Client: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) / Division of Early Warning and Assessment (DEWA)
Date: 11/2010-02/2012
Location: Kenya
Description:
Dr. Meslmani was one of the lead authors of Chapter 2, working group Atmosphere chapter of UNEP’s fifth Global Environmental Outlook report (GEO 5).
The Fifth Global Environment Outlook (GEO-5) is part of a series of Global Environment Outlook (GEO) products that report on the state, trends and outlooks of the environment and thus inform environmental decision-making while facilitating the interaction between science and policy.
GEO-5 assessed progress and gaps in meeting 90 internationally agreed goals. Significant progress was found for just 4 goals; some progress has been made for 40 and for 32 goals there was very little or no progress. Furthermore, GEO-5 regional policy analysis provides over 90 promising policies and 116 case studies which can help countries speed up meeting our internationally agreed goals.
The GEO-5 Summary for Policy Makers (GEO-5 SPM) is based on the scientific findings of the Global Environmental Outlook-5 report. It was developed by UNEP with the guidance of the GEO-5 High Level Intergovernmental Advisory Panel and with technical inputs from the GEO-5 authors. Governments convened in Gwanju city, Republic of South Korea to negotiate the GEO-5 Summary for Policy Makers and endorsed it on 31 January 2012.
The GEO-5 Assessment report was launched on 6 June 2012 in Brazil.
Atmosphere, CHAPTER 2 of the GEO-5 report, (2012).
Johan C.I. Kuylenstierna and May Antoniette Ajero, Drew Shindell, Eric Zusman, Frank Murray, Geir Braathen, Kevin Hicks, Linn Persson, Lisa Emberson, Martha Barata, Sara Feresu, Sara Terry, T.S. Panwar, Yousef Meslmani and Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh. The Fifth Global Environment Outlook (GEO-5), pp. 31-64.