United Nation’s Global Environmental Outlook 6 Report covered in 102 Countries and 2856 articles
The sixth Global Environment Outlook, or GEO-6, is the world’s most comprehensive environmental report, covering a range of topics, issues and potential solutions. The GEO is no ordinary report, it’s a thorough analysis of what will happen if we continue with business as usual and what actions needs to be taken to put our planet on the right course. The report was first published March 4th 2019 and can be accessed here:
As the United Nations state it, “the creation of the The Global Environment Outlook (GEO) is often referred to as UN Environment’s flagship environmental assessment. The first publication was in 1997 and was originally requested by the UN Member States. It is a flagship report because it fulfills the core functions of the organization, which date back to the UN General Assembly resolution that established the UN Environment Programme in 1972.
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 challenges and the possible pathways to be achieve various internationally agreed environmental goals. The process also builds capacity for conducting integrated environmental assessments and reporting on the state, trends and outlooks of the environment. The Global Environment Outlook (GEO) is also a series of products that informs environmental decision-making for not only governments but also various stakeholders such as the youth, businesses and local governments and aims to facilitate the interaction between science and policy.”
The creation of the GEO-6 was guided by two governing panels, a high level intergovernmental panel and a scientific advisory panel, where Prof. Dr. Wendelin Stark has served since early 2015 as a panel member.