Final Report on the Framework Agreement for 2008–2009

World Resources Report 2008: Roots of Resilience - Growing the Wealth of the Poor www.wri.org/publication/world-resources-2008-roots-of-resilience

GA contributed to the publication World Resources Report 2008: Roots of Resilience - Growing the Wealth of the Poor . The publication describes a path for how sustainable, nature-based enterprise can help the world’s 2 billion rural poor escape the cycle of poverty. The World Resources Report is the work of a continuing partnership between the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), UNEP, the World Bank and the World Resources Institute. GA has been involved in this work, both through its direct contributions of materials as well as support of outreach efforts to ensure that the findings of the report reach broad and appropriate audiences.

World Heritage and the Arctic - International Expert Meeting www.grida.no/publications/list/3315.aspx

GA contributed to the preparation of the report World Heritage and the Arctic, which features the proceedings of the International Expert Meeting on World Heritage and the Arctic that took place in late 2007 in Narvik, Norway. The publication consists of a printed report on the workshop and a CD-ROM containing the papers and presentations.

Polar View: Earth Observation Services for Climate Change Adaptation

GA wrote and produced a booklet on uses of satellite-based monitoring in adapting to climate change in regions influenced by ice and snow. This booklet includes case studies on climate change adaptation in marine navigation in ice-infested waters, flood preparedness, hydroelectric generation, and sustaining Arctic indigenous communities. The booklet was produced using examples from Polar View, a consortium of public and private sector Earth Observation service providers working through the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security initiative supported by the European Space Agency and a contributor to the Nairobi Work Programme on Climate Change Adaptation. The booklet was released at the UNFCCC Climate Change COP 14 in Poznan, Poland in December.