Scenarios for the Seventh Global Environment Outlook
The seventh edition of the Global Environmental Outlook (GEO-7), the flagship publication of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), provides a comprehensive assessment of the state and future of the global environment. The report includes a comprehensive and tailored analysis of new scenarios, coordinated and co-produced by PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency. This note presents a synthesis of the key insights of these scenarios.
GEO-7 concludes that, despite global efforts and calls for action, our planet is facing global environmental crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, land degradation and desertification, and pollution and waste. The world is not on track to achieve internationally agreed goals and targets related to these crises, resulting in substantial social and economic damages. Despite a rapidly closing window of opportunity, achieving these goals and targets is still possible with strong benefits for both people and planet. There are multiple pathways to do so, though all requiring unprecedented and coordinated action across sectors and stakeholders. The new scenarios help envision these plausible pathways.
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- Publication title
- Scenarios for the Seventh Global Environment Outlook
- Publication subtitle
- A future we choose
- Publication date
- 9 December 2025
- Publication type
- Report
- Page count
- 9
- Publication language
- English
- Product number
- 6057
