The United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) initiates GEO assessments and provides overall oversight for the GEO process. The GEO process is undertaken by the Executive director of UNEP with the guidance of the Intergovernmental and Multistakeholder Advisory Group (IMAG) and the Multidisciplinary Expert Scientific Advisory Group (MESAG), while periodically consulting with the Committee of Permanent Representatives on important elements of the Global Environment Outlook process. Resolution EA.5/3:
“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 outlined above”
The procedures in this document have been reviewed and adopted by an intergovernmental, multistakeholder and expert meeting convened by the Executive Director of UNEP from Sept. 19 – 22 2022, pursuant to Environment Assembly resolution UNEP/ EA.5/Res.3.
