On 3 October 2019 (10:00am-12:00pm CEST), the Geneva Environment Network is hosting an event to present and discuss UN Environment’s sixth Global Environment Outlook report at the International Environment House in Geneva, Switzerland. Registration is required.
Under the theme of ‘Healthy Planet, Healthy People’, the sixth Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6) is an integrated assessment which considers various scientific perspectives and inputs from across the world in a holistic manner. The assessment urges the world’s decision makers and all citizens to apply the principles of sustainable development to help ensure that Earth’s environment remains the foundation of society and of people’s well-being and resilience.
The report, released a the fourth UN Environment Assembly (UNEA4), presents a comprehensive assessment of recent scientific information and data, analyzing current and past environmental policy, and identifying future options for achieving sustainable development by 2050.
PROVISIONAL AGENDA
10:00
Coffee & Tea
10:15
Welcome and Introduction
Bruno POZZI, Director, Europe Office, UN Environment Programme
10:20
The 6th Global Environmental Outlook
Pierre BOILEAU, Head, Global Environment Outlook programme, UN Environment Programme
Pierre has led his team to complete 6 regional environmental assessments, and the global assessment for the sixth Global Environment Outlook, published in March 2019. His team worked closely with more than 160 experts and authors to produce the analysis contained in the publication. The findings are closely linked to pathways for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals as well as a ‘Healthy Planet for Healthy People’, which is the theme of the report.
11:00
Discussants
11:30
Question-and-answer
12:00
End