Annual Report 2000

UNEP/GRID-Arendal Annual Report 2000

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UNEP.Net

Climate Change Issues

GRID-Arendal, in conjunction with the entire DEWA division and the Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI), had extensive meetings to kick off the production of UNEP's new web portal to environmental information. UNEP.Net was laun- ched at the UNEP's 21st Governing Council 2001 and is a de- centralized and distributed system that allows Internet-based applications to query and generate reports from remote envi- ronmental databases and servers. The UNEP.Net portal adds value to UNEP's existing network of environmental web sites and complements them in informing world citizens about how their actions impact the environment, and what practices should be emulated. It also provides a snapshot of current and anticipated environmental challenges. www.unep.net

A special web site highlighting the causes and impacts of cli- mate change was created to showcase the best available electron- ic information on this critical topic. The new site features a spinning 'Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions Meter', access to UNEP's 'Vital Climate Graphics package', a series of Green- house Gas Emission Graphics from annex 1 countries (made in conjunction with UNFCCC), and the full text and graphics of five special reports from the IPCC's Working Groups. www.grida.no/climate

Sections most accessed

Domain accesses

Central and Eastern Europe

.com commercial organizations

16 %

16 %

Norway

14 %

14 %

Maps and graphics collection

Arctic

12 %

12 %

.net

Climate change

Baltic region

10 %

10 %

Norway

Sub-Saharan Africa Global Environment Outlook

Europe (except Nordic/Baltic)

8 %

8 %

News and press releases

Miljønytt EarthPrint (UNEP bookshop)

Nordic/Baltic (except Norway) North and Central America

6 %

6 %

GIS in Agriculture

.edu educational institutions

Cities environment

4 %

4 %

UNEPnet/Mercure

Asia/Pacific .org

non-commercial organizations Africa

2 %

2 %

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