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The Global Environment Outlook (GEO) is a consultative process, participatory process that builds capacity for conducting integrated environmental assessments and reporting on the state, trends and outlooks of the environment. GEO is also a series of products that informs environmental decision-making and aims to facilitate the interaction between science and policy. GEO-6 will be the start of a living process. It will provide the first integrative baseline in light of global megatrends supported by open access to data, with due consideration given to gender, indigenous knowledge and cultural dimensions. The assessment will lay the foundation for continued socio-environmental assessments across relevant scales, with a thematic as well as an integrated focus, enabling and informing societal transitions and the tracking of SDG targets and goals as well as previously agreed internationally environmental goals. The enhanced policy analysis in GEO-6 will be aimed at assisting member states to position themselves on the most effective pathways for transitions towards a sustainable future. http://www.unep.org/geo

North America https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/uneps-geo-6-north-american-report-informing-the-2030-development-agenda https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/uneps-geo-6-north-american-report-informing-the-2030-development-agenda

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The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) recently released six regional reports containing detailed examinations of the environmental issues affecting each of the world's regions: North America, the Pan-European region, Asia and the Pacific, West Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Africa. Together, these comprehensive assessments will provide the foundation for the sixth iteration of UNEP’s flagship assessment, the Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6), currently under production. The GEO-6 sets the stage for implementation of the United Nations 2030 Development Agenda and will help shape national, regional, and global responses to the Sustainable Development Goals and their environmental dimension. We invite you to join us at the Wilson Center on July 21st in a discussion focused on the Regional Assessment for North America, which underscores the universal character of the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda. In this two-panel discussion, lead authors from the report and policymakers will outline progress, challenges, and proposed policy responses. //Coffee will be available at 1:30 PM.// //This event is co-sponsored by the United Nations Foundation and the United Nations Environment Programme.//  **Speakers** **Deputy Assistant Secretary Daniel A. Reifsnyder,** Bureau of Oceans, Environmental and Scientific Affairs, U.S. Department of State **Paula Brand,** Director General, Sustainability Directorate, Environment and Climate Change Canada **Michael Brody,** American University; formerly with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Coordinating Lead Author, Outlooks and Emerging Issues) **Richard Guldin,** Senior Fellow, Society of International Foresters (Coordinating Lead Author, Land) **Jason Jabbour,** Regional Coordinator, Division of Early Warning and Assessment, Regional Office for North America, North America United Nations Environment Programme **Terry J. Keating,** The Office of Research and Development (ORD), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Coordinating Lead Author, Air) **Marc A. Levy,** Deputy Director, Center for International Earth Science Information Network, The Earth Institute, Columbia University (Assessment Co-chair and Coordinating Lead Author, Policy Responses) **John Matuszak,** Bureau of Oceans, Environmental and Scientific Affairs, U.S. Department of State; U.S. Government Coordinator, GEO-6 **Sumi Mehta,** Senior Director, Research and Evaluation, Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves <span style="color: #212323; font-family: lato,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">**Moderators** <span style="color: #212323; font-family: lato,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">**Roger-Mark De Souza,** Director, Global Sustainability and Resilience, Wilson Center <span style="color: #212323; font-family: lato,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">**Melinda Kimble,** Senior Fellow, United Nations Foundation; Civil Society Member, GEO-6 High Level Group <span style="color: #212323; font-family: lato,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">**Want to attend but can’t?** Tune into the live or archived webcast at [|WilsonCenter.org] (not every event is webcast live; archived webcasts go up approximately one day after the meeting date). <span style="color: #212323; font-family: lato,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">**Join the conversation** on Twitter by following [|@NewSecurityBeat] and find related coverage on our blog at [|NewSecurityBeat.org]. <span style="color: #212323; font-family: lato,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">- See more at: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/uneps-geo-6-north-american-report-informing-the-2030-development-agenda#sthash.RYUbVDIb.dpuf

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