GRID-Arendal Biennium Report 2008 - 2009

The Polar Unit has a variety of partners besides UNEP, including Indigenous Peoples (Inuit Circumpolar Council, Arctic Athabaskan Council, Saami Council, Aleut International Association, Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North – RAIPON, the Batani Fund – Russia), Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC), Center for International Climate and Environment Research – Oslo (CICERO), New Zealand Tourism Research Institute (NZTRI), Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), Climate Change & Energy Programme, Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development (FIELD), Climate Law and Policy Project (USA), Conservation Society of Ponipeh, Federated States of Micronesia, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), WWF South Pacific Programme, Organization of American States Department of Sustainable Development, Overseas Countries and Territories of the European Union (OCTA), UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Secretariat (UNFCCC), Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), Canadian Federal Government, Caribbean Community(CARICOM) The Polar Unit receives support from the Governments of Norway, Canada, the United Kingdom and the Nordic Council of Ministers. Private partners include the Christensen Fund, the Walter and Duncan Gordon Charitable Foundation, the National Science Foundation and the UN Foundation.

Figure 1. Countries assisted by GA in 2008 and 2009

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