GEO Matters July/August 2022

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 objectives, core function and next steps in the GEO process as informed by two years of analysis and consultations undertaken under the auspices of the intergovernmental Steering Committee on the future of the GEO established pursuant to Environment Assembly resolution 4/23.

UNEP/EA.5/Res.3 Requests the Executive Director, to: “Convene an intergovernmental, multi-stakeholder and expert meeting to establish a set of procedures that reflects the objectives and core function of the Global Environment Outlook process”.