
Carbon footprint calculator platform for Geneva
GRID-Geneva was mandated by the Geneva Canton, the Geneva city and 2050today to adapt and host the first cantonal carbon calculator developed by l'ADEME (Agence de la transition écologique)
GRID-Geneva generates various types of resources such as data, data platforms, publications, visuals (maps, graphs, posters), storymaps or multimedia contents. These various resources are all accessible through this website.
GRID-Geneva was mandated by the Geneva Canton, the Geneva city and 2050today to adapt and host the first cantonal carbon calculator developed by l'ADEME (Agence de la transition écologique)
Public Eye podcast (in German) about sand. With the participation of Giulia Marti (UNEP/GRID-Geneva).
Participation of the GRID-Geneva's director to the science magazine “42 – The Answer to Nearly Everything“ on the German/French TV-channel ARTE.
To talk about sand, Damian Veiga receives Pascal Peduzzi, director of GRID-Geneva (United Nations Environment Programme), professor at the University of Geneva and coordinator of several UN reports.
The sand side event at the UN Water Conference 2023, titled "Concrete threat to water security: Sustainable sand mining solutions to build resilience" took place on Friday 24 March 2023. The video is accessible from this page
UNEP/GRID-Geneva is leading the Global Marine Sand Watch, a platform to help countries and stakeholders monitor dredging activities in near real-time towards the goal of capacity building, development of guidelines and best practices for sand extraction.
GRID-Geneva's director has been invited to answer questions from kids about sand in the RTS broadcast "Brouhaha".
As a follow-up of the UNEP publication "Sand and Sustainability: 10 strategic recommandations to avert a crisis", UNEP/GRID-Geneva's director, Prof. Pascal Peduzzi, was interviewed by Radio-Canada (in French) on 29th of April 2022 about sand shortage.
“Sand and Sustainability: 10 Strategic Recommendations to Avert a Crisis” UNEP report authors presentation: Arnaud Vander Velpen
“Sand and Sustainability: 10 Strategic Recommendations to Avert a Crisis” UNEP report authors presentation: Josefine Reimer Lynggaard