Programme Cooperation Agreement 2010 – 2011

Biofuels Vital Graphics: Powering a Green Economy http://www.grida.no/publications/vg/biofuels/

The report addresses the complexity of biofuels, and highlights their potential for contributing to a green economy. It is based on a 2009 report entitled Towards Sustainable Production and Use of Resources: Assessing Biofuels by the International Panel for Sustainable Resource Management of the United Nations Environment Programme, as well as later studies (report will be launched in 2012).

Vital Waste Graphics 3 Vital Waste Graphics 3 has a deliberately wider scope than the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazard- ous Wastes and their Disposal. From generation to disposal, waste is a by-product of societal dynamics, and all too often absent from our consideration. Vital Waste Graphics 3 seeks to put waste in context by: looking at some of the forces driving global trends; examining various concerns and the strategies developed to address them; and, consider- ing the difficulties encountered in implementing these strategies (re- port will be launched in 2012).

Blue Carbon: First Level Exploration of Natural Coastal Carbon in the Arabian Peninsula (With Special Focus on the UAE and Abu Dhabi) GRID-Arendal was commissioned by the Abu Dhabi Global Environ- mental Data Initiative (AGEDI) to prepare this feasibility study on blue carbon that was launched at a major blue carbon event during the Eye of the Earth Summit in Abu Dhabi, 12-15 December. The report explores the mangrove forests, saltwater marshlands and sea grass meadows that act as natural carbon sinks in the Arabian Peninsula. The report is intended to generate regional support for the conservation and sus- tainable management of blue carbon ecosystems.

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