Session 1: Vision and Objectives of the Global Ecosystems Atlas

Presentations

• GEO Rationale: Why the Atlas, Why Now, and Why GEO? Yana Gevorgyan

Understanding the demand:

• Global and national policy needs
  1. System of Environmental Economic Accounting, UN Statistics Division, Alessandra Alfieri
  2. South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), Vani Koroisamanunu
• Business and finance needs
  1. Task Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), James d’Ath
  2. Science Based Targets Network (SBTN), Marco Daldoss Pirri

Interactive discussion via guiding questions in Slido

• What excites you about the Atlas?
• What is absolutely critical to get right in designing the Atlas?