GRID-Arendal Annual Report 2002

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Contents GRID-Arendal Annual Report 2002

Annual highlights Report from the Board The Board 8

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Annual report Financial statement Auditor’s report

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Program report Key UNEP Polar Center Capacity Building Web & Information 18 22 26

Section

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30 31 3 Management report About GRID-Arendal Mission statements Staff 34 35 36

Nordic/Baltic Global Virtual University (GVU)

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Outlook 2003

Network

On the cover:

This report was printed by Birkeland Trykkeri AS in Norway on Cyclus Offset recycled paper.

People affected by Natural Disasters during the period 1971-2001

Vital Climate Graphics for Africa: People affected by Natural Disasters 1971-2000, “Flood”.

MillionsofPeople affected

Ethiopia: 57

Drought

Famine

www.grida.no/climate/vitalafrica/english/08.htm

More than10

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Less than0.1

Source:TheOfficeofU.S.ForeignDisasterAssistance (OFDA),TheCentre forResearchon theEpidemiology ofDisasters (CRED), InternationalDisasterDatabase, www.cred.be/emdat,UniversitéCatholiquedeLouvain, Brussel,Belgium.

Flood

Epidemic related to disasters

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