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|Website=http://www.unep.org/geo/geo4.asp | |Website=http://www.unep.org/geo/geo4.asp | ||
|ApplicationType=1. Global integrated assessment | |ApplicationType=1. Global integrated assessment | ||
|IMAGERoleDescription=The GEO outlooks focused on environment for human well-being as the central theme linking environment and development. IMAGE contributed to the energy outlook, and calculated the land-use change and climate consequences of the four updated GEO scenarios. | |||
|Summary=Global Environment Outlook (GEO) is a consultative, participatory process that builds capacity for conducting integrated environmental assessments for reporting on the state, trends and outlooks of the environment. | |Summary=Global Environment Outlook (GEO) is a consultative, participatory process that builds capacity for conducting integrated environmental assessments for reporting on the state, trends and outlooks of the environment. | ||
|Partners=UNEP; | |Partners=UNEP; | ||
| | |KeyReference=Kok et al., 2009; | ||
*The Markets First scenario envisages a world in which market-driven developments | }}<div class="page_standard">__NOEDITSECTION__ | ||
converge on the currently prevailing values and expectations in industrialized countries; | ==Scenarios == | ||
*In a Policy First world, strong actions are undertaken by governments in an attempt to | The scenarios are described below: | ||
achieve specific social and environmental goals; | *The Markets First scenario envisages a world in which market-driven developments converge on the currently prevailing values and expectations in industrialized countries; | ||
*In a Policy First world, strong actions are undertaken by governments in an attempt to achieve specific social and environmental goals; | |||
*The Security First scenario assumes a world full of large disparities, where inequality and conflict, brought about by socio-economic and environmental stresses, prevail: | *The Security First scenario assumes a world full of large disparities, where inequality and conflict, brought about by socio-economic and environmental stresses, prevail: | ||
*Sustainability First pictures a world in which a new development paradigm emerges in | *Sustainability First pictures a world in which a new development paradigm emerges in response to the challenge of sustainability supported by new, more equitable values and institutions. | ||
response to the challenge of sustainability supported by new, more equitable values and institutions. | </div> | ||
Latest revision as of 15:23, 20 November 2018
| Website: | http://www.unep.org/geo/geo4.asp |
| Application type: | 1. Global integrated assessment |
| Role of IMAGE framework: | The GEO outlooks focused on environment for human well-being as the central theme linking environment and development. IMAGE contributed to the energy outlook, and calculated the land-use change and climate consequences of the four updated GEO scenarios. |
| Summary: | Global Environment Outlook (GEO) is a consultative, participatory process that builds capacity for conducting integrated environmental assessments for reporting on the state, trends and outlooks of the environment. |
| Partner(s): | UNEP |
| Key publication(s): | Kok et al., 2009 |
| Referred by: | Livestock systems |
Scenarios
The scenarios are described below:
- The Markets First scenario envisages a world in which market-driven developments converge on the currently prevailing values and expectations in industrialized countries;
- In a Policy First world, strong actions are undertaken by governments in an attempt to achieve specific social and environmental goals;
- The Security First scenario assumes a world full of large disparities, where inequality and conflict, brought about by socio-economic and environmental stresses, prevail:
- Sustainability First pictures a world in which a new development paradigm emerges in response to the challenge of sustainability supported by new, more equitable values and institutions.