Global Environment Outlook Review Editing Analytical Database (GEO-READ) - Frequently Asked Questions

The Review Editing Analytical Database of the Global Environment Outlook (GEO-READ) is the United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) digital portal for managing the review of GEO reports. The system provides different services and privileges to different users; whether they are report authors, reviewers, review editors, members of GEO advisory boards, or members of the GEO secretariat. GEO-READ supports and enhances the rigor, credibility, and transparency of the assessment’s review process. It also provides review editors and other stakeholders with various analytical tools to guide and supplement their work as they analyse the large numbers of comments provided by peer and government-nominated reviewers. This digitizing of the review process responds to the UN Secretary General’s ‘Our Common Agenda’ by fostering increased digital cooperation through a new governance and administrative model for GEO, and is an example of UNEP’s ongoing digital transformation.