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Unep fifth global environment outlook geo5 assessment report. Ri i 1 note by the executive director summary of the sixth global environment outlook regional assessments. Environment for the future we want geo 5 is part of this broad sweep of history, and is a major contribution to the public understanding of the way ecosystems and the atmosphere are responding to patterns of unprecedented consumption and production patterns taking place on a planet of 7 billion people, rising to more than 9 billion by 2050. The unep geo sids outlook is a followup to the unepun desa foresight process report on emerging issues for small island developing states helping to ensure that there is a sids voice in the unep global environment outlook. The global deserts outlook prov des a balanced p cture of deserts. Geo is also a series of products that informs environmental decisionmaking and aims.
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