2019-05-10
GRID-Geneva to provide a keynote speech at the WMO conference on Multi-Hazard Early Warning System on 14 May
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2019-05-10
GRID-Geneva will participate on 15th of May to the Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction on the role of ecosystems for Disaster Risk Reduction
GRID-Geneva will participate in the Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction on the role of ecosystems for Disaster Ri...
2019-05-10
GRID-Geneva will give a conference on the issue of sand and sustanability at the University of Wageningen (the Netherlands) on 22 May
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2019-05-08
Launch of the “Sand and Sustainability: Finding New Solutions for Environmental Governance of Global Sand Resources” report
This new report raises awareness on sustainability challenges and solutions for sand extraction and consumption, recomm...
2019-05-08
Interview of the GRID-Geneva's director at the Swiss radio "Tout un monde" on Sand and sustainability report
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2019-05-07
Interview of the GRID-Geneva's director at the Swiss radio "CQFD" on Sand and sustainability report
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2019-04-25
Launch of the new article "Estimating urban population patterns from stereosatellite imagery" with participation of GRID-Geneva staff Andrea de Bono and Bruno Chatenoux
With more than half of the world’s population living in towns and cities, urban areas get more and more into the focus o......
2019-03-11
Launch of the new UNEP assessment report "Measuring Progress Towards achieving the environmental dimension of the SDGs"
Measuring Progress is a derivative product of the sixth report in the GEO series (GEO-6; UNEP 2019a). This publication c...
2019-02-13
Launch of the new article "The Disaster Risk, Global Change, and Sustainability Nexus" by Pascal Peduzzi, director of UNEP/GRID-Geneva
Until the 1970s, disaster risk was perceived as a direct consequence of natural hazards. Gradually, disaster risk has co...