The negotiation of the Summary for Policy Makers (SPM) of the Sixth Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6) convened from 21-24 January 2019 at the UN Environment headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. The intergovernmental meeting had a record number of 95 countries which is an increase from the 56 countries that attended a similar negotiation meeting for the fifth Global Environment Outlook in Gwanju city, Republic of South Korea in 2012. In total, the meeting was attended by 251 participants, including 1 observer mission, 22 representatives of countries without representation in Nairobi and 26 participants from major groups and stakeholders.
During the four-day meeting, delegates discussed the SPM and negotiated and amended text resulting in a final document that was agreed on the last day of the meeting. The intergovernmental meeting considered the second order draft of the Summary for Policy Makers which was developed at a meeting convened by the High-level Intergovernmental and Stakeholders Advisory Group on 24-27, September 2018 Cancún, Mexico. The final document will be presented for endorsement at the fourth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-4) which will be held from 11-15 March 2019. This endorsement is expected to raise the profile of the sixth edition of the Global Environment Outlook.
