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DEWA/GRID-Europe is one of UNEP's major centres for data and information management, with a unique, "value-adding" mandate in the handling of global and regional environmental data, which in turn support the environment assessment and early warning activities of UNEP and its partners. Located in the "Maison Internationale de l'Environnement" or "International Environment House" (MIE/IEH) in Geneva, GRID-Europe occupies the niche of francophone centre for the global GRID network. DEWA/GRID-Europe is supported by a "Partnership Agreement" between UNEP, the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) and the University of Geneva.
 

"Africa: atlas of our changing environment" launch
10 juin 2008: launch in Geneva of the French version of "Africa, atlas of our changing Environment". Analyzes the state and evolution of the environment in all the African countries with satellite images.
Free download of the Atlas..

Nine new Ramsar sites in Nigeria
UNEP/DEWA/GRID-Europe has helped in the preparation of the RAMSAR new site maps. Read more...

Meltdown in the Mountains
Record glacier thinning means no time to waste on agreeing new international climate regime, according to WGMS data .
DEWA-Europe supports WGMS activies. Read more...

Human induced
harmful algal blooms

The occurrence of coastal harmful algal blooms (HABs) over the last several decades has
become a worldwide environmental concern. New publication ...

GEO4 launch
The fourth Global Environment Outlook (GEO-4) assessment report was officially launched on 25 October 2007. Website...

KEO report launch
The Carpathians Environment Outlook 2007 report was launched at the Belgrade Ministerial Conference in October 2007. Read more...

World Environment Day 2008
The World Environment Day slogan for 2008 is Kick the Habit! Towards a Low Carbon Economy. Read more...

Hydrological modeling on Lake Balaton
GRID-Europe, Lake Balaton Development Council (LBDC) and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) launched the "Lake Balaton Integrated Vulnerability Assessment, Early Warning and Adaptation Strategies" project. Read more...

UNEP Year Book 2008 Released
The UNEP Yearbook 2008, fifth annual report on the changing environment, now available. Read more...

 


 

- Map: Fishkills linked to HABs worldwide as of 2006
- Map: 2006 global dead zones
- Report: Africa: Atlas of our changing environment
- Report: Human induced harmful algal blooms
- Map: Surface temperature anomalies between 1998 and 2003 summers
- Report: GRID Bulletin 2007/2
- Map: Reefs at risk and deforestation
- Map: Tourism in the Caribbean
- Report: Coastal degradation leaves the Caribbean in troubled waters
- Report: GRID Bulletin 2007/1

Link to other products


- Dec 01-12: Poznan Climate Change Conference, United Nations, Poznan, Poland.

Link to past events


- 08/08/08: Green Energy Will Fuel the Olympic Experience for Millions of Spectators in Beijing
- 08/08/08: Capsized Ferry in the Philippines: Joint UN/EU Assessment Report Presented to Authorities
- 08/08/08: UNEP Executive Director Attends Olympic Opening Ceremony to Support Greening of the Games

- 08/08/08: Effectiveness of environmental taxes and charges for managing sand, gravel and rock extraction in selected EU countries
- 08/08/08: European forests - ecosystem conditions and sustainable use
- 08/08/08: Climate for a transport change. TERM 2007: indicators tracking transport and environment in the European Union