The Global Environment Outlook (GEO) is the flagship report of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) providing an integrated assessment of environmental change, the current state of the environment, the effectiveness of policy response and the options for achieving different possible futures in the medium to long term. As requested by Member States in Resolution EA.5/3, UNEP is working on the preparation of the seventh edition of the GEO (GEO-7) assessment and its accompanying Summary for Policymakers (SPM), to be launched at UNEA-7 in December 2025.
The GEO-7 SPM review and approval meeting, which will be held from Monday, 27 October to Friday, 31 October 2025 in-person at the United Nations Office at Nairobi.
As has been the case for previous meetings of this kind, Member States are invited to strongly consider the participation of representatives from their capitals at the meeting. In accordance with the Environment Assembly decision 6/7, Member States are encouraged to support gender balance in the composition of delegations to intergovernmental meetings such as this one.
