As a significant contribution to Rio+20, the 5th Global Environment Outlook (GEO-5) builds on previous reports and continues to provide analysis of the state, trends and outlook of the global environment.

As a significant contribution to the 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), the fifth Global Environment Outlook (GEO-5) builds on previous reports, continuing to provide analyses of the state, trends and outlook for, and responses to, environmental change, including extreme events from storm, flood and drought, to the Fukushima disaster in 2011. It also adds new dimensions through its assessment of progress towards meeting internationally agreed goals, such as the development of programmes for mitigating the effects of extreme water-related events, and identifying gaps in their achievement, on analysing promising response options that have emerged in the regions, and presenting potential responses for the international community.

See Also

Report: Keeping track of our changing environment - from Rio to Rio+20 (1992-2012).

Report: UNEP year book 2012.

Report: 2012 environmental performance index.

Report: Green city index - assessing the environmental performance of Asia's major cities.

Report: Living planet report 2012.

Report: World energy outlook 2011.

Report: Global biodiversity outlook 3.

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