RT null T1 GEO Matters October-December 2024 A1 United Nations Environment Programme, K1 indigenous knowledge K1 capacity building YR 2024 FD 2024-12-31 LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/46902 UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/46902 NO GEO-7 Intergovernmental and Expert Peer Review isUnderwayThe Second Order Draft (SOD) of the main report and the First Order Draft (FOD) of the Summary for Policymakers (SPM) were submitted for intergovernmental and expert peer review on 1 November 2024, and the drafts will be available for comments till the 22 January 2025.The Secretariat has followed the recommendations from the Intergovernmental and Multistakeholder Advisory Group (IMAG) and the Multi-disciplinary Expert Scientific Advisory Group (MESAG) to make significant efforts in recruiting more peer reviewers, prioritizing the diversity of expertise in the selection process, while also striving to achieve gender and geographic balance. This should help ensure sufficient external review of the GEO-7 main report and its SPM. NO https://www.unep.org/geo DS UN Environment Document Repository RD Sep 19, 2026