SEEA experimental ecosystem accounts: Concepts and Structure: Relation to the general statistical work on the ENvironment

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1 SEEA experimental ecosystem accounts: Concepts and Structure: Relation to the general statistical work on the ENvironment Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystems and their Services Per Arild Garnåsjordet, Senior researcher, Statistics Norway/ UN Forum of Experts in Experimental Ecosystem Accounting EEA Grants/European Conference Trondheim, Norway May

2 The System of Environmental Economic Accounting (SEEA) An internationally agreed statistical framework to measure the environment and its interactions with economy The System of Environmental Economic Accounting (SEEA) The SEEA Central Framework was adopted as an international statistical standard by the UN Statistical Commission in 2012 The SEEA Experimental Ecosystem Accounts complement the Central Framework and represent international efforts toward coherent ecosystem accounting Source: United Nations Statistics division 2

3 SNA & SEEA: Systems of integrated information Fortcoming: Energy Agricultur, Forestry and Fisheries Others, minerals Source: United Nations Statistics division 3

4 Elements of the SEEA Implementation Strategy SEEA Central Framework adopted (UN Statistical Commission 2012) Implementation strategy for SEEA Central Framework endorsed (UNSC 2013) SEEA Experimental Ecosystem Accounting endorsed (UNSC 2013) Encouragement to test and experiment with the SEEA EEA for those countries wanting to embark on ecosystem accounting (UNSC 2013) Step up the SEEA implementation in countries (UNSC 2015) Source: United Nations Statistics division 4

5 5 Policy landscape SDG; Integrated policies in need for integrated information system (SNA, SEEA CF, SEEA EEA can inform many goals and targets) Green economy/green growth; OECD has launched data collection on air emission and subsoil assets with intention to expand to other accounts Beyond GDP; Eurostat has mandatory reporting on: air emission accounts, MFA (Material Flow Analysis), EPEA (Environmental Protection Expenditures Accounts), env. Taxes, Energy Accounts and EGSS (Environmental Goods and Services Sector) Aichi targets; SEEA been recognized as the framework to report on Target 2 as well as other targets Natural Capital Accounting; World Bank recognizes the SEEA as the underlying statistical framework Source: United Nations Statistics division

6 Statistical initiatives SDG indicators (RIO initiative 2012) Big data; Use of geospatial data in support of official statistics GGIM Global Geospatial Information Management; One group (UN) dealing with geospatial information in support of sustainable development and Post-2015 development agenda Establish technical capacity for regular reporting on a minimum set of environmental-economic accounts Source: United Nations Statistics division 6

7 European Strategy for Environmental Accounting 2008 First priority (most mature) Environmental protection expenditure Economy-wide material flow accounts NAMEA air emissions Second priority (2-3 years) Energy accounts Waste Environmental taxes and subsidies Third priority (4-5 years) Environmental goods and services Resource management Water accounts (flows) Source: Eurostat

8 Laws Implementing SEEA in the EU Reg 691/2011.Adopted 6 July First set of modules Air emissions (14 pollutants x NACE*64) Environmental taxes EW Material flow accounts Second batch of modules in negotiation now Simplified environmental protection expenditure Environmental goods and services accounts Energy accounts 8

9 Relationship between approaches Source:UN Statistical Division 9

10 User and Users of Environmental Accounts WAVES World Bank Group 2013 Detailed information on the experience and detailed accounts for selected countries s/ptec1- %20Users%20and%20Uses%20of%20Environmental%20Acc ounts.pdf Source: The Economy of the North