What is the relationship between GEO-4 and the GEO Yearbook?
When, in 2003, the Governing Council of UNEP adopted the decision to extend the reporting period between GEO reports from 2.5 to 5 years, it also requested UNEP to publish shorter annual GEO-type reports in between the comprehensive GEO reports in order to provide decision makers with a snapshot of the year’s global emerging issues, regional environmental challenges, a feature focus, and trends in most important environmental indicators. Being much shorter as compared to the main GEO report, the GEO Year Book annual reports keep abreast of environmental issues as they unfold, highlighting the most significant environmental developments in the year in a visually appealing format. The comprehensive GEO report often elaborates the findings and messages of the GEO Year Book annual issues. Although the GEO Year Book is more of an ‘expert report’, there is marked synergy between the two publications, the comprehensive GEO report often elaborates the findings and messages of the GEO Year Book
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