Spreading like Wildfire: The Rising Threat of Extraordinary Landscape Fires

This report is the first report by UNEP and GRID-Arendal to take stock of the scale of the extent of the global wildfire crisis.

23 Feb 2022 Rapid Response Assessment

Smoke on Water: Countering Global Threats from Peatland Loss and Degradation

GRID-Arendal produced a peer-reviewed rapid response assessment to support the Global Peatlands Initiative in its initial work.

10 Dec 2017 Rapid Response Assessment

Waste Crime - Waste Risks: Gaps in Meeting the Global Waste Challenge

As an integrated part of sustainable development, effective waste management can reduce our global footprint.

11 May 2015 Rapid Response Assessment

The Environmental Crime Crisis: Threats to Sustainable Development from Illegal Exploitation and Trade in Wildlife and Forest Resources

Given the alarming pace, level of sophistication, and globalized nature that illegal trade in wildlife has now notoriously achieved...

24 Jun 2014 Rapid Response Assessment

Elephants in the Dust: The African Elephant Crisis

The African Elephant Crisis

15 May 2013 Rapid Response Assessment

Stolen Apes: The Illicit Trade in Chimpanzees, Gorillas, Bonobos and Orangutans

04 Mar 2013 Rapid Response Assessment

Green Carbon, Black Trade: Illegal Logging, Tax Fraud and Laundering in the World’s Tropical Forests

Illegal Logging, Tax Fraud and Laundering in the Worlds Tropical Forests: Illegal Logging, Tax Fraud and Laundering in the Worlds...

27 Sep 2012 Rapid Response Assessment

Women at the Frontline of Climate Change: Gender Risks and Hopes

Women are often in the frontline in respect to the impacts of a changing climate. Globally the world is seeing increasingly frequent...

06 Dec 2011 Rapid Response Assessment

Living Planet: Connected Planet

Through the air, over land and in water, over ten thousand species numbering millions of animals travel around the world in a network of...

21 Nov 2011 Rapid Response Assessment

Green Hills, Blue Cities: An Ecosystems Approach to Water Resources Management for African Cities

An Ecosystems Approach to Water Resources Management for African Cities

21 Mar 2011 Rapid Response Assessment

Dead planet, Living planet: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Restoration for Sustainable Development

Biodiversity and ecosystem restoration for sustainable development. Biodiversity and ecosystems deliver crucial services to humankind...

03 Jun 2010 Rapid Response Assessment

The Last Stand of the Gorilla: Environmental Crime and Conflict in the Congo Basin

Environmental Crime and Conflict in the Congo Basin

24 Mar 2010 Rapid Response Assessment

Sick water? The Central Role of Wastewater Management in Sustainable Development

“With global action and positive momentum towards improving access to safe water and sanitation, the United Nations Environment Programme...

19 Mar 2010 Rapid Response Assessment

Blue Carbon: The Role of Healthy Oceans in Binding Carbon

The report highlights the critical role of the oceans and ocean ecosystems

14 Oct 2009 Rapid Response Assessment

The Environmental Food Crisis: The Environment’s Role in Averting Future Food Crises

A rapid response assessment report warns that up to 25% of the world’s food production may become lost due to environmental breakdown

17 Feb 2009 Rapid Response Assessment

In Dead Water: Merging of Climate Change with Pollution, Over-Harvest, and Infestations in the World’s Fishing Grounds

The rapid response report entitled In Dead Water has for the first time mapped the multiple and combined impacts of pollution; alien...

15 Apr 2008 Rapid Response Assessment

The Last Stand of the Orangutan: State of Emergency-Illegal Logging, Fire and Palm Oil in Indonesia’s National Parks

State of Emergency: Illegal Logging, Fire and Palm Oil in Indonesia's National Parks..

17 Oct 2007 Rapid Response Assessment

Our Precious Coasts: Marine Pollution, Climate Change and the Resilience of Coastal Ecosystems

Marine pollution, climate change and the resilience of coastal ecosystems. Scientists studying reefs that were bleached in the late 1990s ..

29 Apr 2006 Rapid Response Assessment