Events

GRID-Arendal hosts, attends, and partners many events within our fields of work. Some of these events may be meant for specific audiences only. The list below provides insight into our activities. Look out for us at some of the big, global events!

September 2008

01 September, Geneva, Switzerland
20th Anniversary of the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change and  its 29th plenary session

01 September, Geneva, Switzerland
Meeting of the UN's Environmental Management Group on green procurement

04-05 September, Geneva, Switzerland
 Meeting of th e UN Economic Commission for Europe’s Working Group on Environmental Monitoring and Assessment.

08-09 September, California, USA
Preparatory meeting for a Global Indigenous Peoples Climate Change Assessment 

09-10 September, Ilulissat, Greenland
Conference: Common Concern for the Arctic  organized by the Nordic Council of Ministers

11-12 September, Vancouver, Canada
Workshop on Arctic biodiversity monitoring hosted by the Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Programme and meeting of the Bering Sea Subnetwork

15-16 September, Oslo Norway
Workshop on non-CO2 forcers of climate change in the Arctic , hosted by the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme

15 September-03 October, Windhoek, Namibia
Training course  on the legal, scientific and technical aspects of delineation of the outer limits of the continental shelf co-organized by the UNEP Shelf Programme and the  UN Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (DOALOS)

18-19 September, Vienna, Austria
Meeting of the Secretariat of the Environment and Security initiative and training on mainstreaming gender issues into environment and security operations

24 September, Kiel, Germany
Annual Fronter Conference

30 September - 02 October, Ilulissat, Greenland
 Biennial meeting of the Arctic Council Working Group CAFF (Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna)