This Summary for Policy Makers highlights the findings of the fifth Global Environment Outlook (GEO-5) report and is prepared by the UNEP Secretariat with:

Guidance from members of the GEO-5 High-level Intergovernmental Advisory Panel

Hussein A. Al-Gunied, Mohammed Saif Al-Kalbani, Burcu Bursali,

Mantang Cai, Sandra De Carlo, Jorge Laguna Celis, Guilherme da Costa, Liana Bratasida, Raouf Dabbas, Idunn Eidheim, Prudence Galega, Nilkanth Ghosh, Rosario Gomez, Han Huiskamp, Jos Lubbers, John Michael Matuszak, Samira Nateche, Kim Thi Thuy Ngoc, Van Tai Nguyen, Jose Rafael Almonte Perdomo,

Majid Shafie-Pour- Motlagh, Jiang Wei, Albert Williams, Daniel Ziegerer Technical inputs from the Coordinating Lead Authors

Ivar Baste, Nicolai Dronin, Tom Evans, Maxwell Finlayson, Keisha Garcia, Carol Hunsberger, Maria Ivanova, Jill Jaeger, Jennifer Katerere, Peter King, Bernice Lee, Marc Levy, Alexandra Morel, Frank Murray, Amr El-Sammak, Begum Ozynayak, Laszlo Pinter, Walter Rast, Roy Watkinson

and all authors whose contribution in the GEO-5 main assessment report served as a basis for the GEO-5 Summary for Policy Makers