http://www.unep.org/resourcepanel/Publications/CityLevelDecoupling/tabid/106135/Default.aspxEnvironment for the futurewewant
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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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