The Co-Chairs and Authors met in Vancouver from October 14-18, 2019 to do the following:

1. Familiarize the authors with the GEO process, logistics and procedures.
2. Allow for brainstorming on overall strategy on completing the chapters
3. Provide an orientation session for all authors
4. Expand annotated outlines for each chapter
5. Begin drafting the chapters towards their zero-order draft stage
6. Define next steps, roles and responsibilities

A selected group of authors drafting the GEO for youth report (A derivative product of the GEO- 6 assesement) met at the United Nations Offices in, Nairobi to advance the drafts reports to a second order draft state.

A selected group of authors met at the UN Conference Centre, Bangkok to scope out the work for drafting the derivative product, GEO for Youth, including:

Develop the storyline, structure and deliverables of the Global GEO for Youth, report, and agree on the work plan for its preparation, including:
• develop the structure and length, report style in e-book format;
• identify key advocacy, communication and educational material supporting the main report [GEO-6];
• develop preliminary ideas on content for each chapter and section: narratives, data, indicators, case studies, etc.
• develop the work plan, timetable and drafting responsibilities,
• Identify new potential authors
Expose young upcoming scholars and integrated environmental assessment practitioners to global science-policy process:
• interaction with multidisciplinary scientists from across the world;
• understanding of collaborative mechanisms in policy consensus building, as well as the GEO participatory approach and the assessment methodology.

Seaports and coastal airports are critical infrastructure assets that serve as catalysts of trade, economic growth and development. For Small Island Developing States (SIDS), coastal transport assets are lifelines for external trade, food and energy security - and tourism, a key driver of economic development and prosperity - as well as in the context of DRR. At the same time, SIDS suffer from “double exposure” to external economic and environmental shocks. While SIDS already face high exposure to natural disasters, compelling scientific studies project that climate change will increase the hydro-meteorological hazards for the coastal transport infrastructure of SIDS, with potentially significant socio-economic consequences (IPCC, 2014; IPCC, 2018; IPCC 2019).