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      May 2019
      June 2019
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      9781108627146
      9781108707664
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    Published to coincide with the Fourth United Nations Environmental Assembly, UN Environment's sixth Global Environment Outlook calls on decision makers to take bold and urgent action to address pressing environmental issues in order to protect the planet and human health. By bringing together hundreds of scientists, peer reviewers and collaborating institutions and partners, the GEO reports build on sound scientific knowledge to provide governments, local authorities, businesses and individual citizens with the information needed to guide societies to a truly sustainable world by 2050. GEO-6 outlines the current state of the environment, illustrates possible future environmental trends and analyses the effectiveness of policies. This flagship report shows how governments can put us on the path to a truly sustainable future - emphasising that urgent and inclusive action is needed to achieve a healthy planet with healthy people. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

    Awards

    Winner, 2020 PROSE Award for Environmental Science

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    ‘The sixth Global Environment Outlook is an essential check-up for our planet. Like any good medical examination, there is a clear prognosis of what will happen if we continue with business as usual and a set of recommended actions to put things right. GEO-6 details both the perils of delaying action and the opportunities that exist to make sustainable development a reality.'

    António Guterres - Secretary-General of the United Nations

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    Contents

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    • Frontmatter
      pp i-ii
    • GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT OUTLOOK GEO-6 HEALTHY PLANET, HEALTHY PEOPLE
      pp iii-v
    • Acknowledgements
      pp vi-viii
    • Table of contents
      pp ix-xiii
    • Figures
      pp xiv-xix
    • Tables
      pp xx-xxi
    • Boxes
      pp xxii-xxiii
    • Miscellaneous Frontmatter
      pp xxiv-xxv
    • Secretary-General's Foreword
      pp xxvi-xxvi
    • Acting UN Environment Executive Director's Foreword
      pp xxvii-xxvii
    • Co-Chairs' Foreword
      pp xxviii-xxviii
    • Co-Chairs' Message
      pp xxix-xxxi
    • Setting the Stage
      pp 1-1
    • Chapter 1 - Introduction and Context
      pp 2-19
    • Chapter 2 - Drivers of Environmental Change
      pp 20-55
    • Chapter 3 - The Current State of our Data and Knowledge
      pp 56-73
    • Chapter 4 - Cross-cutting Issues
      pp 74-103
    • PART A - STATE OF THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT
      pp 104-105
    • Chapter 5 - Air
      pp 106-139
    • Chapter 6 - Biodiversity
      pp 140-173
    • Chapter 7 - Oceans and Coasts
      pp 174-199
    • Chapter 8 - Land and Soil
      pp 200-233
    • Chapter 9 - Freshwater
      pp 234-269
    • PART B - POLICIES, GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE: AN ASSESSMENT OF THEIR EFFECTIVENESS
      pp 270-271
    • Chapter 10 - Approach to Assessment of Policy Effectiveness
      pp 272-281
    • Chapter 11 - Policy Theory and Practice
      pp 282-299
    • Chapter 12 - Air Policy
      pp 300-321
    • Chapter 13 - Biodiversity Policy
      pp 322-347
    • Chapter 14 - Oceans and Coastal Policy
      pp 348-371
    • Chapter 15 - Land and Soil Policy
      pp 372-397

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