Activities

As a UNEP centre specialising in environmental data and assessment, GRID-Europe prepares and disseminates timely and understandable environmental information, to raise awareness and improve decision-making processes. The core tasks carried out by GRID-Europe are grouped in five broad areas. These include:

• provision of early warning on emerging environmental problems and threats;
• support to UNEP's assessment processes, including Global Environment Outlook (GEO), a bi-annual review of the state of the world's environment;
• facilitating networking between UN partner agencies by providing the substantive support to the United Nations System-Wide Earthwatch;
• implementation of capacity building projects to develop and strengthen environmental information systems of partner organisations;
• carrying out of case studies using GIS and remote sensing for the mapping, monitoring and sustainable use of natural resources; and
• provision of technical expertise for meta database and website design and creation.

In addition, GRID-Europe undertakes a wide range of projects in collaboration with UN agencies and to support the global/regional Environmental Conventions that help to fulfil UNEP's mission