A new report, the Global Environment Outlook, Seventh Edition: A Future We Choose (GEO-7), reveals that investing in a stable climate, healthy ecosystems, and a pollution-free planet could unlock trillions in global GDP, save millions of lives, and lift hundreds of millions out of poverty and hunger.

• The report, a product of 287 multidisciplinary scientists from 82 countries, states that current environmental degradation costs the planet trillions of dollars annually.
• UNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen emphasized the urgent choice humanity faces: either continue towards environmental devastation or pivot towards a healthy planet, people, and economies.
• Achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 and funding biodiversity restoration requires about US$8 trillion in annual investments, which is significantly less than the cost of inaction.