Overview
- UNEP unveiled the GEO-7 at the UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi, synthesizing work by 287 scientists from 82 countries.
- Without stronger action, the world will exceed the Paris 1.5°C limit early next decade, with warming likely reaching about 2–3°C under current policies.
- Pollution is linked to roughly nine million deaths annually, and global solid waste is projected to double to about four billion tonnes a year by 2050.
- The report estimates climate inaction could cut global GDP by about 4% by 2050 and around 20% by century’s end.
- GEO-7 calls for deep shifts across finance, energy, materials and waste, food systems, and ecosystem protection, citing political short-termism and subsidy distortions as major barriers.