Virtual Ad hoc open-ended Meeting for the Procedures and Supporting Functions of the Seventh Edition of UNEP’s Global Environment Outlook

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, with guidance from the intergovernmental and multi-stakeholder advisory group, 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.

In preparation for the virtual sessions of the GEO Procedures Meeting that will be happening on 19-22 September from 15h00 to 18h00 Nairobi time, UNEP distributed the draft of the procedures document for a 1-month commenting period that runs from 18 August to 15 September 2022.  The comments arising from this review period will help the Secretariat and the co-chairs of the meeting prepare for the review and approval of this important document for the GEO-7 process.  The goal of the four virtual sessions is to complete the review of the draft, finalize it and approve it for use in the GEO-7 process.

Meeting Objectives

• Convene, review, and approve the procedures for the preparation of GEO-7
• Present the overview of proposed GEO-7 supporting functions and approach to the capacity gap report.
• Introduce GEO-7 assessment report co-chairs and vice-chairs