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GEO Matters - March 2019
(2019-03)
The sixth edition of the Global Environment Outlook which is the most comprehensive and rigorous assessment on the state of the environment completed by the United Nations in the last five years was published on 13 March ...
GEO Matters - June 2017
(2017)
The highly anticipated second global authors meeting of the Global Environment Outlook took place in Bangkok, Thailand from the 22-26 May 2017. The meeting was hosted at the United Nations Conference Centre facilities. The ...
GEO Matters - February 2019
(2019-02)
A selected group of authors drafting the GEO for youth report met at the United Nations Offices in, Nairobi to
advance the drafts reports to a second order draft state.
The objective of the meeting was to;
• Complete ...
GEO Matters - August 2019
(2019-08)
The Global Environment Outlook assessments are a rich and valuable resource for decision-makers, practitioners and researchers about the current state of the environment with in-depth scientific knowledge. The Global ...
GEO Matters June 2019
(2019-06)
The inception meeting of GEO for Cities took place in Arendal, Norway from 13-14 May 2019.The Co-Chairs and Advisory Committee of GEO for Cities met to prepare a draft annotated outline of GEO for Cities and to confirm a ...
SDG 7 Issue Brief: Ensuring Access to Affordable, Reliable, Sustainable and Modern Energy for All
(2018)
Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG 7) – ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all – with its targets on universal access, energy efficiency and renewable energy, will open a ...
The Decommissioning of Nuclear Reactors and Related Environmental Consequences - UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) August 2011
(2011-08)
A few decades ago, it was said that the debate on nuclear power had "reached an intensity unprecedented in the history of technology controversies" (Kitschelt 1986). However, the controversy over nuclear power has resurfaced ...
Plant Growth Declined Over the Past Decade - UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) September 2010
(2010-09)
Calculating Net Primary Production (NPP) is the first step in quantifying the amount of carbon plants fix from the atmosphere and accumulate as biomass. NPP is an important component of the global carbon cycle, but it is ...
GEO Matters August 2018
(2018-08)
The Global Environment Outlook (GEO) is a consultative and participatory process to prepare an independent assessment of the state of the environment, the effectiveness of the policy response to address these environmental ...
GEO Matters - October 2018
(2018-10)
This October 2018 issue covers the outcome of the summary for policy makers drafting meeting, the co-chairs of the Global Environment Outlook for Youth as well as a personal story on youth and agriculture.