There were various categories of experts in the GEO-6 process namely;

GEO-6 Authors

The authors in the GEO-6 process were grouped into Coordinating Lead Authors, Lead Authors and Contributing Authors.

GEO-6 Fellows

GEO-6 Fellows were selected through the nomination and engagement process. There were 26 Fellows in total. GEO-6 Fellows were connected to, and engaged with one or more Working Groups and participated in the writing teams. Read more

    Review Editors and Reviewers

    Review Editors and Reviewers were selected through the nomination and engagement process by the GEO-6 Scientific Advisory Panel in consultation with the Secretariat and UNEP Chief Scientist’s Office, prior to the first round of peer-review. Read More

    Communities of Practice (CoP) Moderators

    Communities of Practice (CoP) Moderators were responsible for facilitating Working Group CoPs and provided the necessary leadership and coordinative support to enable knowledge sharing and partnership building within their CoP (and across other GEO-6 CoPs). Read more

    Nomination & Selection of GEO-6 Experts

    Governments and stakeholders submitted their nominations for experts to participate in GEO-6 using the GEO-6 IGMS Community of Practice (CoP) nominations portal. Read more

    Nomination Criteria for GEO-6 Experts

    The names, profiles and Curricula Vitae of all nominees were made available through the GEO-6 Community of Practice (Environment Live online open platform). The identity of the Member State, observer state or institution/ individual making the nomination were required. Read more