Il est essentiel de fournir en temps opportun des évaluations environnementales, des données et des informations pertinentes sur le plan scientifique et crédibles pour la prise de décisions et la planification des actions de développement durable. Les organisations scientifiques surveillent, analysent et rendent compte de l'état de l'environnement mondial, évaluent les politiques et les tendances, et alertent rapidement sur les menaces environnementales émergentes.
Adam Day is Head of the Geneva Office of the United Nations University Centre for Policy Research (UNU-CPR) and Research Lead for the UN Secretary-General's Scientific Advisory Board (SAB).
Andrea de Bono is the head of the Data & Information Sustainability (DIES) unit
of UN Environmental Programme's (UNEP) Global Resource Information Database Geneva (GRID-Geneva).
Dr. Christa Muth is a systems specialist, an Emeritus Professor at HES-SO, and a member of the Executive Committee of the NGO Objectif Sciences International.
Francesca Cenni is a programme officer of the Science and Technical Assistance Branch and the also focal point for BRS activities in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Gregory Giuliani is the Head of the Digital Earth Unit and Swiss Data Cube Project Leader at GRID-Geneva of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and a Senior Lecturer at the University of Geneva’s Institute for Environmental Sciences.
Hy Dao is the Head of the Metadata & Socio-Economics unit at the UN Environmental Programme's (UNEP) Global Resource Information Database Geneva (GRID-Geneva), as well as an Professor at the University of Geneva.
Pierre Lacroix is the Head of the Spatial Data Infrastructure Unit of the UN Environmental Programme's (UNEP) Global Resource Information Database Geneva (GRID-Geneva).
Thomas Asare is the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Assistant Secretary-General and the Comptroller and the Director of the Division of Financial and Administrative Management in the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).