The GEO for Youth of the Caribbean report is part of the Global Environment Outlook (GEO) programme of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), an integrated environmental assessment process that began in 1995. Evaluations of the state of the environment at the global, regional, national, and sub-national levels are regularly updated to provide guidance for decision-making on the development of policies, environmental protection measures, and resource allocation. The reports warn the international community about environmental deterioration and call for a reversal of negative trends.