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2 D R I V I N G F O R R E S U L T S : S T R E N G T H E N I N G T H E S C I E N C E B A S I S A N D C A T A L Y T I C R O L E O F U N E P Current Plans for UNEP’s GEO-5 reporting process and the next pan- European assessment report for Astana Regional Environmental Information Networking Meeting for the Caucasus and Eastern Europe, Hotel Khreschatyk, Kyiv, Ukraine, 3-5 November 2009

3 D R I V I N G F O R R E S U L T S : S T R E N G T H E N I N G T H E S C I E N C E B A S I S A N D C A T A L Y T I C R O L E O F U N E P UNEP’s Assessment Mandate is to provide leader ship and encourage Keep under review the state of & trends in the global environment, and provide early warning of emerging environmental problems and threats.

4 D R I V I N G F O R R E S U L T S : S T R E N G T H E N I N G T H E S C I E N C E B A S I S A N D C A T A L Y T I C R O L E O F U N E P What is Integrated Environment Assessment?  A participatory and structured approach that links assessment-derived knowledge with actions: - Links environmental state and trend analysis with policies; - Incorporates global and (sub-)regional perspectives; - Includes historical and future perspectives (“scenarios”); - Covers a broad spectrum of issues, policies and sectors; and - Integrates environmental change and human well-being.  IEA also allows policy-makers to address complex challenges; e.g., adaptation to climate change.

5 D R I V I N G F O R R E S U L T S : S T R E N G T H E N I N G T H E S C I E N C E B A S I S A N D C A T A L Y T I C R O L E O F U N E P GEO-4 Report and Website www.unep.org/geo/geo4/media

6 D R I V I N G F O R R E S U L T S : S T R E N G T H E N I N G T H E S C I E N C E B A S I S A N D C A T A L Y T I C R O L E O F U N E P Pan-European Reporting by EEA et al. (regional reporting examples) …pan-European Reporting Series. Astana: fifth assessment

7 D R I V I N G F O R R E S U L T S : S T R E N G T H E N I N G T H E S C I E N C E B A S I S A N D C A T A L Y T I C R O L E O F U N E P UNEP Medium-Term Strategy 2010-13 The six cross-cutting priority areas:  Climate change  Disasters and conflicts  Ecosystems management  Environmental Governance  Harmful substances and hazardous wastes  Resource efficiency (SPC) These six priorities provide an increased focus for UNEP’s work, including implementation of the Bali Strategic Plan…

8 D R I V I N G F O R R E S U L T S : S T R E N G T H E N I N G T H E S C I E N C E B A S I S A N D C A T A L Y T I C R O L E O F U N E P UNEP’s global-scale IEA process ~ GEO-5 GEO as both a process and products...  Global Environment Outlook (GEO) series of reports on the state of the global environ- ment, and associated products.  the GEO Process: a consultative, participatory, capacity-building process initiated and led since 1995 by UNEP for global environ- mental assessment and reporting.

9 D R I V I N G F O R R E S U L T S : S T R E N G T H E N I N G T H E S C I E N C E B A S I S A N D C A T A L Y T I C R O L E O F U N E P Past IEA/GEO Global-level Assessments GEO series of products...

10 D R I V I N G F O R R E S U L T S : S T R E N G T H E N I N G T H E S C I E N C E B A S I S A N D C A T A L Y T I C R O L E O F U N E P Options proposed for the GEO-5 report  A “classic” IEA report in the style of GEOs-1 to 4.  An expert assessment report (a la HDR/WRR).  A coherent set of integrated & thematic assessments relating to the six priority areas of UNEP.  A purely indicator-based report (like MDG report).  A so-called “UNEP-live” approach for continual, on-line reporting (thematically based). Options 1-5 discussed by UNEP’s GC-25:

11 D R I V I N G F O R R E S U L T S : S T R E N G T H E N I N G T H E S C I E N C E B A S I S A N D C A T A L Y T I C R O L E O F U N E P Decision: Option 3/transition to Option 5  Flexible/parallel/more rapid (6-18 mo.) assessments.  Able to focus on specific issues (e.g., “food crisis”) under the six priority areas of UNEP’s PoW.  Will include a global report on interlinkages between the six priority areas (“chapeau” or umbrella).  The latter will still be produced every five years.  This approach combines global/macro analysis of environmental state and trends, with a more flexible, rapid and targeted set of reports. Features of Option 3: Set of IEAs/Thematic assessments

12 D R I V I N G F O R R E S U L T S : S T R E N G T H E N I N G T H E S C I E N C E B A S I S A N D C A T A L Y T I C R O L E O F U N E P Schematic Diagram of “UNEP-Live” Concept

13 D R I V I N G F O R R E S U L T S : S T R E N G T H E N I N G T H E S C I E N C E B A S I S A N D C A T A L Y T I C R O L E O F U N E P The next global IEA generation ~ GEO-5  GEO-5 will access all of UNEP’s sub-programmes and their resources; a bold new approach.  GEO-5 will cover the six thematic programme areas, using expert scientific input from the existing collaborating centres network and individual scientists, to provide an up-to-date picture on the state and trends of the global environment.  GEO-5 will build on existing data & indicators work and applications such as the GEO Data Portal, ex- panding these into a broad “Platform” for all of UNEP to use in a wide variety of assessment types.

14 D R I V I N G F O R R E S U L T S : S T R E N G T H E N I N G T H E S C I E N C E B A S I S A N D C A T A L Y T I C R O L E O F U N E P The next global IEA generation ~ GEO-5 Timetable of GEO-5 related events in 2009 is as follows: Timetable of GEO-5 related events in 2009 is as follows:  First Experts’ Group Meeting, Nat’l Environment Agency, Netherlands, held 13-15 October.  First Global and multi-Stakeholders’ Consultation, [venue tbd], week three of January 2010.  Initial development, testing and launch of UNEP’s Environmental Data and Indicators Platform to support a scientifically-sound GEO-5 and eventually, a “GEO-live” (on-line process to service/underpin future GEO reports).

15 D R I V I N G F O R R E S U L T S : S T R E N G T H E N I N G T H E S C I E N C E B A S I S A N D C A T A L Y T I C R O L E O F U N E P Spasibo / Thanks for your attention!

16 D R I V I N G F O R R E S U L T S : S T R E N G T H E N I N G T H E S C I E N C E B A S I S A N D C A T A L Y T I C R O L E O F U N E P EEA history of European-level environmental assessements 19901995200020052010 SOER 2010 SOER Pan European 2015 SOER 2015 1998 20032007 AarhusKievBelgradeDobris 2011 Astana 2016 Dobris +25

17 D R I V I N G F O R R E S U L T S : S T R E N G T H E N I N G T H E S C I E N C E B A S I S A N D C A T A L Y T I C R O L E O F U N E P GEO1 AR2 AR3 AR 4 AR1 AR5 GEO2 GEO5 GEO3 The broader assessment landscape 1990 1995 20002005 2010 Millenium ecosystem Assessment Assessment of Assessments 20012007 2014 IPCC GEO 2002 2015 Stern Report 2010 year of biodiversity GEO4 2009

18 D R I V I N G F O R R E S U L T S : S T R E N G T H E N I N G T H E S C I E N C E B A S I S A N D C A T A L Y T I C R O L E O F U N E P Another vision of UNEP-Live GEOLive Database GEAS - Real Time Alerts - Hot Spots - Science Briefs Geo Thematic Content Periodically updated Data portal Citizen science: My Environment upload Videos Pictures Blogs GEOLive Website -------------------------- View on Maps Search By Region Search by Theme GEOLive System Search GEOLive content pages

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