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ABA and CBMP teleconferences, at ABA Steering Committee meeting in Copenhagen in March 2009 and
Vancouver in Sept. 2009.
• GRID-Arendal is the editor of the upcoming ABA report Arctic Biodiversity Trends 2010 – Selected Indicators
of Status and Trends to be published mid-2010.
• GRID-Arendal has also been involved in the drafting of the key messages that will be included in the CBD’s
Global Biodiversity Outlook, to be launched in May 2010.
• Assisted in organizing the Conference on High Mountain Glaciers and Challenges caused by Climate
Change in Tromsø in June.
• Made a presentation and contributed to High Mountain Glaciers Conference Theme 3 (Climate change
impact on ecosystems and livelihoods and adaptation strategies)
A1b) One set of outreach
materials built on a collection of
popular books on International
Polar Year themes
International Polar Year (IPY) Resources -- This project was designed to coordinate the Polar Books initiative
and involved working with IPY book authors and publishers as well as coordination with IPY education and
outreach networks.
2008
• The set of outreach materials in the form of website developed: IPY Educational Posters,
• 12 books with associated resources added on UNEP main funded this work in 2008, while
UNEP funded the activity in 2009.
2009
• The Polar Books web site is running on the UNEP site. The
database continues to be populated with new material. There will be a Polar Books exhibit at the 2010 IPY
Scientific Conference in Oslo, 8-12 June, 2010.
A1c) One set of peer-reviewed
reports with associated outreach
materials on recent findings and
emerging issues in polar and
cryosphere science.
2008
• One peer-reviewed report, Arctic Climate Impact Science - An Update Since ACIA, produced on recent
findings in polar science in relation to Arctic climate change, funded by WWF and GRID-Arendal - published
by WWF .
• Further opportunities for outreach materials and continuing this project explored, but resource constraints
made work on this in 2009 not possible.
2009
• Report assessing the impacts of climate change on food security in the Canadian Arctic prepared for the
Canadian federal government
A2. Linking of key Arctic and
SIDS stakeholders to
influence international policy
and decisions on climate
change, through “Many
Strong Voices”.
A2. Well-developed and
coordinated network of Arctic
and SIDS stakeholders.
2008
• MSV network further developed and support provided to participants (e.g. through an active listserv; through
provision of materials and forums for discussion and presentation leading up to and at the December COP
14 in Poznan); implementation and communication plans finalized. Network development and coordination
funded by GRID-Arendal, United Kingdom, and three foundations. 2009 funding secured through CICERO
(Norway), and specific MSV project funding secured from Canada, Nordic Council of Ministers, World Bank
Institute, Land Is Life and UNEP.
2009