Global Environment Outlook 5

Global Environment Outlook 5 (GEO 5) is the UN’s most comprehensive environmental assessment. The report was produced over three years in a process that involved more than six hundred experts worldwide, who collated and analyzed data from every continent to build up a detailed picture of the world‘s wellbeing. For the first time, it is based on global targets and investigates the global progress achieved towards sustainability. This was supported by several countries including Switzerland which has been advocating better use of targets as instrument of the international environmental politics. Also for the first time, a summary for decision makers was prepared.