It makes the following specific recommendations:
- Global goals, which should be measurable, need to be complemented by regional, national and local goals
- National governments need to be locally responsive by amending institutional, procedural or other arrangements and by providing the legal, technical or financial support required on the ground
- Where goals, targets and national directives are absent, local governments should still take action to support the development of national-level objectives
- Local capacity and enabling conditions are needed to promote sustainable urban development, particularly where rapid urbanization is taking place
- Organizational, institutional, legal and political structures and processes that promote planning and implementation are needed to prevent environmental degradation and build urban and community resilience.
GEO-5 is the most authoritative assessment of the state, trends and outlook of the global environment. The report was produced over three years in a process that involved more than six hundred experts worldwide, who collated and analyzed data from every continent to build up a detailed picture of the world’s well being.
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Source: UNEP
