GEO-7 Intergovernmental and Multi-stakeholder Advisory Group (IMAG) Meeting Summary, August 20, 2024

The Intergovernmental and Multi-stakeholder Advisory Group (IMAG) met for its twelfth virtual call to discuss the following agenda items: 1. Review and feedback on draft agenda of the third in person meeting of the IMAG. 2. Any Other Business On these items the IMAG decided: The Secretariat and the IMAG will discuss the development of the validation opinion in person during the Nairobi meeting; The Secretariat will revise the work plan for 2025, and several briefings will be delivered to IMAG, including updates from the Task Force on IK&LK and from two task groups developing content on behavioural, social, and cultural science; The Secretariat will update the IMAG on chapter development and coordination efforts, facilitating presentations by the CLAs of various GEO-7 chapters; The Secretariat will present success stories from the supporting services contributing to GEO-7 during the Nairobi meeting; The Secretariat will share the revised annotated outline with the IMAG as a means of providing a clear overview of the GEO-7 report’s framework; The Secretariat will convene a coordination session between the IMAG and MESAG bureaus, and the assessment co-chairs in order to reflect on the outcomes of several key events taking place in Nairobi.