The fifth edition of the Global Environmental Outlook (GEO-5), launched today (6 June) ahead of the Rio+20 Summit, assessed 90 of the most important environmental goals and objectives and found that significant progress had only been made in four – a sobering balance, according to the head of UNEP, Achim Steiner. Zoom out, solar panels on roof of houseĪ new and wide-ranging assessment coordinated by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says that the world continues to speed down an unsustainable path, often failing to meet internationally agreed goals on managing the environment and improving human wellbeing. “The second important insight that green economy brings us is that the protection of the environment, the protection of our natural capital, can be a job engine.”ġ6. SOUNDBITE (English) Joseph Alcamo, UNEP Chief Scientist: One idea is that this thing we talk about – environment – actually we should call it natural capital.”ġ5. It’s provided some very key ideas that are embodied in the GEO5 report. “The green economy has the potential to be the key idea to finally break down this artificial barrier between the economy and the environment that’s existed. “The time has come to finally put aside indecision and emerge with a renewed commitment to achieving a low carbon, resource efficient green economy that will ensure sustainable development.”ġ3. SOUNDBITE (English) Amina Mohamed, UNEP Deputy Executive Director:
Med shot, water running out of tap into riverġ1. “The GEO5 report provides a sobering balance sheet of the last years, and it provides a number of clear indicators that on most of the internationally environmentally agreed goals that already exist, we have either not been able to make a great deal of progress, very often have failed to meet those goals, or in many instances are also still confronted by the fact that we are not able to measure and track progress.”Ħ. SOUNDBITE (English) Achim Steiner, Executive Director, UN Environment Programme (UNEP): DATELINE: 6 JUNE 2012, NAIROBI, KENYA / RECENT / FILEģ.
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