Pardee Participates in GEO-7 Author’s Meeting in Nairobi, Kenya

Jonathan Moyer, director of Pardee Institute, and Taylor Hanna, associate director of development analysis, traveled to Nairobi to participate in an author's meeting for the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) Seventh Global Environment Outlook (GEO-7). This meeting was focused on finalizing the second-order draft of the report, as well as writing the summary for policymakers.     

The GEO-7 encompasses around 250 authors to complete its 21-chapter report, which focuses on “assessing solutions pathways for policymakers” regarding climate change and other environmental instabilities. Hanna and Moyer will serve as lead authors on two chapters of this report, chapters 11 and 12, alongside coordinating lead authors, contributing socioeconomic data provided by the International Futures (IFs) tool.    

Chapters 11 and 12 focus on the long-term future of planetary crises such as climate change, pollution, land degradation, and biodiversity loss, as well as the long-term future of socioeconomic development. These chapters explore transformational pathways to solve these crises while balancing human development needs, using the International Futures model and other models to tell the broader story.      

"I am very proud to work with Taylor and our integrated modeling colleagues from around the world to play a small role in shaping the UNEP GEO-7. This is the third GEO that Pardee and IFs have contributed to, and we believe that it puts forward a strong message about the challenges associated with the ongoing environmental crises and what kinds of policies could be enacted to get us on a better development path.  I just hope people listen," said Moyer.      

Once finalized, the report will undergo another round of comments and feedback, with the final report concluding in December 2025.