Programme Cooperation Agreement 2012 – 2013

training course for UNEP DEWA and DCPI staff on e-book production. During 2013, DEWA staff received training on Word Press for the Blue Carbon portal, 137 which is part of the Blue Carbon Initiative. • In 2013 GRID-Arendal signed a three-year partnership agreement with the University of Bologna under which GRID-Arendal staff will provide training on cartography and other topics, as well as internship opportunities at GRID-Arendal for advanced cartography students. The first training workshop in cartography was held in No- vember 2013. Outreach programmes and awareness-raising with UNEP and beyond • As part of the collaboration with UNEP on a compre- hensive outreach strategy for GEO-5, GRID-Arendal de- veloped several outreach tools as well as implementing specific outreach activities: – a video/curtain raiser that was used at the launch of the GEO-5 report in June 2012; – a targeted report for local authorities, working closely with UNEP and ICLEI; – a comprehensive outreach and capacity develop- ment strategy for the regions – to inform on GEO-5 findings and to build capacity in using these findings. • During 2012 and 2013, GRID-Arendal has further de- veloped the use of videos for communicating environ- mental information and messages: – The film Status and Trends in Arctic Biodiversity 138 based on the findings of the 2010 Arctic Biodiversity Trends report, was produced for the CAFF Working Group. It emphasizes the new challenges brought about by climate change and the increase of industrial activities in the region, and includes interviews with the President of Iceland, prominent scientists, indigenous peoples, and fishermen. Released in April 2013 during the biggest gathering of polar scientists of 2012, the International Polar Year 2012 Conference ‘From Knowl- edge to Action’, the film subsequently won the 2013 documentary award of the Green Lens Environmental Film Festival - an annual competition sponsored by the Northern Illinois University´s Institute for the Study of the Environment, Sustainability and Energy. – In collaboration with the University of the Arctic, GRID- Arendal initiated the Snowy Owl Talks series 139 address- ing specific topics about the North to create awareness and promote discussion on contemporary issues. The main target audience for these videos is students. In addition, GRID-Arendal organized the Norway launch of GEO-5 in Oslo on 7 June 2012.

– Videos were also produced on the Blue Carbon Dem- onstration Project 140 and Payme nts for Ecosystem Services , 141 and a HICAP video teaser entitled Scaling Mountains, Gaining Heights 142 presented concerns from women environmental leaders on gendered dif- ferences to climate change adaptation. – Two film producers visited GRID-Arendal to collect footage for a documentary on methane hydrates that will be released on ARTE TV in Europe, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in Canada and in the US. An interview with the Head of the Marine Division will feature in the documentary. The documentary is set for release in early 2014. • The Many Strong Voices (MSV) programme launched a new website 143 with the technical design provided in- house. The website gives access to peer-reviewed arti- cles and publications on the themes of climate change and SIDS, community-based adaptation, and disaster risk management in island contexts. It also serves as the e-portal for the Portraits of Resilience 144 photog- raphy project, which trains youth and schools in the Arctic and SIDS in the use of photography and other digital media to bring personal stories and faces to the attention of the general public and to decision makers at international climate change negotiations. • MSV also took the opportunity to raise awareness at UNFCCC COP19 in November 2013. The ‘Portraits of Resilience’ photo exhibition opened on 18 November 2013 at the State Ethnographic Museum in Warsaw. The exhibition, which was a collaboration between GoNorth! Adventure Learning and MSV, featured the work of young photographers in Chukotka (Russia), the Canadian Arctic, Seychelles, Tuvalu and the Marshall Islands. On the same day, MSV held a Global Consulta- tion on Climate-induced Displacement and Relocation with affected peoples - as well as with civil society rep- resentatives, researchers and policymakers – to identify community needs as a means to develop appropriate tools and resources to assist such communities in their relocation efforts and to participate in decision-making processes at national and international levels. • GRID-Arendal collaborated in another side event at the UNFCCC COP19 - Adaptation without Borders: Building Cooperation for Resilient Regions - in which a high level panel called on COP19 delegates and global develop- ment partners to protect vital mountain ecosystems, to support adaptation programmes in the mountains for improved livelihoods and sustainability, and to create incentives to enhance the benefits mountain people de- rive from conserving their ecosystems.

140. http://vimeo.com/channels/bluecarbon 141. http://www.grida.no/news/default/5821.aspx 142. http://vimeo.com/78910631 143. http://www.manystrongvoices.org/ 144. http://www.manystrongvoices.org/portraits/

137. http://bluecarbonportal.org/ 138. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydGhSUKSGiI 139. http://www.grida.no/polar/activities/5671.aspx

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