The First Global Authors Meeting of the Sixth Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6)

An exciting week of meetings to launch the drafting of the sixth Global Environment Outlook came to a close on 24 February 2017 in the beautiful town of Frascati, Italy, just outside of Rome. The meeting, graciously funded by the Italian government and hosted at the European Space Agency facilities, brought together several different groups of experts, including:

• Authors for the thematic and cross-cutting chapters of the assessment,
• The High-level Intergovernmental and Stakeholder Advisory Group,
• The Scientific Advisory Panel,
• The Global Environmental Outlook Fellows,
• The Assessment Methodologies, Data and Information Working Group, and
• The Innovative Outlooks Group.