GRID-Arendal Annual Report 2002
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GRID-Arendal Annual Report 2002 Section 2 Program report
Capacity Building
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Carto(graphics)® at GRID-Arendal
GRID-Arendal has evolved into a world leader in environmental carto(graphics)®, with an annual output of hundreds of maps, graphs and illustrations covering most environmental issues. GRID-Arendal is also coordinating the production of UNEP’s vital graphics® packages, to provide a minimal amount of information about an issue in an attractive format (graphics) to facilitate decision-making. In 2002, two vital graphics® series were published: Water Management in the World and Climate Change in Africa . The carto(graphic) team was also instrumental in publishing the Environment & Poverty Times . Information products from GRID-Arendal were published in the Norwegian and international press.
km 3 per year
Top 20 water consumers per capita
km 3
km 3
2 500
Assessment
Forecast
Assessment
Forecast
3 500
3 500
Withdrawal
Consumption
1 000 to 1 800 m 3
3 000
3 000
2 250
1 800 to 3 000 m 3
2 500
2 500
5 900 to 8 100 m 3
2 000
2 000
2 000
1 500
1 500
Asia North America Europe Africa South America Australia and Oceania
1 750
Water use at the end of the 1990s
1 000
1 000
500
500
1 500
Withdrawal
Consumption
0 1900 1925 1950 1975 2000 2025
0
1900 1925 1950 1975 2000 2025
1 250
1 000
750
500
Europe
250
North America
Asia
0
Africa
South America
Australia and Oceania
PHILIPPE REKACEWICZ, MARCH 2002
Graphic from the Vital Water Graphics package showing global water withdrawal and consumption.
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