Climate ScenariosOpen
Declines in carbon in living biomass and in extent of forestOpen
Exploitation status of marine fish stocksOpen
Status of terrestrial ecoregionsOpen
Number of passenger cars, by regionOpen
Degree of protection of terrestrial ecoregions and large marine ecosystems (per cent)Open
Per capita CO2 emissions at the regional level in 2003Open
Conflict in Sierra Leone and Liberia, and refugee settlement in GuineaOpen
Recommendations from some recent UN environmental governance reform processesOpen
The situation in relation to (a) drinking water and (b) sanitation coverage, 2004Open
Waste traffickingOpen
Number of people affected by disasters of natural origin in SIDSOpen
Harmful effects of ecosystem changes on human healthOpen
Coastal population and altered land cover in coastal zones (100 km of coastline)Open
Disaster preparedness and well-beingOpen
Agriculture land use distribution - croplands and pasture landOpen
Agriculture land use distribution - croplands and pasture landOpen
Highest risk hot spots by natural hazard typeOpen
Restoration of the Mesopotamian marshes in IraqOpen
Contamination in Central Asia's Ferghana-Osh-Khudjand areaOpen
Number of people affected by climate-related disasters in developing and developed countriesOpen
Physical destruction of coastal aquatic ecosystems in Meso-AmericaOpen
CO2 emissions from fossil fuels by regionOpen
Trade, growth and the environmentOpen
Number of people affected by disasters of natural origin in SIDSOpen
Total forest area by regionOpen
Coastal Population and Shoreline DegradationOpen
Vulnerability to drought and impacts on well-beingOpen
Multiple environmental changes and their effects on human well-being constituents and determinantsOpen
Mapping environmental problems according to management and reversibilityOpen
Observed warming over the 20th century compared with climate model calculationsOpen
Natural hazard hotspots, by risk typeOpen
Total primary energy supply by energy sourceOpen
UN World basemapOpen
Global and regional targets and monitoring programsOpen
Urban sprawl, Las VegasOpen
Total area under protected statusOpen
PCDD (dioxin) in the atmosphere and deposition, 2003Open
Trends in POPs and mercury in eggs of Thick-billed murresOpen
Examples of current and possible future impacts and vulnerabilities associated with climate variability and change in AfricaOpen
The potential impact of a 5-metre sea level rise in Florida (left) and Southeast Asia (right)Open
Humanity’s ecological footprintOpen
Mobile phones, per 1 000 people, by regionOpen
Time scales and sea level riseOpen
Gross domestic product – purchasing power parity per capitaOpen
Effect of international agreements on the predicted abundance of ODS in the stratosphere 1980–2100Open
Quantitative targets for Japan's 3R Policy for 2000-2010Open
Coastal population and shoreline degradationOpen
Paths to reach a 400 ppm CO2-equivalent greenhouse gas concentration target (Kyoto gas emissions plus land use CO2)Open
Atmospheric concentration of CO2Open
Increasing frequency and area of harmful algal blooms (HABs) in the East China SeaOpen
Our Shrinking EarthOpen
Defining and measuring biodiversityOpen
Linkages and feedback loops among desertification, global climate change and biodiversity lossOpen
Changes in global water use by sectorOpen
Pollutants paths to the ArcticOpen
Global glacier mass – annual variability and cumulative valuesOpen
Global total equivalent carbon emissions from anthropogenic sources by sectorOpen
Status of terrestrial ecoregions - threats and vulnerabilitiesOpen
Domestic extraction used in EU-15 compared to imports of industrial minerals and oresOpen
Ratification of major multilateral environmental agreementsOpen
Household final consumption expenditure (European Union)Open
Ecological creditors and debtorsOpen
International governance-environment-development-trade interlinkagesOpen
Population density in drylands of the WorldOpen
Atmospheric concentrations of CO2 over the last 10 000 yearsOpen
The Living Planet Index measures trends in the abundance of species for which data is availableOpen
Comparison of per capita water use by regionOpen

Global Environment Outlook 4 (GEO-4)

The Global Environment Outlook (GEO) is the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) flagship assessment process and report series. The fourth report in the series, GEO-4, provides an overview of the global and regional environmental, social and economic state-and-trends over the past two decades. It highlights the interlinkages, challenges and opportunities which the environment provides for developmen…

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