1. UNEP’s Fifth Global Environment Outlook (GEO-5)

2. GEO-5 Process to date March 2010: Global Intergovernmental and Multi- stakeholder Consultation April-September 2010: Nomination process and selection of experts (various advisory boards and working groups) September 2010: Regional consultations November 2010: First Production and Authors Meeting Launch on 5 June 2012 (tentative)

3. GEO-5 report outline Part I: Assessment of the State and Trends of the Global Environment Part II: Options for Regional Policy Action Part III: Opportunities for a Global Response GEO‐5 Report = 325 pages GEO‐5 SPM = 25 pages

4. GEO-5 detailed outline (I) Part I: Assessment of the State and Trends of the Global Environment Ch 1. State and trends of the global environment i. Drivers of the Global Environment (20 pages) ii. Atmosphere (20 pages) iii. Land (20 pages) iv. Water (20 pages) v. Biodiversity (20 pages) vi. Chemicals & waste (20 pages) vii. Challenges within the Earth System (20 pages)

5. GEO-5 detailed outline (II) Part II: Options for Regional Policy Action Ch 2. Options for Africa (20 pages) Ch 3. Options for Asia & the Pacific (20 pages) Ch 4. Options for Europe (20 pages) Ch 5. Options for Latin America & Caribbean (20 pages) Ch 6. Options for North America (20 pages) Ch 7. Options for West Asia (20 pages) Ch 8. Regional Synthesis (15 pages) Part III: Opportunities for a Global Response Ch 9. Scenarios & Transformative policies (20 pages) Ch 10. Global Responses (20 pages)

6. GEO-5 Part 3: Opportunities for a Global Response based on regional priorities b. Use existing scenarios to identify options for decision making in order to address the long-term environmental challenges that we face and the achievement of policy goals, including the need for transformational change regarding over-arching pressures and drivers on environmental sustainability. d. The outputs of existing models from national, regional and global modelling activities would be a primary source of this information to provide insights. Potential additional runs of well-documented and peer- reviewed models, where suggested by identified gaps, could be developed to provide additional information for decision making. Ref: Statement by the Global Intergovernmental and Multi-stakeholder Consultation on the Fifth Global Environment Outlook held in Nairobi from 29 – 31 March 2010 http://www.unep.org/geo/pdfs/geo5/Annex1%20-GEO-5_FinalStatement.pdf

7. EEA support to GEO-5 Participation in all relevant meetings Membership in: Science and Policy Advisory Board (Jacqueline McGlade) Data and Indicators Working Group (Barbara Clark) Involvement in Chapter Working Groups (relevant EEA staff) Input through SOER 2010, especially country assessments (Part C) Regular communication with Eionet partners Further information from: barbara.clark@eea.europa.eu & david.stanners@eea.europa.eubarbara.clark@eea.europa.eu david.stanners@eea.europa.eu GEO Web site: http://www.unep.org/geo/http://www.unep.org/geo/