GEO Products
Assessment Reports

The GEO reports are produced using a regional and participatory approach. Input is solicited from a wide range of sources throughout the world, including the collaborating centre network, United Nations organizations and independent experts. Working together with the GEO Coordinating Team in Nairobi and the regions, the CCs research, write and review major parts of the report.

During the preparation of the report, UNEP organizes consultations inviting policy makers and other stakeholders to review and comment on draft materials. Drafts also undergo extensive peer review. This iterative process is designed to ensure that the contents are scientifically accurate and policy relevant to users in different parts of the world and with different environmental information needs.

The impact of these reports is felt in a variety of ways, including:

• the existence of a network of centres of excellence (Collaborating Centres) spread across the world
• strengthened linkages between environmental assessment and policy-making
• enhanced interaction between the science-policy communities
• increased use at different levels of scenarios in the preparation and drafting of outlook chapters
• influence in the development of regional, national, and sub-national assessment processes in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean.