TODAY, AS A COORDINATING LEAD AUTHOR, I PARTICIPATED TO A NEW & INTERESTING ONLINE WORKING MEETING UNDER THE UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM

TODAY, AS AN EASTERN EUROPE COORDINATING LEAD AUTHOR, I PARTICIPATED TO A NEW AND INTERESTING ONLINE WORKING MEETING UNDER THE UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM (UNEP) WORKING WITH THE UNEP GEO CO-CHAIRS AND THE OTHER COLLEAGUES AT THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT OUTLOOK REPORT - 7TH EDITION!

I am really glad and proud to be part of a such project and to work with such prestigious colleagues for the greater good of the whole mankind!

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EXCERPT FROM THE GEO 7 WEBSITE:

"About GEO-7

Following a very successful UN Environment Assembly, the resolution on the future of the Global Environment Outlook (GEO) was approved by Member States on March 2, 2022. GEO-7 preparations began with the inaugural meetings of GEO-7 which are the Ad hoc Open Ended Meeting of the Assessment Procedures and Supporting Functions of the Global Environment Outlook Meeting and the second ad hoc open ended meeting of the seventh Global Environment Outlook. This procedures meeting was held on 19-22 September 2022 and was attended by the experts nominated by Member States and UNEP accredited stakeholders for the ad hoc open-ended meetings of the seventh Global Environment Outlook. More on this meeting can be found here. The second ad hoc open ended meeting of the seventh Global Environment Outlook was held on 17-20 October 2022 in a hybrid format. This meeting reviewed and adopted the draft scoping document of GEO-7. The meeting also convened expert dialogues on food, energy and waste systems which were identified in GEO-6 as requiring transformation. The outcomes of these two meetings were reported at a side event titled, Progress and Outcomes of Global Environment Outlook (GEO-7) Inaugural Meetings hosted by the 9th Annual Subcommittee Meeting of UNEP's Committee of Permanent Representatives. More on this side event can be found here.

GEO-7 proposes to build on key findings from GEO-6 and those of other major assessments which are:

• Current policies cannot keep pace with the rate of environmental degradation we face today.
• With current policies none of the environmental SDGs will be achieved and none of the main internationally agreed environmental goals (e.g. Paris Agreement, Aichi Targets, etc.) will be achieved.
• Because of this we face a triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution.
• Policies which address the systems that are the root cause of environmental degradation should contribute to the transformational change needed to achieve an environmentally sustainable world by 2050.
• The transformation of three interdependent systems, energy, food and waste, as well as their supporting economic and financial systems, are critical in this timeframe.
• By transforming these systems, we should contribute significantly to creating a world with a stable climate, that is nature rich (biodiverse) and which produces near-zero-waste (circular) for current and future generations.

GEO-7 will also continue to assess the state and trends on the global environment, the implications for human well-being and the achievement of the SDGs, as well as providing an outlook that provides useful guidance on the possible environmental and socio-economic implications of the transformational changes needed. This will ensure continuity with previous GEOs and allow GEO-7 to provide some updates on the environmental impact of the global pandemic and recent disasters and conflicts. For the outlook, GEO-7 may be able to provide modelling and scenarios analysis of the socio-economic impacts (both positive and negative) of different solutions pathways. This additional analysis will provide additional rationale for Member States to implement the proposed solutions pathways."

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I am really glad and proud to be part of a such project and to work with such prestigious colleagues for the greater good of the whole mankind!

George Florin Staicu

United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) - Eastern Europe Coordinating Lead Author for the Global Environment Outlook (GEO7) report 7th edition (https://lnkd.in/dtD8FaVi);

Global Ambassador of Sustainability - initiative - partnership UNESCO, UN Habitat and American University of Dubai - https://lnkd.in/dxaSfHaY

Sustainable Procurement Ambassador at the Sustainable Procurement Pledge.

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Member of the International Finance Corporation - Grow Learn Connect Directory of Training Professionals; USAID banking scholarship recipient;

Participant to the UNEP GEO7 conference in Shanghai, China: 4 - 7 Sept 2023 - https://lnkd.in/dJWwHnAq

Participant and speaker to the at the conference "The social economy in the digital era", Bucharest, Romania: https://www.dhirubhai.net/pulse/my-speech-recent-conference-social-economy-digital-area-staicu/

Independent banking, microfinance, SME lending, GRC, CSR, ESG, GRC, UN SDGs, EU Taxonomy & Green Deal, nature-based infrastructure solutions, circular economy, green - blue inclusive sustainable development & finance, IFRS-ISSB, UNEP FI TCFD TNFD & PRB, EFRAG, GRI, CDP, ASCOR, Net-Zero Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) and ISO reporting standards, blended finance, Fintech & Ecotech promoter, Public-Private Partnership promoter, gender equality, social performance, learning & development, strategic planning, risk management, team leader, senior project manager, consultant, trainer and business coach

Member of the International Finance Corporation - Grow Learn Connect "Directory of Training Professionals" (https://lnkd.in/dwPhDdqF)

Signatory of the International Finance Corporation - GLC Principles for Learning (https://lnkd.in/e7rkAn6)

Member of the Professional Risk Managers' International Association - PRMIA

Member of the Global Association of Risk Professionals

Graduate of the Reuters' digital journalism training course - https://www.dhirubhai.net/pulse/glad-proud-receive-diploma-awarded-prestigious-press-company-staicu/

Graduate of a 2022 post-university training course "Nature-based infrastructure for climate adaptation and sustainable development" offered by the Nature Based Infrastructure Resource Centre (NBI RC), International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), the Global Environment Facility (GEF) , the MAVA Foundation and the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) - https://lnkd.in/dhsVViKZ

Member of the Green Forum managed by the Green Growth Knowledge Partnership led by the Global Green Growth Institute, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, UN Environment Programme, United Nations Industrial Organization and The World Bank Group. - https://lnkd.in/dnecxuDb

Expert and Mentor at the "Anticorruption Solutions Through Emerging Technologies" (ASET) Tech Sprint project (June 10 - 24, 2022) a partnership between the Alliance for Innovative Regulation, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs and the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes - TechSprint selection as expert: https://lnkd.in/d5hWtNpD - TechSprint diploma:

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Member of UpLink, the open innovation platform of the World Economic Forum - https://lnkd.in/dPCP4iaK

Post-university graduate of the Siena International School on the 2022 Sustainable Development training course "Challenges and solutions of decarbonization" - Online Webinars sponsored by the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network, the Italian Alliance for Sustainable Development; Santa Chiara Lab – University of Siena; Enel Foundation; the Italian University Network for Sustainable Development and the SDSN Europe - https://lnkd.in/eMcHGuNG

Writer on the International Finance Corporation's Grow Learn Connect Blog - https://lnkd.in/ewYTAm4N

Content managing editor, founder, owner and administrator of the LinkedIn group "Best practices in SDGs, ESG, CLEAN ENERGY, CIRCULAR ECONOMY, GREEN / BLUE SUSTAINABLE FINANCE & DEVELOPMENT" https://lnkd.in/evunwuN4

Content managing editor, founder, owner and administrator of the LinkedIn group "Microfinance Best Practices" https://lnkd.in/eV4ZbihH

Member of the Social Performance Task Force standards projects - responsible finance - https://lnkd.in/eWZgrY8k

Member of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Group (https://lnkd.in/eRvCzun7)

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Member of the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) DGROUPS - https://lnkd.in/eWGP_NSR