The Future of the Global Environment Outlook: Considerations for Positioning and Assessment Design - Background Paper

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dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.contributor.organizationScience Division
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-21T16:33:12Z
dc.date.available2021-07-21T16:33:12Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.descriptionThe background paper is informed by in-depth research on a number of underlying topics in designing of global integrated environmental assessments (IEAs) that are critical for the identification and analysis of options. In addition to the research, the consultants carried out a series of semi-structured interviews with senior representatives of UNEP’s partners and leading assessment experts about the future of GEO. Some excerpts of these interviews are included in this paper to provide complementary perspectives on the topics that have been analysed. The list of interviewees is provided in Annex 3. The background paper is structured as follows. Section 2 provides an overview of the history of GEO, Section 3 starts off with a discussion of the need to consider positioning assessments such as GEO in an increasingly complex global environmental assessment landscape, followed by a discussion of the range of diverse functions an assessment can play. Section 4 reviews the importance of assessment governance, including its role, forms, functions and mechanisms. Section 5 reviews considerations for assessment process design and the selection of methods. Section 6 looks at the outputs of assessments and Section 7 the closely related question of assessment uptake, use and learning. Section 8 discusses the financing of assessments. The concluding section summarises the main findings of the research. Sections 3-8 also start with a box providing key findings.en
dc.description.urihttps://www.unenvironment.org/global-environment-outlook
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dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/36577
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relationGlobal Environment Outlook (GEO-6): Healthy Planet, Healthy People
dc.rights.accessLevelPublic
dc.subjectcapacity building
dc.subjectenvironmental policy
dc.subjectenvironmental assessment
dc.subjectscience
dc.subjectpartnership
dc.subject.sdgSDG 1 - No Poverty
dc.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero Hunger
dc.subject.sdgSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-Being
dc.subject.sdgSDG 4 - Quality Education
dc.subject.sdgSDG 5 - Gender Equality
dc.subject.sdgSDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation
dc.subject.sdgSDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
dc.subject.sdgSDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
dc.subject.sdgSDG 9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
dc.subject.sdgSDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
dc.subject.sdgSDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
dc.subject.sdgSDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
dc.subject.sdgSDG 13 - Climate Action
dc.subject.sdgSDG 14 - Life below Water
dc.subject.sdgSDG 15 - Life on Land
dc.subject.sdgSDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
dc.subject.sdgSDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals
dc.titleThe Future of the Global Environment Outlook: Considerations for Positioning and Assessment Design - Background Paperen
dc.typeCommunication or other resource
wd.identifier.mettingsessionUnited Nations Environment Assembly of the United Nations Environment Programme Fifth session

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