March 9, 2019. UN Environment's Patron of Polar Regions and Russian ice hockey legend Slava Fetisov played in Nairobi with Kenya's Ice lions. The game was held on the sidelines of the UN Environment Assembly and it aimed to draw attention to the need for urgent climate action. (C) UNEP/N.Mroz

From January 13 to 17, 2014 Geneva’s CICG center will be the site of a major international conference and exhibit aimed at improving access to critical information on the global environment. The GEO-X Plenary and Geneva Ministerial Summit brings together experts from 90 governments and nearly 70 organizations and will include an exhibit of cutting edge technology and more than 30 forums and panel discussions, many open to the general public. Topics will include Agriculture and Food Security, Measuring Biodiversity, Disaster Risk Reduction, Cholera Early Warning, Ocean Acidification, UNEP Live!, and Water Security. The summit will be presided over by GEO’s four co-chairs: China, the European Commission, South Africa and the United States. The United States will be represented at GEO-X by a high level multiagency delegation.

For nearly a decade, the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) has been driving the interoperability of thou­sands of individual space-based, airborne and in situ Earth observations around the world. Often these separate systems yield just snapshot assessments, leading to critical gaps in scientific understanding. GEO is addressing such gaps by providing easy, open access to organized observations that enable an increasingly integrated view of our changing Earth. Summit participants will look at how the international community can increase the sustainability and quality of observation networks and make the maximum possible volume of data freely accessible. For sound science to shape sound policy, leaders and other decision-makers require this fuller picture as an indispensable foundation of environmental decision-making.

U.S. Mission Geneva / Eric Bridiers

From January 13 to 17, 2014 Geneva’s CICG center will be the site of a major international conference and exhibit aimed at improving access to critical information on the global environment. The GEO-X Plenary and Geneva Ministerial Summit brings together experts from 90 governments and nearly 70 organizations and will include an exhibit of cutting edge technology and more than 30 forums and panel discussions, many open to the general public. Topics will include Agriculture and Food Security, Measuring Biodiversity, Disaster Risk Reduction, Cholera Early Warning, Ocean Acidification, UNEP Live!, and Water Security. The summit will be presided over by GEO’s four co-chairs: China, the European Commission, South Africa and the United States. The United States will be represented at GEO-X by a high level multiagency delegation.

For nearly a decade, the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) has been driving the interoperability of thou­sands of individual space-based, airborne and in situ Earth observations around the world. Often these separate systems yield just snapshot assessments, leading to critical gaps in scientific understanding. GEO is addressing such gaps by providing easy, open access to organized observations that enable an increasingly integrated view of our changing Earth. Summit participants will look at how the international community can increase the sustainability and quality of observation networks and make the maximum possible volume of data freely accessible. For sound science to shape sound policy, leaders and other decision-makers require this fuller picture as an indispensable foundation of environmental decision-making.

U.S. Mission Geneva / Eric Bridiers

From January 13 to 17, 2014 Geneva’s CICG center will be the site of a major international conference and exhibit aimed at improving access to critical information on the global environment. The GEO-X Plenary and Geneva Ministerial Summit brings together experts from 90 governments and nearly 70 organizations and will include an exhibit of cutting edge technology and more than 30 forums and panel discussions, many open to the general public. Topics will include Agriculture and Food Security, Measuring Biodiversity, Disaster Risk Reduction, Cholera Early Warning, Ocean Acidification, UNEP Live!, and Water Security. The summit will be presided over by GEO’s four co-chairs: China, the European Commission, South Africa and the United States. The United States will be represented at GEO-X by a high level multiagency delegation.

For nearly a decade, the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) has been driving the interoperability of thou­sands of individual space-based, airborne and in situ Earth observations around the world. Often these separate systems yield just snapshot assessments, leading to critical gaps in scientific understanding. GEO is addressing such gaps by providing easy, open access to organized observations that enable an increasingly integrated view of our changing Earth. Summit participants will look at how the international community can increase the sustainability and quality of observation networks and make the maximum possible volume of data freely accessible. For sound science to shape sound policy, leaders and other decision-makers require this fuller picture as an indispensable foundation of environmental decision-making.

U.S. Mission Geneva / Eric Bridiers

March 9, 2019. UN Environment's Patron of Polar Regions and Russian ice hockey legend Slava Fetisov played in Nairobi with Kenya's Ice lions. The game was held on the sidelines of the UN Environment Assembly and it aimed to draw attention to the need for urgent climate action. (C) UNEP/N.Mroz

March 9, 2019. UN Environment's Patron of Polar Regions and Russian ice hockey legend Slava Fetisov played in Nairobi with Kenya's Ice lions. The game was held on the sidelines of the UN Environment Assembly and it aimed to draw attention to the need for urgent climate action. (C) UNEP/N.Mroz

March 9, 2019. UN Environment's Patron of Polar Regions and Russian ice hockey legend Slava Fetisov played in Nairobi with Kenya's Ice lions. The game was held on the sidelines of the UN Environment Assembly and it aimed to draw attention to the need for urgent climate action. (C) UNEP/N.Mroz

March 9, 2019. UN Environment's Patron of Polar Regions and Russian ice hockey legend Slava Fetisov played in Nairobi with Kenya's Ice lions. The game was held on the sidelines of the UN Environment Assembly and it aimed to draw attention to the need for urgent climate action. (C) UNEP/N.Mroz

March 9, 2019. UN Environment's Patron of Polar Regions and Russian ice hockey legend Slava Fetisov played in Nairobi with Kenya's Ice lions. The game was held on the sidelines of the UN Environment Assembly and it aimed to draw attention to the need for urgent climate action. (C) UNEP/N.Mroz

March 9, 2019. UN Environment's Patron of Polar Regions and Russian ice hockey legend Slava Fetisov played in Nairobi with Kenya's Ice lions. The game was held on the sidelines of the UN Environment Assembly and it aimed to draw attention to the need for urgent climate action. (C) UNEP/N.Mroz

March 9, 2019. UN Environment's Patron of Polar Regions and Russian ice hockey legend Slava Fetisov played in Nairobi with Kenya's Ice lions. The game was held on the sidelines of the UN Environment Assembly and it aimed to draw attention to the need for urgent climate action. (C) UNEP/N.Mroz

March 9, 2019. UN Environment's Patron of Polar Regions and Russian ice hockey legend Slava Fetisov played in Nairobi with Kenya's Ice lions. The game was held on the sidelines of the UN Environment Assembly and it aimed to draw attention to the need for urgent climate action. (C) UNEP/N.Mroz

March 9, 2019. UN Environment's Patron of Polar Regions and Russian ice hockey legend Slava Fetisov played in Nairobi with Kenya's Ice lions. The game was held on the sidelines of the UN Environment Assembly and it aimed to draw attention to the need for urgent climate action. (C) UNEP/N.Mroz

March 9, 2019. UN Environment's Patron of Polar Regions and Russian ice hockey legend Slava Fetisov played in Nairobi with Kenya's Ice lions. The game was held on the sidelines of the UN Environment Assembly and it aimed to draw attention to the need for urgent climate action. (C) UNEP/N.Mroz

March 9, 2019. UN Environment's Patron of Polar Regions and Russian ice hockey legend Slava Fetisov played in Nairobi with Kenya's Ice lions. The game was held on the sidelines of the UN Environment Assembly and it aimed to draw attention to the need for urgent climate action. (C) UNEP/N.Mroz

March 9, 2019. UN Environment's Patron of Polar Regions and Russian ice hockey legend Slava Fetisov played in Nairobi with Kenya's Ice lions. The game was held on the sidelines of the UN Environment Assembly and it aimed to draw attention to the need for urgent climate action. (C) UNEP/N.Mroz

March 9, 2019. UN Environment's Patron of Polar Regions and Russian ice hockey legend Slava Fetisov played in Nairobi with Kenya's Ice lions. The game was held on the sidelines of the UN Environment Assembly and it aimed to draw attention to the need for urgent climate action. (C) UNEP/N.Mroz

March 9, 2019. UN Environment's Patron of Polar Regions and Russian ice hockey legend Slava Fetisov played in Nairobi with Kenya's Ice lions. The game was held on the sidelines of the UN Environment Assembly and it aimed to draw attention to the need for urgent climate action. (C) UNEP/N.Mroz

March 9, 2019. UN Environment's Patron of Polar Regions and Russian ice hockey legend Slava Fetisov played in Nairobi with Kenya's Ice lions. The game was held on the sidelines of the UN Environment Assembly and it aimed to draw attention to the need for urgent climate action. (C) UNEP/N.Mroz

2 May 2011 - From left: QNOC Secretary-General HRH Sheikh Saoud, IOC President Jacques Rogge, Director of IOC's International Cooperation and Development Department Tomas Sithole, President of the Republic of Hungary HE Dr. Pal Schmitt and Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on Sport for Development and Peace, Wilfried Lemke.

© Qatar Olympic Committee

March 9, 2019. UN Environment's Patron of Polar Regions and Russian ice hockey legend Slava Fetisov played in Nairobi with Kenya's Ice lions. The game was held on the sidelines of the UN Environment Assembly and it aimed to draw attention to the need for urgent climate action. (C) UNEP/N.Mroz

March 9, 2019. UN Environment's Patron of Polar Regions and Russian ice hockey legend Slava Fetisov played in Nairobi with Kenya's Ice lions. The game was held on the sidelines of the UN Environment Assembly and it aimed to draw attention to the need for urgent climate action. (C) UNEP/N.Mroz

March 9, 2019. UN Environment's Patron of Polar Regions and Russian ice hockey legend Slava Fetisov played in Nairobi with Kenya's Ice lions. The game was held on the sidelines of the UN Environment Assembly and it aimed to draw attention to the need for urgent climate action. (C) UNEP/N.Mroz

March 9, 2019. UN Environment's Patron of Polar Regions and Russian ice hockey legend Slava Fetisov played in Nairobi with Kenya's Ice lions. The game was held on the sidelines of the UN Environment Assembly and it aimed to draw attention to the need for urgent climate action. (C) UNEP/N.Mroz

March 9, 2019. UN Environment's Patron of Polar Regions and Russian ice hockey legend Slava Fetisov played in Nairobi with Kenya's Ice lions. The game was held on the sidelines of the UN Environment Assembly and it aimed to draw attention to the need for urgent climate action. (C) UNEP/N.Mroz

March 9, 2019. UN Environment's Patron of Polar Regions and Russian ice hockey legend Slava Fetisov played in Nairobi with Kenya's Ice lions. The game was held on the sidelines of the UN Environment Assembly and it aimed to draw attention to the need for urgent climate action. (C) UNEP/N.Mroz

March 9, 2019. UN Environment's Patron of Polar Regions and Russian ice hockey legend Slava Fetisov played in Nairobi with Kenya's Ice lions. The game was held on the sidelines of the UN Environment Assembly and it aimed to draw attention to the need for urgent climate action. (C) UNEP/N.Mroz

2 May 2011 - From left: QNOC Secretary-General HRH Sheikh Saoud, IOC President Jacques Rogge, Director of IOC's International Cooperation and Development Department Tomas Sithole, President of the Republic of Hungary HE Dr. Pal Schmitt and Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on Sport for Development and Peace, Wilfried Lemke.

© Qatar Olympic Committee

March 9, 2019. UN Environment's Patron of Polar Regions and Russian ice hockey legend Slava Fetisov played in Nairobi with Kenya's Ice lions. The game was held on the sidelines of the UN Environment Assembly and it aimed to draw attention to the need for urgent climate action. (C) UNEP/N.Mroz

March 9, 2019. UN Environment's Patron of Polar Regions and Russian ice hockey legend Slava Fetisov played in Nairobi with Kenya's Ice lions. The game was held on the sidelines of the UN Environment Assembly and it aimed to draw attention to the need for urgent climate action. (C) UNEP/N.Mroz

March 9, 2019. UN Environment's Patron of Polar Regions and Russian ice hockey legend Slava Fetisov played in Nairobi with Kenya's Ice lions. The game was held on the sidelines of the UN Environment Assembly and it aimed to draw attention to the need for urgent climate action. (C) UNEP/N.Mroz

March 9, 2019. UN Environment's Patron of Polar Regions and Russian ice hockey legend Slava Fetisov played in Nairobi with Kenya's Ice lions. The game was held on the sidelines of the UN Environment Assembly and it aimed to draw attention to the need for urgent climate action. (C) UNEP/N.Mroz

March 9, 2019. UN Environment's Patron of Polar Regions and Russian ice hockey legend Slava Fetisov played in Nairobi with Kenya's Ice lions. The game was held on the sidelines of the UN Environment Assembly and it aimed to draw attention to the need for urgent climate action. (C) UNEP/N.Mroz

March 9, 2019. UN Environment's Patron of Polar Regions and Russian ice hockey legend Slava Fetisov played in Nairobi with Kenya's Ice lions. The game was held on the sidelines of the UN Environment Assembly and it aimed to draw attention to the need for urgent climate action. (C) UNEP/N.Mroz

March 9, 2019. UN Environment's Patron of Polar Regions and Russian ice hockey legend Slava Fetisov played in Nairobi with Kenya's Ice lions. The game was held on the sidelines of the UN Environment Assembly and it aimed to draw attention to the need for urgent climate action. (C) UNEP/N.Mroz

March 9, 2019. UN Environment's Patron of Polar Regions and Russian ice hockey legend Slava Fetisov played in Nairobi with Kenya's Ice lions. The game was held on the sidelines of the UN Environment Assembly and it aimed to draw attention to the need for urgent climate action. (C) UNEP/N.Mroz

March 9, 2019. UN Environment's Patron of Polar Regions and Russian ice hockey legend Slava Fetisov played in Nairobi with Kenya's Ice lions. The game was held on the sidelines of the UN Environment Assembly and it aimed to draw attention to the need for urgent climate action. (C) UNEP/N.Mroz

1 May 2011 - UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner addressed the delegates of the 9th World Conference on Sport and the Environment in Doha, Qatar.

© Qatar Olympic Committee

March 9, 2019. UN Environment's Patron of Polar Regions and Russian ice hockey legend Slava Fetisov played in Nairobi with Kenya's Ice lions. The game was held on the sidelines of the UN Environment Assembly and it aimed to draw attention to the need for urgent climate action. (C) UNEP/N.Mroz

March 9, 2019. UN Environment's Patron of Polar Regions and Russian ice hockey legend Slava Fetisov played in Nairobi with Kenya's Ice lions. The game was held on the sidelines of the UN Environment Assembly and it aimed to draw attention to the need for urgent climate action. (C) UNEP/N.Mroz

March 9, 2019. UN Environment's Patron of Polar Regions and Russian ice hockey legend Slava Fetisov played in Nairobi with Kenya's Ice lions. The game was held on the sidelines of the UN Environment Assembly and it aimed to draw attention to the need for urgent climate action. (C) UNEP/N.Mroz

March 9, 2019. UN Environment's Patron of Polar Regions and Russian ice hockey legend Slava Fetisov played in Nairobi with Kenya's Ice lions. The game was held on the sidelines of the UN Environment Assembly and it aimed to draw attention to the need for urgent climate action. (C) UNEP/N.Mroz

March 9, 2019. UN Environment's Patron of Polar Regions and Russian ice hockey legend Slava Fetisov played in Nairobi with Kenya's Ice lions. The game was held on the sidelines of the UN Environment Assembly and it aimed to draw attention to the need for urgent climate action. (C) UNEP/N.Mroz

March 9, 2019. UN Environment's Patron of Polar Regions and Russian ice hockey legend Slava Fetisov played in Nairobi with Kenya's Ice lions. The game was held on the sidelines of the UN Environment Assembly and it aimed to draw attention to the need for urgent climate action. (C) UNEP/N.Mroz

2 May 2011 - From left: QNOC Secretary-General HRH Sheikh Saoud and IOC President Jacques Rogge, during final press conference at the WCSE in Doha, Qatar.

© Qatar Olympic Committee

March 9, 2019. UN Environment's Patron of Polar Regions and Russian ice hockey legend Slava Fetisov played in Nairobi with Kenya's Ice lions. The game was held on the sidelines of the UN Environment Assembly and it aimed to draw attention to the need for urgent climate action. (C) UNEP/N.Mroz

March 9, 2019. UN Environment's Patron of Polar Regions and Russian ice hockey legend Slava Fetisov played in Nairobi with Kenya's Ice lions. The game was held on the sidelines of the UN Environment Assembly and it aimed to draw attention to the need for urgent climate action. (C) UNEP/N.Mroz

March 9, 2019. UN Environment's Patron of Polar Regions and Russian ice hockey legend Slava Fetisov played in Nairobi with Kenya's Ice lions. The game was held on the sidelines of the UN Environment Assembly and it aimed to draw attention to the need for urgent climate action. (C) UNEP/N.Mroz

March 9, 2019. UN Environment's Patron of Polar Regions and Russian ice hockey legend Slava Fetisov played in Nairobi with Kenya's Ice lions. The game was held on the sidelines of the UN Environment Assembly and it aimed to draw attention to the need for urgent climate action. (C) UNEP/N.Mroz

March 9, 2019. UN Environment's Patron of Polar Regions and Russian ice hockey legend Slava Fetisov played in Nairobi with Kenya's Ice lions. The game was held on the sidelines of the UN Environment Assembly and it aimed to draw attention to the need for urgent climate action. (C) UNEP/N.Mroz