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Page 03 2004: The year in review Page 04 About GRID-Arendal Page 05 GRID-Arendal staff Page 06 UNEP’s Key Polar Centre Page 08 Capacity Building Page 10 The Global Virtual University Page 12 The UNEP Shelf Programme Page 14 Report of GRID-Arendal’s Board of Directors Page 16 Financial StatementProjected winter surface
temperature increase
around 2090 (°C)
+ 7 - 12
+ 4
+ 5
+ 6
+ 0 - 3
Source: Arctic Climate
Impact Assessment (ACIA), 2004
Impacts of a Warming Arctic.
Projected
sea-ice
2070-2090
Observed sea-ice
September 2002
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GRID-Arendal
Annual Report
On the cover:
Climate change scenario for the end
of the century
. A figure from GRID-
Arendal’s Vital Arctic Graphics.
Printed on recycled paper by Birkeland Trykkeri AS in Norway.