The Global Environment Outlook is UNEP's flagship publication on the environment. It provides a summary of the most pressing environmental issues facing the world. The need for better monitoring of the environment and for using environmental data in decision making was highlighted as a pressing issue. This publication and the two chapters on data demonstrate the need for a focused programme on environmental data and statistics. It also provides a roadmap of future data needs which could inform a global environmental data strategy.

Contact: GEO Coordinator: Pierre Boileau; Data chapter coordinator: Jillian Campbell