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Tracking progress on multi-dimensional development

priorities

Michael Bordt (bordt@un.org) ESCAP Statistics Division

FDES: Framework for the Development of

Environment Statistics

2. Environmental Resources and

their Use

3. Emissions,

Residuals and Waste

4. Disasters and

Extreme Events

6. Environment Protection,

Management and Engagement

5. Human Habitat

and Environmental

Health

1.Environmental Conditions and

Quality

2. Environmental Resources and

their Use

3. Emissions,

Residuals and Waste

4. Disasters and

Extreme Events

6. Environment Protection,

Management and Engagement

5. Human Habitat

and Environmental

Health

1.Environmental Conditions and

Quality

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What’s the problem?

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1. Decisions are becoming more integrated:• Nexuses: Water or energy or food…• Develop or conserve? Where to develop?• Short/Long-term benefits? Who benefits?

2. Environment statistics are produced by many agenciesso are fragmented

3. National statistical systems are used to producing economic and social statistics

Sustainable development &

SDGs

Biodiversity & Ecosystems

Green/blue Economy

Climate change & Disaster risk

2. Review of basics

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SDGs need registers, data and frameworks

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Registers Data Frameworks

3. SEEA Overview

SEEA – System of Environmental Economic Accounting

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SEEA: Stocks and flows

Ecosystems & Oceans4

Assets

Opening stock

- Reductions+ Additions

=

Closing stock

Flows

Supply

=

Use

Residuals

Supply

=

Use

Environment

EconomyProduction

ConsumptionAccumulation

ImportsExports

Mitigate & Manage

Expenditures=Receipts

3. SEEA Overview

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SEEA: Stocks and flows

Ecosystems & Oceans5

Assets (P & Q)

Land, SoilTimberAquatic Other biological

Minerals & energy

Water

Ecosystems +conditions

Flows (P & Q)

Materials

Energy

Water

Ecosystem services

Residuals (Q)

Solid waste

Air emissions

Effluents

Ecosystem impacts

Environment

EconomyProduction

ConsumptionAccumulation

ImportsExports

Benefits/Costs

• SNA:Contribution of natural inputs to economy (rent)

• Depletion, degradation adjusted net savings

• Non-SNA:Contribution of natural inputs to well being

• Externalities (health, poverty)

National wealth

• National BalanceSheet

• Resource life• “Critical”

Natural Capital

Mitigate & Manage (P)

Protection $Goods & ServicesTaxes & subsidies

P = Price (monetary value)Q = Quantity (physical)

3. SEEA Overview

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What is an “account”?

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Water use account (m3/year)

One common theme:Common unit of measureConvert ($/month, litres/day, m3/month)

Rows add up

Columns add up Total

All users/uses

Different data sources:Household survey: 100Municipal admin: 300Industry survey: 175

4. The details

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Creating balances and accounts

Use the same data• Many flows are identical in

balances and accounts

Important differences• Terminology

• Territory vs residence principle

• Treatment of transport

Note: Purpose of accounts is comprehensiveness and consistency with SNA

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Natural Inputs, imports, transformation, supply, use, residuals

Combined data sources: admin, surveys, SNA, models

Balances Accounts

Energy statistics

SEEA-CF - Energy Flow Accounts

3. Intermezzo

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Uses of energy flows

• Implied in a number of SDGs• Accessible? Clean?

• Sustainable?

• Efficient?

• Trade-offs between goals?

• Integrated view of energy policy

• A critical look at energy statistics

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Discussion

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References

• ESCAP: http://www.unescap.org/

• IMF-DQAF: http://dsbb.imf.org/Pages/DQRS/DQAF.aspx

• Paris 21. NSDS: http://www.paris21.org/

• UNSD. 2013. Fundamental principles of official statistics. http://unstats.un.org/unsd/dnss/gp/fundprinciples.aspx

• UNSD. 2013. FDES: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/environment/fdes.htm

• UNSD. 2014. SEEA: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/envaccounting/seea.asp

• Training materials: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/envaccounting/workshops.asp?fType=2

• World Bank. WAVES: https://www.wavespartnership.org/

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References

http://www.unescap.org/http://dsbb.imf.org/Pages/DQRS/DQAF.aspxhttp://www.paris21.org/http://unstats.un.org/unsd/dnss/gp/fundprinciples.aspxhttp://unstats.un.org/unsd/environment/fdes.htmhttp://unstats.un.org/unsd/envaccounting/seea.asphttp://unstats.un.org/unsd/envaccounting/workshops.asp?fType=2https://www.wavespartnership.org/

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Acknowledgements

• Thank you!

• Materials prepared by:• Michael Bordt

• Regional Adviser on Environment Statistics

ESCAP Statistics Division

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Acknowledgements

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