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EUROPEAN COMMISSION EUROSTAT Directorate E: Agriculture, fisheries, structural funds and environment statistics Unit E3: Environmental statistics and accounts

Doc. ENV/DIMESA/PREP/04 (2008) Original in EN Point of the agenda 5.1

Joint Workprogramme EEA/Eurostat

Christian Heidorn

Preparatory Meeting

of the DIMESA Director's Meeting on

"Environmental statistics and accounts"

Meeting of 4 March 2008 BECH building – Room B2/464

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European Environment Agency

Joint Eurostat/EEA work programme for 2008 Eurostat and the EEA have agreed to develop a joint work programme covering areas of common interest. For the pilot phase in 2007 the aim has not been to achieve exhaustive coverage of all relevant topics, but to develop worksheets in a number of areas in order to gain experience with shared work planning in this way.

For 2008 the draft programme has been updated and completed. It shall help to clarify the different roles of Eurostat and the EEA in the different areas of work.

In some areas, the EEA is the client of Eurostat (e.g. energy statistics); while in other areas Eurostat is the client of the EEA (e.g. greenhouse gas emissions data for the structural and sustainable development indicators).

In yet other areas (e.g. development of a common architecture for Environmental Data Centres), the two bodies are working in a partnership, without any clear producer/client relationship.

The other main aim is to specify deliverables and timetables wherever relevant.

Finally it should be underlined that the joint work programme does not add activities to the respective work programmes of the two bodies: It only clarifies the working relationship in the many areas of common interest.

Final draft of 3 March 2008

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European Environment Agency

Joint Eurostat/EEA work programme 2008

� Joint Eurostat/EEA work programme for 2008...................................................................3 � Structural indicator (SI) and Sustainable Development Indicator (SDI) on greenhouse gas

emissions .............................................................................................................................5 � IPCC reference approach for CO2 combustion of fossil fuels for the EC greenhouse gas

inventory report ...................................................................................................................7 � Energy statistics for energy and environment indicators.....................................................9 � Environmental Data Centre (DC) for Waste .....................................................................11 � Developing regionalised gross nutrient balances ..............................................................13 � Development of a common architecture for Environmental data centres .........................15 � Development of WISE ......................................................................................................16 � Water data, statistics and indicators ..................................................................................18 � Analysis of environmental impacts of consumption and production in Europe using

integrated environmental and economic accounts.............................................................21 � Structural indicator(s) on urban population exposure to air pollution by ozone and

particles .............................................................................................................................24 � Reporting on progress with the Horizon 2020 initiative ...................................................26 � Structural indicator on Protected Areas for biodiversity: Percentage of MS terrestrial area

designated under the Habitats Directive............................................................................28 � Sustainable Development ..................................................................................................30 � Urban data management....................................................................................................32 � Temperature correction and heating degree days..............................................................34 � Energy-related greenhouse gas emission estimates in t-1 .................................................36 � Reference approach for the industrial processes sector (PRODCOM database)...............38 � Coordination and streamlining of data flows ....................................................................40 � Streamlining of environmental indicators .........................Error! Bookmark not defined.

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Project title

Structural indicator (SI) and Sustainable Development Indicator (SDI) on greenhouse gas emissions

Work programme reference

EEA: 2.2.2 Greenhouse gas monitoring, accounting and review Eurostat: Theme 5.03, objective 108: Support to the climate change data centre (EEA)

Contacts

EEA: Andreas Barkman / Ricardo Fernandez

ETC/ACC: Bernd Gugele

Eurostat: Julio Cabeça

Status in the collaboration

EEA is the provider / Eurostat is the customer

Objective of the project

The primary objective of the structural indicators is to measure progress towards achieving the EU Lisbon-Strategy goal to become the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world capable of sustainable economic growth with more and better jobs, greater social cohesion and a high level of environmental protection. The set of structural indicators covers the general economic background, employment, innovation and research, economic reform, social cohesion and environment (of which, greenhouse gas emissions), and are used in the Commission's annual progress report on the Lisbon objectives.

EEA’s role

The EEA prepares annually the EC greenhouse gas inventory, according to Council Decision 280/2004/EC concerning a mechanism for monitoring Community greenhouse gas emissions and for implementing the Kyoto Protocol; and to Commission Decision 2005/166/EC laying down the rules for implementing Decision 280/2004/EC http://ec.europa.eu/environment/index_en.htm. The overall responsibility for the EC Inventory is with DG Environment, European Commission. To understand the process, see JWP “EC greenhouse gas inventory: IPCC reference approach for CO2 combustion of fossil fuels”. The EEA maintains the greenhouse gas inventory database. In 2007, a new application was developed ‘the greenhouse gas data viewer’: http://dataservice.eea.europa.eu/dataservice/viewdata/viewpvt.asp?id=418. The ‘viewer’ includes all greenhouse gas emissions for all gases and all sectors, at the level of detail specified in UNFCCC and applying IPCC guidelines. The underlying activity data and emissions factors are included in the CRF tables in separate Excel files annexed to the Inventory Report, see: http://reports.eea.europa.eu/technical_report_2007_7/en. The EEA database is also available at a more aggregated level in Excel format (i.e. gap-filled spreadsheet, see deliverables below), which underpins the calculation of the structural indicator on greenhouse gas emissions.

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Eurostat’s role

The data is used to build up the Structural Indicator (SI) and Sustainable Development Indicator (SDI) on total greenhouse gas emissions which are published on the Eurostat web-site, e.g. in the following link for the SI:

http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page?_pageid=1996,39140985&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&screen=detailref&language=en&product=STRIND_ENVIRO&root=STRIND_ENVIRO/enviro/en010SIs and SDIs are used each year by DG ENV to draft the European Policy Review.

Deliverables

The EC greenhouse gas inventory underpins the production of the structural indicator (and of the sustainable development indicators) pertaining to anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. The EEA delivers to Eurostat the so called “gap-filled spreadsheet”, comprising the full time series of emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrous oxide (N2O), methane (CH4), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs) and sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) by main sector and by country. These gases are also aggregated using their global warming potentials. The data supplied to Eurostat is accurate, comparable, consistent, complete, transparent and timely in accordance with UNFCCC Guidelines for annual greenhouse gas inventories http://www.unfccc.org and with the Revised 1996 IPCC Guidelines and Good Practice Guidance and Uncertainty Management in National Greenhouse Gas Inventories http://www.ipcc.ch/

Timetable

The EEA will aim at sending the above-mentioned file to Eurostat around the time of publication of the EC greenhouse gas inventory report (In June) for the calculation of the structural indicator on greenhouse gas emissions.

Development perspectives

The greenhouse gas data viewer will eventually also include gap-filled data. From then on, Eurostat will be able to download the data directly from the viewer instead of receiving a separate Excel file. In addition to the emissions data, the underlying activity data and emission factors from the CRF tables provided by countries will also be available from the viewer. The graphical functions will be further improved. The viewer already makes selection, searching and presentation of the data much easier and user-friendly and it is already publicly available from the EEA website.

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Project title

IPCC reference approach for CO2 combustion of fossil fuels for the EC greenhouse gas inventory report


EEA: 2.2.2 Greenhouse gas monitoring, accounting and review

Eurostat: Theme 3.03, Energy, objective 106: GHG Inventory declarations

Contacts


ETC/ACC: Bernd Gugele

Eurostat: Nikolaos Roubanis


EEA is the customer / Eurostat is the provider


The EEA assists the European Commission in the production of the EC greenhouse gas inventory, to be submitted to the UNFCCC annually. The legal basis are Council Decision 280/2004/EC concerning a mechanism for monitoring Community greenhouse gas emissions and for implementing the Kyoto Protocol; and Commission Decision 2005/166/EC laying down the rules for implementing Decision 280/2004/EC. http://ec.europa.eu/environment/index_en.htm

It is a requirement under the UNFCCC process to submit a top-down reference approach for CO2 emissions from the combustion of fossil fuels using supply energy data. The reference approach is used as a check of the emission estimates submitted by Member States using their more detailed bottom-up sectoral approach. The sectoral approach is more accurate and is the only official internationally-agreed data source for GHG emissions. The IPCC reference approach for CO2 emissions used in the EC GHG inventory is based on the energy balances collected through the Joint Energy Questionnaires, shared by Eurostat and the IEA, and held in Eurostat. This comparison is an integral part of the EC GHG inventory.

EEA’s role

The overall responsibility for the EC Inventory lies with DG Environment, European Commission. The EEA assists the European Commission through the work of the European Topic Centre on Air and Climate Change (ETC/ACC), Eurostat (IPCC reference approach for CO2 emissions from fuel combustion) and the Joint Research Centre (land-use, land-use change and forestry, agriculture). The process is as follows: Member States shall report to the Commission each year T not later than 15 January their anthropogenic Greenhouse gas emissions for the year T-2; in line with the reporting requirements under the UNFCCC. The EEA’s ETC/ACC, Eurostat (i.e. reference approach) and the JRC perform initial checks on the submitted data. On 28 February, the draft EC GHG inventory and inventory report are circulated to Member States for reviewing and commenting. Member States check their national data and

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information used in the EC inventory report, send updates, if necessary, and review the EC inventory report itself by 15 March. The final EC GHG inventory and inventory report are prepared by the ETC/ACC for submission by the European Commission to the UNFCCC Secretariat by 15 April, see http://reports.eea.europa.eu/technical_report_2005_4/en. The EC Inventory becomes final in June, when potential re-submissions of data by Member States due to the reviewing process under the UNFCCC (15 April–31 May) are over.

Eurostat’s role

It is the responsibility of Eurostat to produce annually the IPCC reference approach for CO2 emissions from the combustion of fossil fuels for each individual Member State as well as for the EU-15 and EU-27. The time coverage is from 1990 up to T-2, as required by the UNFCCC. The IPCC reference approach is mandatory and forms part of the EC Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report, submitted the 15 April of each year by the European Commission to the UNFCCC.

Deliverables

A spreadsheet containing the IPCC reference approach calculated for each Member States, the EU-15 and the EU-27.

Timetable

Eurostat sends a complete spreadsheet to the EEA around February/March. This is currently 2-3 months before the energy balances for the year T-2 are officially published on Eurostat’s public database.


The current working arrangement between Eurostat and the EEA has been working satisfactorily for a number of years. No immediate changes are therefore expected in the short-term.

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Project title

Energy statistics for energy and environment indicators


EEA: 2.4.1 Assessing progress in environmental integration (energy sector)

Eurostat: Theme 45, 104, Energy statistics, objective 104: GHG inventories.

Contacts

EEA: Ricardo Fernandez ETC/ACC:

Eurostat: Nikolaos Roubanis / Pekka Loesoenen


Eurostat is the provider / EEA is the customer


The main objective of the project is the annual production of the EEA’s energy and environment indicators. The indicators measure progress towards integrating environmental considerations within the energy sector. This is achieved by addressing the following policy questions: Is the use of energy having a decreasing impact on the environment? Is energy use decreasing? How rapidly is energy efficiency increasing? Is there a switch to less polluting fuels? How rapidly are renewable energy technologies being implemented? Are environmental costs better incorporated into the pricing system? Each question is answered by one or more indicators that measure actual progress made to date, see http://reports.eea.europa.eu/eea_report_2006_8/en. From 2008, the report should also capture the shift in policy focus from environmental integration to ‘environmental sustainability, competitiveness and security of energy supply’.

The EEA has also developed the core set of indicators (CSI). The establishment of the CSI was guided by the need to identify a small number of policy-relevant indicators for reporting that give answers to selected priority policy questions. Five of these indicators are in the energy domain http://themes.eea.europa.eu/IMS/CSI

EEA’s role

As mentioned above, the EEA updates every year the energy and environment indicators and related core set indicators. The indicators are based primarily on emissions data (greenhouse gases and atmospheric pollutants) collected by the EEA and energy statistics collected by Eurostat.

The energy and environment indicators include: energy and non-energy-related greenhouse gas emissions; ozone precursors; acidifying substances; particle emissions; emissions intensity; policy effectiveness; nuclear waste; discharge of oil; accidental oil spills; final energy consumption by sector (also in CSI); total energy intensity (also in CSI); electricity consumption by sector; efficiency of electricity production; combined heat and power; final energy intensity; total energy consumption by fuel (also in CSI); electricity production by fuel; renewable energy (also in CSI); renewable electricity (also in CSI); energy prices; energy taxes; energy subsidies and external costs.

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Eurostat’s role

The EEA is a user of energy statistics. Energy data are compiled by Eurostat through the five annual Joint Questionnaires, shared with the International Energy Agency.

High quality energy data, consistent with the European Statistics code of practice, underpins both the annual EC greenhouse gas inventory and the EEA’s environmental reporting in the area of energy. Examples of the former are the IPCC reference approach for CO2 combustion of fossil fuels and ensuring consistency between national energy data used for compiling greenhouse gas emission inventories and energy data reported through the five annual Joint Questionnaires. Examples of the latter are the EEA’s energy and environment indicator fact-sheets (and energy and environment report) and related core set indicators. The energy data are publicly available from Eurostat's website http://ec.europa.eu/comm/eurostat/

Deliverables

Eurostat will publish the annual energy balances with 2006 data. Eurostat will also deliver the CHP data to the EEA for the relevant energy and environment indicator.

To provide technical advice related to the energy balances to the EEA and, where needed, to the energy and environment indicators.

Together with the EEA, to help countries ensure as much consistency as possible between the energy data collected through the Joint Energy questionnaires and the activity data collected through the EU Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Mechanism.

The EEA will appreciate Eurostat’s participation in the annual ‘energy and environment’ Eionet workshop in Copenhagen (around June).

Timetable

Eurostat will update and publish the energy balances with 2006 data by May/June 2008.


Eurostat is the EEA’s key partner in the area of energy statistics. It is important to continue improving the consistency between national energy statistics and the statistics submitted through the joint energy questionnaires. It will also become increasingly important to make more efficient use of resources concerning some of the energy and environment fact sheets; particularly by combining the EEA’s environmental expertise and Eurostat’s statistical expertise. There is also a growing need for improving the consistency between greenhouse gas inventories and data originating from the European Trading Scheme for CO2 emissions. Good quality of the activity data is essential to accomplish this task.

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Project title

Environmental Data Centre (DC) for Waste


EEA: 7.1. Indicators for waste resources, sustainable consumption and production

7.2. Environmental impacts of consumption and production, including waste and material resources

Eurostat: Theme 5.03, objective 101: Waste statistics, DC Waste

Contacts

EEA: Lars Mortensen

ETC/RWM: Birgit Munck-Kampmann, Christian Fischer

Eurostat: Christian Heidorn, Karin Blumenthal, Wim Kloek


Co-operation, see deliverables


The Data Centre for Waste is the primary contact point for DG Environment and other interested users for policy ready information on waste. It provides information services for the implementation of the Thematic Strategy for the Prevention and Recycling of Waste.

EEA’s role

The EEA prepares with the help of ETC/RWM integrated environmental and policy assessments on the impact of waste management as well as proposals for indicators based on the data provided by Eurostat. The EEA actively participates in the Steering Committee for the Eurostat Environmental Data Centres.

Eurostat’s role

Following the Technical Arrangement agreed by the Group of Four in 2005 Eurostat establishes Environmental Data Centres for "Natural Resources", "Products" and "Waste". The DC Waste provides data collected under the Waste Statistics Regulation and other quantitative reporting obligations to the EEA for the preparation of integrated environmental and policy assessments.

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Deliverables

Integrated environmental and policy assessments according to user needs to be prepared by EEA, quantitative data on waste generation and management to be provided by Eurostat.

Timetable

Clarification on the exact distribution of roles and the corresponding timetable for the exchange of deliverables are under development. Time schedule depends on the reporting dates under various Community legal acts and occurring delays.


In close collaboration within the Group of Four and its Common Architecture Drafting Team the information services will be gradually established. The development of the Shared Environmental Information System (SEIS) will be fully supported.

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Project title

Developing regionalised gross nutrient balances


EEA 4.3.1 (LARA project)

Eurostat: Theme 4.02, Agricultural structures, objective 104:

Agri-environmental indicators

Contacts:

EEA: Rob Collins/Jan-Erik Petersen / Philippe Crouzet

Eurostat: Johan Selenius


Eurostat is the provider/EEA is the customer (but also cooperates in the development)

Purpose of cooperation

The indicator on (Nitrogen) gross nutrient balance is a key tool for assessing the likely nutrient pressure from agriculture on water bodies. Consequently, various organisations have invested significant work in developing it, or are planning to do so (OECD, Eurostat, EEA). Gross nutrient balance has not only importance as agri-environment indicator but also as input to modelling agricultural nutrient pressures (FATE project at the JRC, water accounts work at the EEA etc.). Eurostat and the EEA have a common interest therefore in developing statistical approaches for calculating regional gross nutrient balances.

EEA’s role and work carried out so far

2004/5: Development of an indicator on national gross nitrogen balances under the IRENA operation, mainly by the IRENA staff at the EEA with some advice from Eurostat staff familiar with the Eurostat software tool for automatic calculation of gross nutrient balances (not utilised for the IRENA indicator).

2005/6: Bilateral discussions between Eurostat and EEA on best approach to developing regional gross nutrient balances and joint meetings with OECD staff on the matter.

May 2006: Organisation by the EEA of an expert meeting on calculating regional gross nutrient balances with the participation of Eurostat, JRC, researchers and EEA staff.

June 2006: EEA input to Eurostat proposals for reforming the EU farm structure survey, inter alia for integrating data collection that is relevant for the calculation of regional gross nutrient balances (spatial presentation of farm level data at NUTS 5 level, collection of specific data on fertiliser use per crop etc.)

2007: Joint (EEA, Eurostat, OECD and JRC) workshop held on regional gross nutrient balances in September. EEA invited participants presented various balance approaches showing developments with respect to estimation at finer scales, loss of surplus to water and air, prediction at a river basin scale.

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Eurostat’s role

Eurostat leads the TAPAS action on calculating gross nutrient balances in cooperation with nine EU Member States. This involves a review of the results of OECD work in the field with a view to discussing the further improvement of the OECD/Eurostat methodology with EU Member States. Eurostat also has responsibility for the development and compilation of regional (agricultural) statistics relevant to the calculation of gross nutrient balances. In addition, it plans to launch a tender procedure for collecting some data not yet available and for creating coefficients for countries that need assistance.

Timetable

There is currently no specific timetable for the work to be developed, but the EEA aims at annual updates of the EEA core set indicator ‘gross nutrient balance’.

2008

Continued joint development of regional gross nutrient balances will be undertaken in 2008 following finalisation of the Memorandum of Understanding (DG Agriculture and Rural Development, Eurostat, JRC, EEA) with respect to ‘Cooperation on Agri-Environmental Indicators’. Development of the gross nutrient balance indicator will be led by Eurostat with EEA input on conceptual, method and data improvements.

The EEA’s European Topic Centre for Water will undertake work in 2008 to improve understanding and prediction of the link between nutrient balances and water quality.

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Project title

Development of a common architecture for Environmental data centres


EEA: 1.2.7 Integration of SEIS components Eurostat: Theme 5.03, objective 107: IT infrastructure for environmental data centres;

Connection of IT infrastructure to the Go4 partners infrastructures in a SEIS/ INSPIRE compatible version.

Contacts

EEA: Stefan Jensen

Eurostat: Daniel Rase


Cooperation


The technical implementation of SEIS includes among other activities the discussion and agreements on how to implement environmental data centres. DG Environment is chairing the CADT group in which Eurostat and EEA cooperate on the definition of architecture guidelines and in the coming years on the implementation of elements of such a common architecture. Timetable and development perspectives

Eurostat offered a support project to get the work on common architectures started which began late 2007. In 2008, the project will deliver

• a methodology proposal

• an analysis of the structure of all data centres

• concrete proposals for first implementation areas

In parallel Eurostat will work jointly with the JRC work on a pilot implementation for the waste data centre.

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Project title

Development of WISE


EEA: 4.1.2 WISE

Eurostat: Theme 5.05, Geographical and local information, objective 101, INSPIRE; Theme 5.03, Environmental statistics and accounts, objective 106, Water Statistics

Contacts

EEA: Stefan Jensen, Beate Werner

Eurostat: Daniele Rizzi, Ekkehard Petri, Jürgen Förster, Christian Freudenberger


Cooperation


The technical implementation of WISE including the stepwise realisation of the further integration of and the linkage with data sources also from other European Institutions is a key task described in the WISE implementation plan. This includes inter alia an appropriate technical linkage of data held at Eurostat by 2010, in particular data in the domain of Eurostat water statistics on water resources, water use and wastewater treatment (cooperation on the content side of these domains is dealt with in a separate project sheet). Regarding the further technical implementation of WISE, the development of the GIS guidance as well as handling of licenses in the frame of the data policy is handled by Eurostat, unit D2 (Regional Indicators and Geographical Information). Other issues regarding e.g. data confidentiality need to be addressed in the future.

Eurostat’s role

The unit “Regional Indicators and Geographical Information” (Eurostat D2) as well as the unit "Environmental Statistics and Accounts" (Eurostat E3) are partners in the WISE steering group. In particular Eurostat D-2 is supporting the development of the GIS guidance under WISE.

EEA’s role

In the cooperation between DG ENV, JRC, Eurostat and EEA in the steering group for reporting under the WFD (WISE steering group). The EEA has been given a leading role in the implementation of WISE. This corresponds with the role of the EEA in the Group of 4 that gave the EEA the responsibility, inter alia, for the European water data centre that will use WISE as its technical tool for data collection and management. Deliverables

Both Eurostat and EEA are delivering their products into the joint process of the WISE implementation. This process needs a close cooperation and partnership.

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With regard to the GIS guidance this will be also part of the WISE technical Group led by EEA.

Timetable and development perspectives

After the public launch of WISE in March 2007; work towards the integration of Eurostat’s water statistics database derived from the Joint Questionnaire will begin in 2008 with the aim to have the link up and running by 2010 at the latest.

The work will start with a concept jointly prepared with the support of a DG ENV contractor and be followed by the development of a prototype solution.

Since the GIS guidance work has been delayed, Eurostat will also in the first half of 2008 be asked to contribute to this product.

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Project title

Water data, statistics and indicators


EEA: 4.1.1; 4.2.6; water data centre; water use and integrated water use management

Eurostat: Theme 5.03, Environmental Statistics and Accounts, objective 106, Water Statistics

Contacts

EEA: Beate Werner, Niels Thyssen, Peter Kristensen

ETC/water: Anne Lyche Solheim; ETC/WTR

Eurostat: Jürgen Förster, Christian Freudenberger


Partnership for developing common approach in future


To build up a partnership for water-related information in Europe, including the controlled collection of European water data, and the establishment of high-quality official water statistics for the development and maintenance of water-related indicators.

In the course of updating the Eionet–Water, the EEA develops a consolidated information flow for state-of environment reporting including data on water use, water quantity, and data on wastewater treatment and its impact on the water environment.

This data flow will be established in the context of EEA hosting the water data centre for Europe and will be implemented in the water information system for Europe, WISE. In the context of WISE and according to the requirements of the WFD the data are needed on the level of River Basin districts and the respective sub units relevant for one country and as far as possible in a seasonal aggregation.

In both areas, water quantity and waste water, the information collected biennially with the OECD/Eurostat Joint Questionnaire is key information to complement EEA’s data flows and indicator development but needs further processing to be meaningful on the above mentioned spatial and temporal aggregation. The data are supporting the two EEA core set indicators CSI 24, Urban Wastewater Treatment and CSI 18, Use of Freshwater Resources. The linkage between water statistic established by Eurostat and the data and information collected and processed for EEA SOE-assessments (incl. indicators) and the development of WISE are among the key tasks to ensure a consistent and streamlined reporting.

During 2007 EEA have developed and discussed the reporting sheets on water quantity and emissions with the countries. The reporting sheets focus on collecting data generated in relation to the Water Framework Directive and data will be collected on River Basin District scale. EEA has agreed with countries that during 2008 there will be a test data exchange of water quantity and emission data.

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Eurostat’s role

Eurostat establishes European Water Statistics for freshwater resources, water use and wastewater treatment (annual statistics for national territories). The instrument currently used for this task is the biannual OECD/EUROSTAT Joint Questionnaire, section Inland Waters. In the discussion in the Go4 the link of this data into the water Information System for Europe (WISE) is agreed and Eurostat has it in its work program to implement this link

In 2008, Eurostat will execute a new round of data collection with the JQ-IW, tables 1-7. Before sending the questionnaires out to countries, it is intended to pre-fill the templates, where appropriate, with data on pollutant loads and discharges from UWWTPs as collected by DG Environment in 2007 by means of the UWWTD questionnaire. This should create synergies between the two reporting exercises and force member states to internally coordinate and align between the statistical systems and the environmental administrations as partners of the EIONET.

With a view to possibly launching a new regional environmental data collection, Eurostat is currently discussing with DG REGIO the respective needs of the EU regional policies.

Already at its Water Statistics Meeting in October 2007, Eurostat discussed with countries the needs – as expressed by the EEA and DG Environment – for water statistics available at RBD level and with seasonal disaggregation, provoking partly positive country reactions with regard to the spatial issue but strong reluctance regarding disaggregation on the time scale. In 2008, Eurostat will further encourage countries to work on the aggregation of water statistics at regional scales (NUTS, RBDs, sub-units) by supporting respective pilot projects through its grants programme.

EEA’s role

EEA has been given a leading role in the implementation of WISE and the data centre for water. EEA will continue expanding WISE with data and information generated under the WFD and other water policies. Further cooperation to ensure that Eurostat's data collected via the joint questionnaire are incorporated in WISE will be assessed.

During 2008 EEA will run the two test data exchange on water quantity and emission data, analyse the reported information in relation to data availability and its usefulness for SoE and indicators. Discuss the results of the test data exchange on water quantity with Eurostat and countries and with the technical working group to be established by Water Directors to coordinate activities related to water scarcity and droughts and revise the reporting requirements with the aim of having a regular water quantity data exchange/reporting from 2009/10. Discuss the results of the test data exchange on emission data with countries and other reporting processes (Eurostat; UWWTD; E-PRTR and WFD) and revise the reporting requirements with the aim of having a regular emission data exchange/reporting from 2009/10.

Deliverables

European Water Statistics for freshwater resources, water use and wastewater treatment for use in EEA SOE-assessments.

Develop further cooperation for a common approach for UWWTD load data including an appropriate geo-reference and for assessment of water resources in an appropriate spatial disaggregation.

EEA will produce reports evaluating the test data exchange on water quantity and emission data, analyse the reported information in relation to data availability and its usefulness for SoE and indicators.

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Timetable and development perspectives

Perspective to establish a stable state of environment data flow for water resources and water emissions data (including the exchange, processing and quality assurance of data and information) of data generated at River Basin District level by 2009 or the respective subunits per country and as far as possible in seasonal aggregation.

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Project title

Analysis of environmental impacts of consumption and production in Europe using integrated environmental and economic accounts


EEA: 7.2.1 Environmental Impacts from consumption and production

Eurostat: Theme 5.03, Environment statistics and accounts, objective 202, products data centre

Contacts

EEA: Pawel Kazmierczyk, Lars Mortensen

ETC/RWM: Stephan Moll, David Watson

Eurostat: Elisabeth Møllgaard, Julio Cabeça


Partnership


The objective of this project, started in 2005, is to develop a policy-support tool based on integrated environmental and economic accounts, which will be used to analyse environmental impacts of consumption and production in Europe.

The approach combines environmental accounts (air emissions - climate change, acidification, ozone formation; and resource use, in the future possibly also waste, energy, or other as data becomes available) with economic national accounts. While NAMEA and input/output analyses have been used before, this is the first consistent and comparable European data set which allows cross-country comparison, and focuses on specific production sectors as defined in the national accounts.

EEA’s role

In 2005 and 2006, within the framework of the NAMEA project, ETC/RWM built up an inventory of environmentally extended input-output models for 8 EU countries. The work is based on NAMEA-type tables for a number of environmental pressure variables (air emissions, material inputs) and monetary input-output tables. A peer-reviewed final report – presenting the methodology and data issues, numerous result tables, and first interpretation of results – was made available at the end of 2006. (http://waste.eionet.europa.eu/publications/WP2-2007)

The many analytical potentials of the NAMEA accounting framework and the compiled inventory have been explored in 2007 and this work will continue in 2008. Preliminary outline of the conclusions is available from: http://reports.eea.europa.eu/brochure_2007_1/en

The methodology could be used in support of implementation of the Thematic Strategy on Resources (sectoral analysis in particular), and the development and implementation of the EU Action Plan on SCP in such issues as:

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• Which consumption patterns are more favourable to reduce resource use and the associated environmental impacts?

• Where are the critical points for policy intervention within the life-cycle of those products which are largely responsible for unsustainable consumption patterns?

• In which areas changes in lifestyles could have most significant effects to reduce resource use and associated environmental impacts?

• Which industries have best potential for policy action? Which final-use product groups are most problematic?

• Which are the environmental implications (resource use and associated environmental impacts) of structural changes of the economies?

• Where – on the global level – is policy action most needed? Which significant production-cycle stages related to European consumption occur outside Europe?

In 2008, an EEA report presenting the results of the work will be published. Work will also include intensive communication effort to introduce the tool and its policy potential to DG Environment, and to strengthen cooperation with Eurostat and JRC, which are also active in this field.

Eurostat’s role

In the last decade, Eurostat has been a major player in the development and implementation of Environmental Accounting (EA), both within Europe and also on international levels (e.g. in the so-called London Group and the recently established UNCEEA). Eurostat has built up a work programme on Environmental Accounts following the European Strategy on Environmental Accounts (ESEA 2003). The main objectives are:

• to support Member States in implementing Environmental Accounts on national levels (e.g. through financial support and methodological standard setting);

• to collect harmonised EA data from Member States.

Deliverables

In 2008, a report will be published with the results of the work, explore its possible analytical applications to support SCP, the thematic strategy on resources, and general environmental policies.

The work will provide information on environmental pressures and impacts from production and consumption only for those countries for which data and information is available. However, as more data becomes available, geographic coverage may also be extended.

Timetable

The following steps are proposed for the completion of the project in 2008.

1. Publication of the EEA report (ideally, to be tabled at Green Week in June 2008)

2. Updating the relevant text on the ETC/RWM website

3. Preparing a briefing note for policy makers

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4. Dissemination of results from the NAMEA work to the EU policy makers, and relevant international organizations


• Basic data are collected by national Statistical offices + Eurostat. Broader statistical cover needed, both geographically, and in terms of NAMEA data

• Strengthen communication on project manager level and cooperation/synergies between the related European projects

• Consult each other on revising European Strategy on Environment Accounts

• Mutually promote activities on the NAMEA work of th e two organizations

• In the future, explore with Eurostat future availability of additional NAMEA tables, while keeping in mind the start of Environmental Data Centres, EXIOPOL project and the need/demand of the policy circles.

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Project title

Structural indicator(s) on urban population exposure to air pollution by ozone and particles


EEA: 5.3.1 Air quality (2008)

Eurostat: Theme 5.03, Environment statistics and accounts, objective 108: Publication of results, support to the air data centre (EEA)

Contacts

EEA: Anke Lükewille/Peder Gabrielsen

ETC/ACC: Frank de Leeuw/Jaroslav Fiala



EEA is the provider/Eurostat is the customer


The primary objective of the structural indicators is to measure progress towards achieving the EU Lisbon-Strategy goal to become the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world capable of sustainable economic growth with more and better jobs, greater social cohesion and a high level of environmental protection. The set of structural indicators covers the general economic background, employment, innovation and research, economic reform, social cohesion and environment, and are used in the Commission's annual progress report on the Lisbon objectives.

The specific objective of the indicators is to follow trends in urban population exposure to ozone and particles. It extensively used in the health impact assessments, including the recent Clean Air for Europe (CAFE) Programme leading to the Commission Communication on the Thematic Strategy on Air Pollution.

EEA’s role

Collection and processing of air quality data from air quality networks of EEA member countries based on the exchange of air quality information process.

Eurostat’s role

Eurostat publishes the data for urban Air Exposure to Ozone and Particulate Matter concentrations in its website.

Deliverables

The data is measured and collected under the Air Quality Framework Directive (96/62/EC) and its four Daughter Directives, and Exchange of Information Decision (Council Decision 97/101/EC). The directive determines rules for the measurements and ensures accuracy of the data.

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Based on the annual submissions of Member States' measured concentrations, the data is processed by the European Environmental Agency (EEA) and the Topic Centre on Air and Climate Change (ETC/ACC), and subsequently provided to Eurostat.

Regarding gap-filled air emission data which is also provided to Eurostat the NEC/LRTAP air data viewer will eventually also include gap-filled data. From then on, Eurostat will be able to download the data directly from the viewer instead of receiving a separate Excel file.

Timetable

The EEA sends the above-mentioned data to Eurostat around September (or earlier) for the calculation of the structural indicators.


The national monitoring station networks differ in quality: no or limited data exists for some EEA member countries. As the reporting of air quality data is required under EU legislation, its future delivery should therefore be ensured. The representativity of the monitoring stations is limited and the concentrations of air pollutants are affected by the meteorological conditions. Modelled data using assimilation techniques can improve the quality of both indicators. However, it is considered that changes in trends are already fairly well revealed by the current methodology.

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Project title

Reporting on progress with the Horizon 2020 initiative


EEA: 6.1.2 Support to Mediterranean policies

Eurostat: Theme 6.08, Statistical cooperation, MEDSTAT programme and Theme 5.03 Environment statistics

Contacts

EEA: David Stanners / Giuseppe Aristei / Barbara Clark / Ronan Uhel / Eva Goosens / Andrus Meiner / Eva Gelabert / Trine Christiansen / Jeff Huntington / Beate Werner/ Stefan Jensen / Lars Mortensen / Chris Steenmans / Søren Roug / Paolo Meozzi, ETC/Water, ETC/RWM

Eurostat: Rosemary Montgomery, Francisco Fernandez (E4), Jürgen Förster (E3)


Partnership activity within the Horizon 2020 initiative in collaboration with DG Environment, JRC and various UNEP/MAP components.

EEA is client/user of the statistical data collected from the Mediterranean countries under the MEDSTAT programme to assess progress in these countries within the Horizon 2020 initiative.

Collaboration in support of the development of a shared information service (InfoMAP) for the Mediterranean.


The project aims to support the Horizon 2020 initiative which was agreed at the Cairo EuroMed ministerial conference 20/11/2006. This is a DG Environment-led initiative described in the Commission Communication COM(2006) from 05.09.2006 on “Establishing an Environment Strategy for the Mediterranean”. The objectives of the initiative are defined as follows in the Communication (emphasis added to the objective most relevant to this project):

• To assist partner countries to develop functioning environment institutions and a sound effectively enforced environment policy and legal framework that enables integration of environmental concerns into sectoral policies

• To achieve measurably reduced levels of pollution, consistently applied across the region, leading to corresponding health benefits and in addition to reduce the impacts of uncontrolled activity on our natural environment

• To promote preparedness of the environment administrations to address both emergency situations as well as punctual and long-term environment issues

• To promote a more sustainable (economically efficient, socially appropriate and environmentally viable) use of the land and sea areas in the Mediterranean region

• To promote a strengthened civil society, in which the public has access to environmental information, participates in environmental decision making and environmental awareness is enhanced

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• To encourage regional cooperation amongst partner countries to support these aims.

The initial phase of this initiative covers 2007–2013. EEA and Eurostat activities will be carried out primarily under the 2 nd bullet point above.

EEA’s role

In cooperation with relevant partners and based on existing and ongoing initiatives, EEA has been requested to design a coherent indicator process and framework for regular indicator-based analyses, including a “scorecard”, to compare and measure progress with the Horizon 2020 initiative.

Eurostat’s role

DG Environment has identified urban wastewater, municipal waste and industrial emissions as the priority areas to be addressed in the first instance. Eurostat will contribute, upon EEA request, to the design of indicator process and scorecard. Through the MEDSTAT programme, Eurostat will organise data from the Mediterranean countries required for the relevant indicators.

Deliverables

• Preliminary draft of the “Biennial synthesis progress report focusing on country profiles in line with UNEP/MAP’s work programme;

• Meetings within the context of the review, monitoring and research sub-group.

Timetable

In 2008, monitoring data and indicator processes will be consolidated, with the longer-term goal of establishing priority data flows for the Mediterranean region.


The activity will be developed and refined in line with the timetable agreed in Cairo for the Horizon 2020 initiative. This activity comes under the EuroMed partnership and thus implies cooperation with Mediterranean countries which are not EEA members. Thus, resources from ENPI have been sought to facilitate this cooperation.

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Project title

Structural indicator on Protected Areas for biodiversity: Percentage of MS terrestrial area designated under the Habitats Directive


EEA: 3.1.1 Contribution to QA/QC of EU reporting data and EIONET data flows (2007)

Eurostat: Theme 5.03, Environment statistics, objective 108; Support to biodiversity data centre

Contacts

EEA: Frederik Schutyser / Ivone Pereira Martins / Rania Spyropoulou

ETC/BD: Carlos Romao

Eurostat: Pierre Nadin (E1), Marilise Wolf-Crowther (E3)


EEA is the provider / Eurostat is the customer


The primary objective of the structural indicators is to measure progress towards achieving the EU Lisbon-Strategy goal to become the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world capable of sustainable economic growth with more and better jobs, greater social cohesion and a high level of environmental protection. The set of structural indicators covers the general economic background, employment, innovation and research, economic reform, social cohesion and environment (of which protected areas for biodiversity), and are used in the Commission's annual progress report on the Lisbon objectives.

The EU policy on nature conservation is part of the EU biodiversity strategy. Mainly, it is based on the implementation of the two directives: Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 (Habitat Directive) on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora and Council Directive 79/409/EEC of 2 April 1979 (Birds Directive) on the conservation of wild birds.

EEA’s role

The overall responsibility for the Natura 2000 database, which contains data on the sites designated under both directives, is with DG Environment, European Commission. The EEA updates the Natura 2000 alphanumeric database annually, on the basis of the MS submissions, according to the provisions of Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC. Thus data of area of the designated sites is updated as well.

Eurostat’s role

Eurostat will follow the developments and ensure the updating of this indicator in its database in view of publication as part of the set of structural- and sustainable development indicators.

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Deliverables

The indicator is based on areas proposed by countries to protect natural and semi-natural habitats, wild fauna and flora according to the Habitats Directive. The EEA provides Eurostat with a spreadsheet comprising the total terrestrial area of each MS in ha and the percentage and area in ha covered by the designated sites per MS. Eurostat publishes these data on its website under the set of structural- and sustainable development indicators.

Timetable

The EEA sends the above-mentioned file to Eurostat around March (or earlier) for the calculation of the structural indicator on areas protected by the Habitats Directive. Eurostat publishes the indicator on its website at the latest 2 months after delivery.


A final stage of development is foreseen within the next couple of years, especially after the Sites of Community Importance for EU10 are adopted and those for EU15 are finalised. After these actions are completed, the indicator should be redefined to capture progress on the actual conservation and management of these sites. It is expected that these discussions should start with DG ENV and Eurostat in 2008. The EEA’s plan is to update the CSI 008 ‘Designated areas’ using the validated results of the 2007 data collection by around September (ref. SEBI 2010 report). Depending on data availability, this may include the few countries currently still missing. Based on the 2007 ECDDA expert review results, the EEA will also make proposals for discussion with the countries (meeting in April 2008); finalise the QA/QC procedures in 2008, and run the 2009 data collection much earlier than usual. The 2009 data collection should feed into the update of the CSI 008 in 2009 and therefore of the SOER 2010.

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Project title

Sustainable Development


EEA: 10 Integrated Assessments and Supporting Sustainable Development Eurostat: Theme 5.02 Lisbon strategy and sustainable development, objective 101: to maintain and improve SI and SDI sets.

Contacts

EEA: David Stanners / Louise Rickard

Eurostat: Graham Lock, Pascal Wolff

DG ENV: Oliver Zwirner


Equal partnership


The sustainable development indicators (SDI) were introduced to monitor progress in achieving the policy targets of the EU Sustainable Development Strategy, which was adopted by the European Council in Gothenburg in 2001 and reviewed in 2006. A first list of SDIs was adopted by the Commission in 2005. Eurostat, with the assistance of the SDI Working Group, has reviewed this list to align it better with the renewed 2006 Strategy. The reviewed list was adopted by the Commission in October 2007 and comprises 122 indicators. It includes additionally a list of contextual indicators as well as indicators to be developed, among which a number of environment-related indicators. The SDIs were used in Eurostat's second monitoring report on the implementation of the SD Strategy published on the SDI web pages in October 2007.

As Eurostat will start drafting the 3rd Monitoring Report at the end of 2008, the new proposals for SDIs should be assessed in the autumn 2008 SDI Working Group meeting.

Eurostat’s role

Eurostat has two main roles in this field:

− Chairing the SDI Working Group, which advises the Commission on the update of the SDI set. The working group combines expertise from the economic, social and environmental fields. Among its tasks, the WG should regularly review the EU list of SDIs and the development of new and better indicators.

− Producing every second year a monitoring report based on the set of sustainable development indicators (SDIs).

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EEA’s role

The EEA aims to help support sustainable development and achieve significant and measurable improvement in Europe's environment through the provision of timely, targeted, relevant and reliable information to policy makers and the public. The EEA has the responsibility for five of the ten Data Centres: Climate Change, Air, Water, Land Use, Nature and Biodiversity. The EEA therefore, has a clear role in providing data indicators and expertise in the regular review of the SDIs to monitor the new SDS and the production of the monitoring report..

The EEA also has a responsibility towards its member countries to represent them and provide support in these discussions.

Deliverables

Both EEA and Eurostat will together with DG ENV play active roles in forthcoming discussions about how to measure progress towards sustainable development.

Timetable

TBC


There is an ongoing commitment to deliver the data and the assessments for the regular monitoring of the SDS and for the further development of data and indicators. To continue to evaluate and modify the working group process to ensure that it functions well, and shapes active cooperation

Timetable

7-8 April 08: 5th meeting of the SDI Working Group.

October 08: 6th meeting of the SDI Working Group.

End 08: Beginning of drafting 2009 Monitoring Report

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Project title

Urban data management


EEA: 8.2.6 regional and territorial development of urban areas

Eurostat: Theme 5.04, Regional and urban statistics, objective 103 Urban audit

Contacts

EEA: Birgit Georgi

ETC LUSI: Jaume Fons-Esteve, Luca Demichelli

Eurostat: Teodora Brandmüller


EEA is the data user and data provider, Eurostat is the data compiler / provider


The long-term objective is to compile a comprehensive urban database comprising socioeconomic and environmental as well as spatial and statistical data to support commission services - in particular on cohesion policy and the Thematic Strategy of Urban Environment.

The urban audit database (Eurostat) and the environmental information on urban issues available in EEA/EIONET shall be integrated and streamlined. An approach shall be found to combine the statistical (Eurostat) and spatial data (EEA/ETC). Following assessment needs for urban issues the database shall be further developed.

EEA’s role

Update and further develop their urban related data, in particular on land use (CORINE Land Cover, Urban Morphological Zones)

Develop an approach to integrate the spatial and statistical (urban audit database) data

Deliver regularly data on air quality from AIRBASE to the urban audit database. Determine a procedure to integrate the noise data collected for major European agglomerations under the environmental noise directive.

Make use of the urban audit database for urban environmental assessments and support Eurostat in further developing the urban audit database

Eurostat’s role

Eurostat provides the EEA the necessary geographical information (boundary information, city coordinates, etc.) to establish a connection between the AIRBASE and the Urban Audit database.

Eurostat stores the data received from EEA and derives indicators form the data set. Eurostat disseminates both the data received and the indicators derived via its homepage.

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Deliverables

EEA explores exemplary the applicability of urban audit data for urban environmental assessments in several parts of its project 8.2.6 regional and territorial development of urban areas.

Eurostat supports the joint report (EEA and others) “Ensuring quality of life in cities and towns under the current and future challenge” with input from the urban audit database. EEA/ETC ACC delivers air quality data (where still missing) to the urban audit database Depending on the further development of data management in the environmental noise directive, determine a procedure to make data available for the urban audit database including agreements on format and quality of the data.

Timetable

Activities regarding the joint report “Ensuring qua lity of life…” will concentrate on the first half of the year.

Last data on air quality will be delivered early 2008

The other activities are ongoing and results will be shared stepwise between Eurostat and EEA over the course of the year


Develop an approach to integrate statistical and spatial urban date

Integrate initiatives under ESPON and GMES.

Develop an approach to use further data gained by other stakeholders (like UITP, WHO) in integrated urban assessments

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Project title

Temperature correction and heating degree days



Eurostat: Theme 3.03 Energy, objective 106 GHG emissions

Contacts

EEA: Ricardo Fernandez

ETC: Bernd Gugele

Eurostat: Antigone Gikas / Nikolaos Roubanis




The EEA is technically responsible for the EC greenhouse gas inventory, to be submitted by the European Commission to the UNFCCC annually. The EC inventory is based on country-reported emissions according to UNFCCC and IPCC guidelines. The EEA also produces the Energy and Environment Report and the Greenhouse Gas emission trends and projections in Europe report.

Greenhouse gas emissions depend on the combustion of fossil fuels. The latter depend in turn on climatic conditions. For example, heating needs in households are correlated with winter temperatures. Temperature-corrected energy consumption data are useful as they allow a more correct interpretation of energy consumption trends, thus discounting other potential factors affecting energy demand. As a result, temperature-corrected data can also be used for providing additional information about the trends in energy-related greenhouse gas emissions in different EU member states.

EEA’s role

The EEA makes use of Eurostat’s temperature-corrected final energy consumption for providing a more accurate description of the trends observe in energy-related greenhouse gas emissions.

Eurostat’s role

In 1996, the European Commission requested an assessment of climatic correction methods applied in various EU member states. Eurostat presented the findings to the Energy Statistics Committee in 1998 and proposed a common method for heating-temperature correction, which was approved by Member States. In 2007, Eurostat published a chapter on ‘temperature correction for final energy consumption’ in its annual publication ‘Panorama of Energy’. The chapter clearly describes the methodology and country-aggregated results from applying temperature-corrected final energy consumption.

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Deliverables

Eurostat will deliver to the EEA Excel files containing the time series of temperature-corrected final energy consumption data by member state, as well as the actual heating-degree days.

Timetable

As soon as possible in the first half of the year so that the information can be used in the EC Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report and the Energy and Environment Report and the Greenhouse Gas emission trends and projections in Europe report.


No immediate changes are expected in the short-term.

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Project title

Energy-related greenhouse gas emission estimates in t-1



Eurostat: Theme 3.03 Energy, objective 106 GHG emissions

Contacts


ETC/ACC: Anke Herold

Eurostat: Nikolaos Roubanis




Tracking progress towards targets during the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol will be an accounting exercise where actual progress is governed by how cumulative greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions develop in relation to registry information of Kyoto Protocol units. Relying on reported projections will not be enough to foresee real progress towards targets. GHG emissions are reported for the actual year-2 whereas Kyoto Protocol units are reported for year-1 in the actual year, i.e. one year ahead of GHG emissions. However, with the launch of the EU ETS in 2005, ca 40% of the GHG emissions in EU-27 are available already a year ahead of the formal reporting under the UNFCCC and EU GHG monitoring mechanism. In addition many member states (MS) do publish total GHG emission for year-1 in the actual year. Thus, deriving proxies of total GHG emission one year ahead of formal submission will allow EU and MS to track progress and position better in relation to their Kyoto targets. For that purpose the ETC had in 2007 performed a scoping study on the feasibility to use readily available information to proxy total GHG emission on EU level. In 2008, evaluating some methods in connection with MS work and experiences in this field will govern to what extent robust proxies can be applied in 2009. The use of annualised monthly energy statistics from Eurostat to estimate CO2 emissions from the energy sector in t-1 will be explored.

EEA’s role

Eionet and interested Member Countries will explore together with EEA the potential of SEIS to share current experiences on how to proxy total GHG emission for year-1. Work in 2008 should focus on examining the possibilities for using the most promising methodologies and data sets as far as possible on EU-27 level, while learning from MS activities in this area. The use of Eurostat’s monthly energy statistics constitutes the backbone of estimates for CO2 emissions from the energy sector.

Eurostat’s role

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Eurostat produces, annually, the IPCC reference approach for CO2 emissions from the combustion of fossil fuels for each individual Member State as well as for the EU-15 and EU-27. The time coverage is from 1990 up to T-2, as required by the UNFCCC (see relevant project in the Joint Working Programme). The IPCC reference approach is based on the energy balances collected through the Joint Energy Questionnaires, shared by Eurostat and the IEA. Eurostat also collects monthly energy statistics. Monthly data are provided three months after the reference month whereas annual data are available approximately 9-11 months after the reference year. Thus, Eurostat and the EEA will explore the possibility of using annualised monthly energy statistics to estimate CO2 emissions from the energy sector.

Deliverables

A spreadsheet containing the annualised (monthly) energy data by country and the related CO2 emissions. The activity and the emissions will also be compared with the official annual IPCC reference approach.

Timetable

During 2008.


The EEA together with Eurostat will assess the quality of the results before taking any decision on the next steps.

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Project title

Reference approach for the industrial processes sector (PRODCOM database)


EEA:

Eurostat: Theme 5.03, Environment statistics and accounts, objective 108; Support to climate change data centre

Contacts


ETC: Anke Herold / Bernd Gugele





This project is the result of the conclusions from the internal review of the EC Greenhouse Gas Inventory to improve the QA/QC of the industrial processes sector, which may be achieved by the use of Eurostat’s Prodcom database. The PRODCOM databank is based on an enterprise survey containing the value and the volume of production of 4500 products, sorted by a NACE 4-digit code. The data collection is annual and the 2005 data was published in summer 2006 (i.e. t-1 timeliness). The time series started in 1995.

Member States are responsible for their activity data, emission factors and the application of the IPCC and UNFCCC guidelines. Prodcom does not replace member states own data. It can be used for 1) gap-filling the EC inventory where no country estimate is available for a particular source category, or/and 2) as a verification tool, reference approach, of the reported country data.

EEA’s role

The EEA is technically responsible for the EC greenhouse gas inventory, to be submitted by the European Commission to the UNFCCC annually. The EC inventory is based on country-reported emissions according to UNFCCC and IPCC guidelines. Prodcom data can be used for gap-filling the EC inventory where no country estimate is available for a particular source category, and also as a verification tool of the reported country data for QA/QC purposes.

Eurostat’s role

PRODCOM is a system for the collection and dissemination of statistics on the production of manufactured goods. Eurostat helps the EEA implement the QA/QC procedures for the industrial processes sector of the EC Greenhouse Gas Inventory. Eurostat is responsible for

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collecting and ensuring high quality of the Prodcom database. Eurostat also assesses the limitations under which Prodcom data can be released due to confidentiality rules.

Deliverables

Eurostat will prepare a report in 2008 which will be submitted to the EEA for comments.

Timetable

During 2008.


The conclusions from the use of Prodcom to gap-fill the EC Greenhouse Gas Inventory for key sources in the industrial processes sector may be presented to Working Group I in 2008.

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Project title

Coordination and streamlining of data flows and indicators


EEA: 10 Integrated Assessments and Supporting Sustainable Development EEA: 6 Cooperation with EU institutions Eurostat: Theme 5.03, Environment statistics and accounts, objective 108, publication of results, support to the other data centres. Key priorities 2008: Further development and streamlining of environmental indicators

Contacts

EEA Louise Rickard / Jeff Huntington : / David Stanners

Eurostat: Christian Heidorn DG ENV: Oliver Zwirner


Equal partnership


Cooperation and coordination of EU indicators and data flows, coordination with international bodies e.g. OECD Joint Questionnaire; UN. Eurostat’s role

Eurostat has a shared responsibility for the OECD-Eurostat Joint Questionnaire on the Environment, runs three of the Environmental data centres and has responsibility for communication of statistics and meta-information.. EEA’s role

EEA has responsibility for five data centres. EEA has responsibilities towards its member countries and work is coordinated within the EIONET. EEA has also responsibilities to cooperate with international bodies and to communicate environmental information.

Deliverables

2008: Review of purpose and functionality of the Joint Questionnaire in terms of providing the necessary information for EU environmental policy.

The Technical Arrangement between the "Group of Four" identified a joint inventory and streamlining exercise of the various environmental indicators maintained by the involved institutions. The work is proceeding through a contract led by Eurostat and due to end in April 2008. After this point some further follow up work will be undertaken jointly by the group of four institutions including Eurostat and EEA.

By end 2008: Exploring ideas for the possible future development of an "Indicator Clearing House" to support the coordinated development of new indicators.

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Timetable

Ongoing process


This work is ongoing: It needs to include the countries and link to international players such as the OECD. It will deliver quality assurance, clarity and transparency across the European data and indicator and minimise duplication of effort and resources.

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