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Monitoring Sustainable Development

WelcomeMonitoring Sustainable

Development in New Zealand


Monitoring Sustainable Development in NZ

Definitions

Approach Taken

Content of the Report

Other Related Projects

Questions and Discussion


Definitions: What is Sustainable Development?

Three definitions concerning SD:

Bruntland (1987, Publication of the Brundtland report “Our common future”)

Rio Declaration (1992, UN Conference on the Environment and Development

(UNCED)(Earth Summit))

Johannesburg (2002, World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD))


Definitions: What is sustainable development?

Bruntland:

“development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”

Rio Declaration:

“Human beings are at the centre of concerns for sustainable development. They are entitled to a healthy and productive life in harmony with nature”

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Definitions: What is sustainable development?

Johannesburg

“a collective responsibility to advance and strengthen the interdependent and mutually reinforcing pillars of sustainable development – economic development, social development and environmental protection – at local, national, regional and global levels”


Approach takenDeveloped by a cross-agency team

Provide a national overview

Aimed at a general audience

Worked closely to international guidelines

Fit to New Zealand, by linking with the other indicator work

Selected indicators using the United Nations framework, analysed using the OECD capital model


Content of the Report

The New Zealand ContextNew Zealand’s Changing PopulationEnvironment and Ecosystem ResilienceConsumption and Resource UseSocial Cohesion People’s Skills and KnowledgeEconomic Growth and Innovation Living Standards and Health


The New Zealand Context

Mäori perspective

New Zealand is a small island nation in the South Pacific

Global influences


New Zealand’s Changing Population

New Zealand Population

Population growth is slowing

Ethnic diversity is increasing

The population is ageing

Regional growth patterns are very diverse


New Zealand’s Changing PopulationRegional differences can mean population issues are

important in some areas


New Zealand’s Changing Population

Population data is fairly well developed for NZ

Five-yearly Census of Population and Dwellings data


Environment and Ecosystem ResilienceWhat the indicators show:

Air quality is deteriorating in some areas

Freshwater quality is variable


Environment and Ecosystem Resilience Pests, weeds and diseases continue to threaten

35 percent of modelled fish stocks are below target level

Loss of biodiversity


Environment and Ecosystem Resilience


Environment and Ecosystem Resilience

Gaps in our knowledge

Bridging the gaps

Science or management?


Consumption and Resource UseWhat the indicators show

Household consumption has increased and so to has household waste Recycling of packaging waste and paper increased Energy has increased


Consumption and Resource UseGaps in our knowledge

Bridging the gaps


Social CohesionWhat the indicators show

Social connectedness Human rights Culture and identity Safety and security


Social Cohesion

Gaps in our knowledge

Bridging the gaps

Headline indicators?


Peoples Skills and Knowledge


People’s Skills and KnowledgeEducation is a way to raise skills and knowledge

There is limited information about the total set of people’s skills


Economic Growth and Innovation

New Zealand’s GDP per capita ranking dropped from 1950s to early 1990s

Changing balance of industry contributions


Economic Growth and InnovationIncrease in international financial interconnections



GDP measures formal economic activity



Links between economic activity and environmental or social outcomes

UN suggest ‘Total Overseas Development Aid given or received as a proportion of GDP’

OECD suggest ‘multifactor productivity growth’


Living Standards and Health

Ongoing increase in life expectancy


Living Standards and HealthIncome and employment rates reflect economic growth

Differences within New Zealand


Living Standards and Health

No measurement of the impact living standards have on the environment

Limited range of health indicators in the report


Other Related Projects

Other indicator work

One-number approaches

Better linkages

Other presentation styles


Questions and Discussion

Does the report add value to what is already available?

Should it be updated?

Should another approach be adopted?

If this report is repeated: are there any indicators/topics that should be dropped? are there any other indicators/topics that should be included?

Priorities?


Where to from here?Seminars around New Zealand

Further consultation with interested parties

Please complete the questionnaire by 31 October

Indicate interest in taking part in further consultation at the end of this seminar

Consultation completed 30 November

Report on all the feedback will be available end of December


Finally…..

The presentation is available on Statistics New Zealand’s website.

http://www.stats.govt.nz/sustainablenz

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