UNEP, through its network of GRID centres, developed the GRID Meta data directory tool to provide both an electronic and hard copy catalogue of worldwide GRID data sources.

The global database will be completed in 1997.

One operational GRID centre, GRID Warsaw, has been established and three more GRID centres will be established in 1997 at Budapest, Moscow and Tbilisi.

The pilot phase for the development of a GRID centre in the Russian Federation, GRID Moscow, at the Federal Centre for Geo Ecological Systems of the State Committee on Environmental Protection is being overseen by GRID Geneva.

a The total percentages for each state are included in the national total.

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That's just 12 percent of the population.

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Table 1.3 Global Mechanism Operating Costs 1998 (USD)

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The data would be used only for data analysis by the Global Office.

WWW has three readily identifiable components the global observing system (GOS) the global telecommunication system and the global data processing system.

In global terms, it's a little bit of money.

To acquire data on worldwide environmental changes in order to contribute to international global environmental monitoring.

Further, the first global monitoring report will need to reflect the results of global data collection and the assessment of that data.

GRID Sioux Falls and EDC have compiled an exhaustive list that has been distributed to all GRID centres.

This is higher than the provisional figure provided in the Office's Global Report 2004 as statistical data used for the Global Report is estimated on figures available for the beginning of the reporting period in question.

The GRID Meta Database Management System will be implemented in 1996 and will provide a catalog (electronic and hard copy) of worldwide GRID data resources.

(c) To conduct experiments on the relay of Earth observation data using data relay satellites to form a global observation network

Provisional figures indicate that the number of refugees globally fell to 9,400,000 at the beginning of 2005.

GTOS is designed to improve the quality and use of terrestrial ecosystem data and information on a global scale.

The global study included a global environmental data and information systems knowledge base, global lessons learned for the design of environmental information systems and a conceptual design document for AGEDI.

That was equivalent to five per cent of the world population under age 15.

Most support services will be provided from the global service centre.

Data from GLASOD and the SOTER and the World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies (WOCAT) programmes will be used to produce a first updated global assessment.

Twenty five percent of all the world's plants, by 2020.

That's what most of electricity and the energy in the world is.

the use of state of the art technology to create regional and global anti terrorism data bases.

Global estimates of persons smuggled across border range from 800,000 to nearly two million.

148. UNU has been joined by FAO in a global effort to improve the quantity and quality of food composition data worldwide.

The UNEP Global Environment Outlook (GEO) data portal was initiated in 2000 to improve the empirical base of GEO and harmonize the data that are used for analysis and illustrations.

Digital global positioning system equipment will be used to plot the exact edges of the minefields.

Globalization had not led to a reduction of the gap between rich and poor countries, and the transformations that it had involved had not happened in most developing countries.

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Its data management unit should be linked to existing and future relevant global databases.

The project, which is being implemented through GRID Arendal in Norway, is helping to enhance the bilateral cooperation between the GRID facilities and CGIAR centres in various regions, such as the cooperation between GRID Bangkok and the International Crop Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), and between GRID Nairobi and the International Council for Research in Agroforestry.

UNEP, through GRID Sioux Falls, is collaborating with Environment Canada, the World Resources Institute and other organizations in the development of a global population database and a medium resolution population database of Africa in a GIS format.

Data from MTPE and other global change research efforts will enable policymakers to formulate prudent policies regarding the future of the global environment.

Top down methods use average carbon emission factors per passenger kilometre calculated from historical data for large numbers of flights (e.g., at world level or by a global airline company).

Source World Bank, Global Development Finance 2005, online database.

In that global effort, Greece has significantly increased its development assistance.

The global Internet population (over 712 million in 2003) continues to experience strong growth.