Keeping the Worlds Environment Under Review: An Intellectual History of the Glob

Description: Keeping the Worlds Environment Under Review by Jan Bakkes, Marion Cheatle, Ronald G. Witt, Nora Mžavanadze, László Pintér How do we take stock of the state and direction of the worlds 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 GEOs 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. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Jan Bakkes is Senior Researcher Senior strategic advisor to the Director-General, PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency.Marion Cheatle is retired from The United Nations Environment Programme.Nora Mzavanadze is independent researcher and consultant.László Pintér is head the Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy, Central European University.Ron Witt is retired from The United Nations Environment Programme Table of Contents List of Tables and FiguresPrefaceAcknowledgementsAbout the AuthorsIntroduction to the bookChapter 1. Keeping the Worlds Environment Under Review1.1 Introduction1.2 Global environmental assessment: initial insights1.3 UNEP meets its mandate to keep the world environmental situation under review – and explores alternative models1.4 UNEP gets the green light for its new global environmental assessment1.5 ConclusionChapter 2. The Conceptual Framework of the Global Environment Outlook Reporting System2.1 Introduction: Conceptual framework—a foundation for global environmental assessments2.2 The role of science2.3 From GEOs mandate to its assessment framework2.4 The evolution of GEOs conceptual framework2.5 Beyond DPSIRChapter 3. Collaboration and Participation in the Global Environment Outlook Process3.1 Introduction3.2 Partner institutions3.3 Shifting of roles and responsibilities from partner institutes to individuals3.4 A closer look at author groups3.5 Other GEO Participants: A Medley of Roles3.6 ConclusionChapter 4. Evolution of the Global Environment Outlook Reports 1-6, Including Their Use of the Integrated Environment Assessment Approach4.1 Introduction4.2 GEO delivery formats and length4.3 Evolution of the Driving forces and Pressures components4.4 Evolution of the State and Trends component4.5 Evolution of the Impacts component, including human well-being4.6 Evolution of the Policy Responses component in the global GEOs4.7 Chapter summaryChapter 5. Beyond DPSIR – Outlook and Other Major Aspects5.1 Introduction5.2 Evolution of the Outlook component in global GEOs5.3 Other main elements found in GEOs 1-65.4 Regional aspects, content and treatment in global GEOs5.5 Other global GEO productsChapter 6. Global Environmental Outlooks from Subglobal to Local: GEOs Multilevel, Multiscale Geographic Success6.1 Introduction6.2 Regional and subregional GEO reports and their origins6.3 National GEO-style reports6.4 Local-level GEO reporting6.5 The special case of the Latin America and Caribbean region6.6 ConclusionsChapter 7. Global Environment Outlook Support Systems7.1 Introduction7.2 Process coordination7.3 Expert and advisory groups7.4 Capacity building7.5 Data support7.6 Report preparation process7.7 Evaluation process7.8 Additional GEO products7.9 Funding supportChapter 8. Outreach to Stakeholders and Users8.1 Introduction8.2 Outreach to Governments8.3 Outreach within UNEP8.4 Outreach to the rest of the UN8.5 Outreach to the general public and other audiences8.6 Strengthening the outreach strategy8.7 ConclusionChapter 9. Global Perceptions and Influence of GEO9.1 Introduction9.2 GEOs global role9.3 A worldwide context informing national-level policymaking and vice versa9.4 Capacity development: the importance of process, ownership and learning by doing9.5 GEO, youth and the education community9.6 GEO and the research community9.7 GEO and the mass media9.8 GEOs influence on UNEP itself9.9 ConclusionChapter 10. Regional Perceptions and Influence of GEO10.1 Introduction10.2 GEO in Africa: enabling the regional environmental agenda10.3 GEO in Asia and the Pacific: one size does not fit all10.4 GEO in Europe: getting noticed in a crowded place10.5 GEO in Latin America and the Caribbean: riding the GEO wave10.6 GEO in North America: acting in a region of fading interest10.7 West Asia and North Africa: GEO as a professionalizing force10.8 ConclusionChapter 11. Beyond GEO-611.1 Introduction and setting the scene11.2 Four scenarios of what could happen to GEO in 2020-203011.3 Messages for the future of GEO11.4 ConclusionConcluding RemarksBibliographyAnnex I: The Evolution of UNEP Mandates for the Global Environment OutlookAnnex II: GEO Collaborating Centres and other Contributing Institutions listed in GEO reportsAnnex III: Structure of GEOs-1 to 6 ReportsAnnex IV: GEO-related ReportsAnnex V: Acronyms and AbbreviationsAnnex VI: List of InterviewsIndex Details ISBN9633865956 Author László Pintér Short Title Keeping the Worlds Environment under Review Publisher Central European University Press Language English Year 2022 ISBN-10 9633865956 ISBN-13 9789633865958 Format Paperback Imprint Central European University Press Place of Publication Budapest Country of Publication Hungary Illustrations 36 Figures Pages 534 Publication Date 2022-09-30 UK Release Date 2022-09-30 Subtitle An Intellectual History of the Global Environment Outlook Alternative 9789633864319 DEWEY 333.7 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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