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OECD PROGRAMMEON

MATERIAL FLOWS AND RESOURCE PRODUCTIVITY

Meeting of the London Group on Environmental Accounting

Meeting of the UN Committee of Experts on Environmental Economic Accounting

June 2006, New York

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OECD work on Material Flows and Resource Productivity

Implementing the OECD Council Recommendation (April 2004)

Responding to requests by G8 Heads of State and Government (Evian, June 2003; Sea Island, June 2004; 3R initiative, Japan)

Supporting OECD policy analysis and evaluation

Mandate and purposeMandate and purpose

FoundationsFoundations

OECD Seminar in 2000 Member countries initiatives International work: Eurostat guide; SEEA; research work

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Within OECD– Environment Directorate– Horizontal programme on Sustainable Development– Statistics Directorate (accounting frameworks for SD statistics)

– Science, Technology & Industry Directorate (I-O analysis & globalisation)

European Union: Eurostat and TF-MFA, EEA, DG ENV United Nations: UNSD and UNCEEA; UNEP Other: London Group; IWG Environment Statistics;

Wuppertal Institut, IFF Vienna, WRI

Co-operation and co-ordinationCo-operation and co-ordination

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1- Brochure on MFA

2- Guidance on methodological and measurement issues

3- Guidance on the interpretation and use of MF and RP indicators

4- Measured indicators – pilot data set

5- Overall report on MF in OECD countries and beyond

Guidance manual“Measuring material flows and resource

productivity”

Main outputsMain outputs

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Part I: Overall framework for material flow analysis– Broad coverage of MFA tools– Clear articulation of purposes/uses of MFA tools– Links to policy questions and other measurement tools

Part II: Material flow accounts– Concepts, definitions, classifications– Types of accounts– Methodological issues

Part III: Material flow and resource productivity indicators– Purposes, definitions, selection criteria, etc. – Interpretation and use

Part IV: Developing MF accounts – implementation guide– Modular structure: menu of options based on decision tree

including simplified, didactic part– To promote harmonised implementation– To be applied by countries according to own needs & context


Guidance manual - Coverage and structure

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OECD work on Material Flows and Resource ProductivityV

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Flows do not exist

Flows are of minor interest

Total materialthroughput

Potential specific environmental impact(per tonne of material)

Nutrients

Water

Sand & gravel

Fossil fuelsCarbon

Timber

Paper

Steel

Aluminium

Heavy metals

Fertiliser

Pesticides

Hazardous chemicals

SolventsPVC

What do we mean by “materials”?

Residuals

Natural resources

Ecosystem inputs

Products

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OECD work on Material Flows and Resource ProductivityV

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Flows do not exist

Flows are of minor interest

Total materialthroughput

Potential specific environmental impact(per tonne of material)

Nutrients

Water

Sand & gravel

Fossil fuelsCarbon

Timber

Paper

Steel

Aluminium

Heavy metals

Fertiliser

Pesticides

Hazardous chemicals

SolventsPVC

What do we mean by “materials”?

Industrial materials

Bulk flows

Substances

Overall aggregates

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Its many different tools can be characterised according to their position with respect to two policy-relevant kinds of dimensions:

The MFA family of tools


Ecological: level of detail related to physio-chemical

characteristics

Economic: level of detail in terms of partition of human activities

These two dimensions identify a space where all MFA tools can be placed

The further from the origin, the narrower the coverage, in terms of substances

and /or of economic activities

Let us try and place the most common and somehow codified kinds of

applications

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The tool provides complete coverage of the economy

The tool only provides information on economy-nature exchanges

The tool also provides information on internal flows of the economy

The tool also provides information on internal flows of the economy and of nature

The tool provides complete coverage of the substances


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SFA

LCA

Physical flow accounts for water






PIOTs and other flow accounts for individual materials’

Aggregated PIOT

Economy-wide

MFA


NAMEA-type table Waste

NAMEA-type table for Air emissions

NAMEA-type table for Energy carriers use

Business level MFA

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ApproachApproach

Core work: work in areas of common relevance where progress can be best obtained through joint efforts in the OECD and in member countries as a group. Priority given to areas where results can be obtained over a period of two to three years

Additional more detailed work: by countries

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SFA

LCA

Physical flow accounts for water






PIOTs and other flow accounts for individual materials’

Aggregated PIOT

Economy-wide

MFA

NAMEA-type table Waste

NAMEA-type table for Air emissions

NAMEA-type table for Energy carriers use

Business level MFA

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One of the areas where a common methodological ground is already present – so that results can be obtained in the short/medium term - is Economy-wide MFA.

The following are among the issues that can be addressed, also in view of the SEEA revision process: Terminology:

– “economy-wide”– “materials”

System boundaries for biomasses Optimal aggregation level for compilation and for presentation

– by material– by economic activity

Indirect flows


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Expert consultation on drafts (Parts I-III): June-July 2006 Preparation of revised drafts: July-August 2006 Formal consultation with OECD member countries:

September 2006

Meeting of the Working Group on Environmental Information and Outlooks (WGEIO): 11-13 October 2006

Final revision: October-November 2006 Editing and release: end 2006-early 2007

Guidance manual – Main timelines

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