GEO Reports: Recent submissions
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GEO Matters January/February 2023
(2023-02)As requested by Member States in Resolution EA.5/3, UNEP initiated the preparation of the seventh edition of the Global Environment Outlook (GEO-7) assessment and its accompanying Summary for Policymakers, to be launched ... -
Planning Meeting of the GEO-7 Multidisciplinary Expert Scientific Advisory Group (MESAG)
(2023-02)Meeting objectives: 1. MESAG members are informed of the GEO-7: mandate, process, scope. 2. Provisional terms of reference are presented to the MESAG, discussed and agreed. 3. Discuss a process for monitoring the ... -
Intergovernmental and Multi-stakeholder Advisory Group (IMAG)
(2023-02)Meeting objectives: 1. Agree IMAG’s work plan for the coming year 2. Provide advice on key GEO-7 policy questions 3. Provide advice on the profiles of additional experts and authors that may be needed. 4. Provide advice ... -
First Authors Meeting for the Seventh Global Environment Outlook (GEO-7) (Joint Authors Writer’s Sprint, IMAG meeting, MESAG Meeting)
(2023-02)Meeting objectives: 1. Expand the annotated outline and agree the drafting process of the Introduction and Drivers/Pressures chapters 2. Expand the annotated outline and agree the drafting process for the State and ... -
Policy Responses and Solutions Pathways Workshop for the Seventh Edition of UNEP’s Global Environment Outlook (GEO-7)
(2023-01)Meeting objectives: 1. Develop a shared understanding of the objectives of the solutions pathway section 2. Review and agree on a methodology for the solutions pathways analysis 3. Discussion of roles and responsibilities ... -
Modelling and Scenario Workshop for the Seventh Edition of UNEP’s Global Environment Outlook (GEO-7)
(2023-02)Meeting objectives: 1. Develop a shared understanding of the objectives of the modelling and scenarios work 2. Agree on a methodology for the modelling and scenarios work 3. Discussion the roles and responsibilities ... -
GEO-7 MESAG Membership List
(2023-02)The Multidisciplinary Expert Scientific Advisory Group (MESAG) will play a critical role in providing guidance to UNEP’s Executive Director, authors and experts on the scientific credibility of the GEO process. In order ... -
GEO Matters July/August 2022
(2022-08)The fifth United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5) approved the resolution UNEP/EA.5/Res.3 on the future of the Global Environment Outlook (GEO) on March 2, 2022. In the resolution, Member States established the ... -
GEO Matters September 2022
(2022-09)UNEP Nominates Dr. Nyovani Madise and Sir Robert Watson co-chairs of the Seventh Edition of the Global Environment Outlook (GEO-7). Dr Edgar Gutierrez-Espeleta and Prof. Ying Wang selected as vice-chairs. In March 2022, ... -
Terms of Reference for the Adhoc Global Assessments Dialogue Modelling and Scenarios Subgroup
(2022-11)The Adhoc Global Assessments Dialogue (AGAD) is an informal process that brings together the Heads of Secretariats, Co-chairs and selected experts of major global assessments with the main objective of exploring possible ... -
Expert Dialogue – Energy Systems: The Global Environment Outlook 7 Scoping Meeting
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2022-10)There is no singular pathway to 1 5 o C, but the direction of travel is clear The energy sector must be one of the first to drive decarbonization, especially between now and 2030 focused on efficiency, renewables, and ... -
Expert Dialogue – Circularity: The Global Environment Outlook 7 Scoping Meeting
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2022-10)Applying the circular economy in just five key areas (cement, plastics, steel, aluminum, food) can remove nearly half of these remaining emissions 9.3 billion tonnes in 2050. -
Food Systems and the Environment: Challenges and Solutions - The Global Environment Outlook 7 Scoping Meeting: Expert Dialogue – Food Systems
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2022-10)“Food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life”.(World Food ... -
GEO-7 IMAG Membership List
(2022-10)The Seventh Edition of the Global Environment Outlook (GEO) was mandated by UNEA through resolution 5/3, approved in March 2022. In the resolution, the United Nations Environment Assembly, “Requests the Executive ... -
Tasks and Responsibilities of Assessment Report Co-chairs and Vice-chairs
(2022-10)Assessment report co-chairs and vice-chairs are responsible for ensuring that an assessment report is completed to the highest scientific standard. The names of all assessment report co-chairs and vice-chairs will be ... -
Scoping of the Seventh Edition of the Global Environment Outlook: Action for a Healthy Planet
(2022-12)GEO7_6 and other major global assessments have established several key policy findinds. GEO-7 proposes to build on these findings, and those of other major assessments to explore the solutions pathways that are available ... -
Briefing Note on Process and Nominations for the Secretariat’s Proposal for a Bureau of the GEO-7 Ad-hoc Open-ended Meetings of Experts
(2022-09)Following the invitation to Member States and Stakeholders to nominate experts from UNEP’s Executive Director in her letter dated 17 June 2022, the Secretariat has received more than 250 nominations to attend the 2 inaugural ... -
Regular Assessments (Regional, Global, Thematic, and Methodological) - Info Sheet 3
(2022-09)This document details the process and time to produce an IPCC or IPBES assessment which is typically about three to four years (similar to the time to produce a GEO assessment). -
Global Environment Outlook (GEO): Intergovernmental and Expert-led Scientific Assessment Procedures
(2022-09)The United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) initiates GEO assessments and provides overall oversight over the GEO process. The GEO process is undertaken by the Executive director of UNEP in consultation with the ... -
Draft Terms of Reference for Officers to Preside over the GEO-7 Open-ended Meetings
(2022-09)The United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) through resolution 5/3 entitled “Future of the Global Environment Outlook”, requested the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to “Convene an ...
