🇳🇴It's the 17th of May which is Norway's Constitution Day! We are off celebrating all things Norwegian and we will be back in the office on Tuesday.
🎉Gratulerer med dagen!
#Arendal

🌊🚀 Live from Bern at the @ESA/NASA Forum! Steven Lutz discusses the power of space tech in understanding #BlueCarbon ecosystems. Key talks by NASA and ESA experts! Stay tuned for more. #SpaceTech #ClimateAction

👉 More on Steven's work:: grida.no/steven

📣We hosted the National Stakeholders Validation Workshop in India for the #GEF Circular Solutions to Plastic Pollution Integrated Program, which focused on circular economy solutions to minimise plastic waste and reduce plastic pollution from Food & Beverage packaging in India.

📜Our friends and partners from ECOTIP recently published their report on the First Greenland Research Seminar!

🔗Interested in reading the report? Check it out here: url.grida.no/3WFqSJQ
#Arctic #Greenland

After a long closing plenary, country delegates finalised #INC4 on a positive note: celebrating multilateralism, convergence on the text, compromises being made, established intersessional work, and a path towards finalising the treaty text in Busan.
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Deadline Day Alert!

GRID-Arendal invites applications for an empowering communication workshop in Uganda from June 11-13, 2024.

This seminar is for journalists based in Rwanda or Uganda who regularly cover environmental issues.

Deadline is today, May 7. buff.ly/3QnZtI8

The GeoHab Conference is happening this week, right here in Arendal! GeoHab scientists from across the globe are gathered in Arendal this week to explore the theme of Habitat Mapping for #SustainableOceans .
geohab.org

NEW! GRID-Arendal invites applications for an empowering Communication Workshop in Uganda from June 11-13, 2024.

This workshop is for journalists based in Rwanda or Uganda who regularly cover environmental issues.

Apply by May 7 here ➡️ buff.ly/3QnZtI8

🧵SOS-Zeropol is attending the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) annual meeting! Together with our partners, we are hosting events that dive deep into the subject of plastic pollution, including:
SINTEF GRID-Arendal Thomas Maes Emily Cowan Andy Booth

Exciting news from Lüderitz!

The 'Waves of Change' initiative is making waves by transforming public spaces with vibrant murals in efforts to raise awareness about the NIMPA and its importance.

#NIMPALAUS #WavesOfChange 🌊🎨

Are you a journalist in Rwanda or Uganda covering environmental issues? Here is an opportunity for you!

GRID-Arendal invites applications for an empowering Communication Workshop in Uganda from June 11-13, 2024.

Apply by May 7 here ➡️ buff.ly/3QnZtI8

On May 6, Senior Specialist Tiina Kurvits will be speaking at an event on Arctic cooperation between EU & USA. She has 25+ years of experience in environmental research, policy, & comms, & was a lead author for the Nunataryuk #ArcticPermafrostAtlas !
RSVP: wilsoncenter.org/event/eu-us-ar…

🗺️Join us in Uganda, 11-13 June 2024 for an empowering Communication Workshop from the #VanishingTreasures programme on Climate and Environment Storytelling!

⏰ Application Deadline: 7 May 2024
✍️ Application form: lnkd.in/dAsTbYKX

#INC4 is in full swing, and the GRID-Arendal delegation has been hard at work to push toward a treaty to #BeatPlasticPollution .

Learn More about all our related plastics activities here: grida.no/events/45

🐧 Angus Middleton of NAMCOB shares a stark message on World Penguin Day. With less than 1,000 breeding pairs left in the Namibian Islands, it's a call to action, not celebration. 🌍 #WorldPenguinDay

🐧 It’s World Penguin Day! Let’s protect our adorable African Penguins. Essential for marine ecosystems, they need our help now more than ever. 🌍 #NIMPAPLUS

Follow our efforts, and make an impact! #WorldPenguinDay #ProtectOurPenguins

🗑️📜Last year, waste pickers from Kenya, took to the stage to deliver an important message to policymakers ahead of the INC-3 negotiations for a global plastics treaty. Their voices need to be heard. #plastics #INC4
vimeo.com/936183561/4298…

Anna Törnroos-Remes from Åbo Akademi University reflects on ecotiparctic assembly - a deep dive into marine biology’s future. 🌊🔬 #GRID_Arendal #MarineScience

📜 #INC -4 is only days away, and GRID-Arendal is sending 5 experts from our programmes to observe and support the negotiations through our project activities.

🔗All of our related activities and content can be found on our website here: grida.no/events/45