Since 1995, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has carried out an ambitious integrated environmental assessment project known as GEO (Global Environmental Outlook, https://www.unep.org/geo/). In 2025, UNEP and the Brazilian Ministry of the Environment (MMA), with the support of Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) and the Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA), are developing the second GEO Brazil report in history, which will be launched during the Thirtieth Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Belém (COP-30).

The GEO reports follow a well-established methodology to detect environmental trends and monitor progress toward achieving environmental policy objectives. The GEO methodology applies a matrix of Drivers – Pressures – State – Impact – Response (DPSIR) indicators as an analytical framework that allows for the logical organization and grouping of factors affecting the environment. GEOs are key mechanisms to address the triple planetary crisis: climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution. The production of a national GEO, such as GEO Brazil 2025, is a fundamental practice through which science informs decision-making. The report will strengthen the science-policy interface in Brazil, providing government and civil society with a reliable source of data and information on the state of the environment and its trends across multiple themes.

Center for Research, Innovation and Dissemination (CEPID) in Global Environmental Governance (FGV Earth)
Researcher: José A. Puppim de Oliveira

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