Unep Grid-Geneva

The Global Resource Information Database - Geneva (GRID-Geneva), is a partnership between the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) and the University of Geneva (UniGe). With a team of 20 Environment Data Scientist, GRID-Geneva main role is to transform data into information and knowledge to support the decision making process related to environmental issues. The GRID-Geneva partnership brings a powerful science Policy interface: with the University of Geneva for solid science, large computation facilities and the Swiss government to advise and support policies, provides a strong support to UN Environment Programme. UNEP/GRID-Geneva is incorporated in the Big Data Branch, within the Science Division of the United Nations Environment Programme. It is also part of the One Global Partnership, which includes more than 15 centres world wide, working together to keep the environment under review and support UNEP with data processing.