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INTERVIEW
Saving Time for the Environment The Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) has unveiled a new tool that will revolutionise environmental reporting. Ahmed Baharoon, the Executive Director of Environmental Information, Science & Outreach Management at EAD and Acting Director at Abu Dhabi Global Environmental Data Initiative (AGEDI) told The Sustainabilist everything there is to know about it.
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hat is IRIS-3, its purpose, and how does it work? IRIS-3, is the third generation release of the Indicator Reporting Information System - a webtechnologies application that automatically 54
produces status, performance, compliance, and other reports from monitoring data. It is designed to support all tiers of government from sub-national to national, regional, and global, and makes reporting easier, faster and more unified.
Developed under the Abu Dhabi Global Environmental Data Initiative (AGEDI) by the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), IRIS-3 is a first-of-its-kind tool that has been designed to significantly save
