Annual Report 2004

Table of contents

Page 03 2004: The year in review Page 04 About GRID-Arendal Page 05 GRID-Arendal staff Page 06 UNEP’s Key Polar Centre Page 08 Capacity Building Page 10 The Global Virtual University Page 12 The UNEP Shelf Programme

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Page 14 Report of GRID-Arendal’s Board of Directors Page 16 Financial Statement

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Climate change scenario for the end of the century . A figure from GRID- Arendal’s Vital Arctic Graphics.

Observed sea-ice September 2002

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Projected winter surface temperature increase around 2090 (°C) + 7 - 12

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Source: Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA), 2004 Impacts of a Warming Arctic.

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