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Global
Support to UNEP provided in the preparation and launch of the UNEP report
The
Environmental Food Crisis: The Environment's Role in Averting Future Food
Crises
www.grida.no/publications/rr/food-crisis/
at the UNEP Governing
Council in Nairobi in February 2009 and at the release of the report at the 17th
session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development in New York in May
2009.
DEWA A7: Global and regional launches and outreach events
on findings of environmental assessments to raise and
strengthen the awareness of environmental issues and
management.
Global
Support to UNEP provided by organizing the launch of the publication
Climate in
Peril
www.grida.no/publications/climate-in-peril/
at the UNFCCC Climate Change
Talks in in Bonn, Germany in March 2009 in Bonn, Germany. The publication was
also released at the Many Strong Voices Planning Workshop in Washington, DC in
March 2009
DEWA A7: Global and regional launches and outreach events
on findings of environmental assessments to raise and
strengthen the awareness of environmental issues and
management.
Global
Support to UNEP provided by taking part in World Environment Day 2009 activities.
World Environment Day celebration in Arendal organized with the preparation and
launch of a major UNEP publication,
The Natural Fix? The Role of Ecosystems in
Climate Mitigation,
www.grida.no/publications/rr/natural-fix/
the release of
the report
Vital Forest Graphics
at a seminar on payments for ecosystems services
hosted by the Fridtjof Nansen Institute in Oslo, and the screening of the Home, a
film by Yann Arthus-Bertrand, in Arendal.
DCPI B5: Celebrations and public events (e.g., World
Environment Day), including workshops, lectures, public
events, exhibitions and competitions to raise awareness and
draw attention to specific environmental themes and to inform
and engage all sectors of society in contributing to
environmental protection and sustainable development
through their decisions and actions.
Sub-regional
Support to UNEP and the Norwegian Ministry of Environment provided by
contributing to the joint Norwegian Ministry of the Environment-UNEP conference
“High Mountain Glaciers and Challenges caused by Climate Change” hosted by the
Norwegian Polar Institute in Tromsø, Norway in June 2009.
DCPI B5: Celebrations and public events (e.g., World
Environment Day), including workshops, lectures, public
events, exhibitions and competitions to raise awareness and
draw attention to specific environmental themes and to inform
and engage all sectors of society in contributing to
environmental protection and sustainable development
through their decisions and actions.
Global
Support to UNEP’s climate change programme provided by organizing a "Climate
Dialogue" during the Hove Festival in Arendal in June. Participants included
representatives of political parties, businesses, environmental NGOs, and the
Deputy Director of UNEP-WCMC, Monica MacDevette,
DCPI B7: Campaigns and public events engaging
stakeholders from civil society and children and youth groups,
to enable these groups to undertake practical and high profile
activities that benefit the environment and raise awareness of
environmental issues
Global
Support to UNEP provided by organizing information and awareness raising
activities to promote UNEP’s campaign “Seal the Deal”. Information stands and
stamping stations were set up during the Hove Festival in June, the 20
th
Anniversary
of GRID-Arendal in August, the National Science Week celebration in Aust Agder in
September, the International Days celebration in Arendal in October, and the
International Day of Climate Action in Oslo in October. More than 3000 signatures
collected on cloth banners, which formed part of the historic Climate Petition
displayed during COP 15 of the UNFCCC in Copenhagen in December 2009.
DCPI B7: Campaigns and public events engaging
stakeholders from civil society and children and youth groups,
to enable these groups to undertake practical and high profile
activities that benefit the environment and raise awareness of
environmental issues