Keeping the World’s Environment under Review : An Intellectual History of the Global Environment Outlook / Marion Cheatle, Nora Mžavanadze, Jan Bakkes, László Pintér, Ronald G. Witt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bakkes, J. A., Author.

Cheatle, Marion, Author.

Mžavanadze, Nora, Author.

Witt, Ronald G., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Global Environmental Outlook.

United Nations Environment Programme.

Ecology.

Environmental impact analysis.

Environmental monitoring.

Global environmental change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (534 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

How do we take stock of the state and direction of the world’s environment, and what can we learn from the experience? Among the myriad detailed narratives about the condition of the planet, the Global Environment Outlook (GEO) reports—issued by the United Nations Environment Programme—stand out as the most ambitious. For nearly three decades the GEO project has not only delivered iconic global assessment reports, but through its multitude of contributors has inspired hundreds of similar processes worldwide from the regional to the local level. This book provides an inside account of the evolution of the GEO project from its earliest days. Building on meticulous research, including interviews with former heads of the United Nations Environment Programme, diplomats, leading contributing scientists, and senior leaders of collaborating organizations, the story is told from the perspective of five GEO veterans who all played a pivotal role in shaping the periodic assessments. The GEO’s history provides striking insights and will save valuable time to those who commission, design and conduct, as well as critique and improve, assessments of environmental development in the next decade.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Tables and Figures

Preface

Acknowledgements

About the Authors

Introduction to the book

Chapter 1: Keeping the World’s Environment Under Review

Chapter 2: The Conceptual Framework of the Global Environment Outlook Reporting System

Chapter 3: Collaboration and Participation in the Global Environment Outlook Process

Chapter 4: Evolution of the Global Environment Outlook Reports 1-6, Including Their Use of the Integrated Environment Assessment Approach

Chapter 5: Beyond DPSIR – Outlook and Other Major Aspects

Chapter 6. Global Environmental Outlooks from Subglobal to Local: GEO’s Multilevel, Multiscale Geographic Success

Chapter 7: Global Environment Outlook Support Systems

Chapter 8: Outreach to Stakeholders and Users

Chapter 9. Global Perceptions and Influence of GEO

Chapter 10: Regional Perceptions and Influence of GEO

Chapter 11: Beyond GEO-6

Concluding Remarks

Bibliography

Annex I: The Evolution of UNEP Mandates for the Global Environment Outlook

Annex II: GEO Collaborating Centres and other Contributing Institutions listed in GEO reports

Annex III: Structure of GEOs-1 to 6 Reports

Annex IV: GEO-related Reports

Annex V: Acronyms and Abbreviations

Annex VI: List of Interviews

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 https://www.degruyter.com/dg/page/open-access-policy

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ISBN:

1-003-72035-8

963-386-432-1

9781003720355

OCLC:

1334104078