GEO 7 report calls for collaboration: transformation pathways for 5 key areas

Nairobi, 9 December 2025

GEO7 report "The Future we choose"

The new GEO7 report "The future we choose" is the most comprehensive assessment of the global environment ever undertaken. It has found that investing in a stable climate, healthy nature and land, and a pollution-free planet can deliver trillions in additional global GDP, avoid millions of deaths and lift hundreds of millions of people out of poverty and hunger.

Sweeping transformations required

Following the transformation pathways would require sweeping changes across five key areas. The report outlines recommended measures for each area, including:

Economy and finance: Move beyond GDP to comprehensive inclusive wealth metrics; price positive and negative externalities to value goods correctly; and phase out and repurpose subsidies, taxes and incentives that result in negative impacts on nature.
Materials and waste: Implement circular product design, transparency and traceability of products, components and materials; shift investments to circular and regenerative business models; and shift consumption patterns towards circularity through changing mindsets.
Energy: Decarbonize the energy supply; increase energy efficiency; back social and environmental sustainability in critical mineral value chains; and address energy access and energy poverty.
Food systems: Shift to healthy and sustainable diets; enhance circularity and production efficiency; and reduce food loss and waste.
Environment: Accelerate conservation and restoration of biodiversity and ecosystems; back climate adaptation and resilience, leaning on Nature-based Solutions; and implement climate mitigation strategies.

The report calls for a parallel co-development and co-implementation of such solutions. Considering diverse knowledge systems, especially Indigenous Knowledge and Local Knowledge, is crucial to just transitions that address both environmental sustainability and human well-being.

The GEO7 report with more than 1000 pages includes many illustrations, e.g. for nature based solutions or behaviour focused pathway implications

Urgency of Collaboration

The report calls on governments, non-governmental and multilateral organizations, the private sector, civil society, academia, professional organizations, the public and Indigenous Peoples to acknowledge the urgency of the global environmental crises, build on progress made in recent decades, and collaborate in the co-design and implementation of integrated policies, strategies and actions to deliver a better future for all.


Concerned URL	https://www.unep.org/resources/global-environment-outlook-7
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Source	UNEP
Target group(s)	NGOs, Partnerships, Networks , Governments & Administrations
Topics	Climate Change - Energy and Resource Efficiency , Cultural Heritage, Life Styles & Diversity , Good Governance & CSR , Natural Heritage & Biodiversity , Travel, Transport & Mobility