United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Statistical Division Progress made by the Joint Task...

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Progress made by the Joint Task Force on Environmental

Indicators

Vania Etropolska

UNECE Statistical Division

- UNECE Statistical Division Slide 2

Joint Task Force on Environmental Indicators Origin

• Set up by the Committee on Environmental Policy (CEP) and the Conference of European Statisticians (CES) in 2009

Mandate• Improve environmental data collection and reporting in EECCA and SEE

• Promote comparability of environmental statistics and indicators in the UNECE region

Functioning• JTF comprises environmental experts and statisticians from the UNECE region,

with a focus on EECCA and SEE

• Held 7 face-to-face meetings (Aug 2009 to Nov 2012)

• Reviewed total of 35/36 indicators covered by the Indicator Guidelines http://www.unece.org/env/documents/2007/ece/ece.belgrade.conf.2007.inf.6.e.pdf

• Proposed 16 additional indicators not covered in the Indicator Guidelines

• Strong cooperation with the EEA, UNSD, IEA, Eurostat and other IOs


National reviews (questionnaire)

The national reviews include the following information concerning the environmental indicators:

(i) Inter-agency cooperation

(ii) Statistical publications and state-of-the-environment reports

(iii) Data quality assurance and control

(iv) Time-series data on the indicators starting from 1990 to date


Indicators from the Guidelines (1/3)

SESSIONDATA PERIOD

XLS (1990,1995,2000-2011) DOC (2003-2008)

A. Air pollution and ozone depletion

1. Emissions of pollutants into the atmospheric air introductory/5 session XLS agreed revision - Guidelines update

2. Ambient air quality in urban areas 4 session XLS

3. Consumption of ozone-depleting substances 3 session XLS

B. Climate change

4. Air temperature 6 session XLS

5. Atmospheric precipitation 6 session XLS

6. Greenhouse gas emissions introductory/5 session XLS approved amendments at the 2 session

C. Water

7. Renewable freshwater resources 1 session DOC

8. Freshwater abstraction 1 session DOC

9. Household water use per capita introductory/5 session XLS agreed revision - Guidelines update

10. Water losses 5 session XLS

11. Reuse and recycling of freshwater 2 session DOC

12. Drinking water quality introductory/6 session XLS

13. BOD and concentration of ammonium in rivers 3 session XLS

14. Nutrients in freshwater 3 session XLS

15. Nutrients in coastal seawaters 3 session XLS

16. Polluted (non-treated) wastewaters 2 session DOC



SESSION

DATA PERIODXLS (1990,1995,2000-2011)

DOC (2003-2008)

D. Biodiversity

17. Protected areas 1 session DOC

18. Forest and other wooded land 2 session DOC

19. Threatened and protected species 4 session XLS

20. Trends in the number and distribution of selected species 4 session XLS

E. Land and soil

21. Land uptake introductory/5 session XLSapproved amendments at the 2 session

agreed to develop further 5 session

22. Area affected by soil erosion 3 session XLS

F. Agriculture

23. Fertilizer consumption introductory/5 session XLS

24. Pesticide consumption 3 session XLS

G. Energy

25. Final energy consumption introductory/6 session XLS approved amendments at the 6 session

26. Total energy consumption 6 session XLS approved amendments at the 6 session

27. Energy intensity 2 session DOC

28. Renewable energy consumption 1 session DOC



SESSIONDATA PERIOD

XLS (1990,1995,2000-2011) DOC (2003-2008)

H. Transport

29. Passenger transport demand 1 session DOC

30. Freight transport demand 1 session DOC

31. Composition of road motor vehicle fleet by fuel type 2 session DOC

32. Average age of road motor vehicle fleet 6 session XLS

I. Waste

33. Waste generation introductory/4 session XLS

34. Transboundary movements of hazardous waste 4 session XLS

35. Waste reuse and recycling introductory NO DATAapproved amendments at the 2

session

36. Final waste disposal. introductory/4 session XLS


Continued work on the indicators from the Guidelines

Submit national reviews on the indicators with no data (yellow)35. Waste reuse and recycling

Complete the national reviews on indicators with shorter time series (2003-2008) (orange)

7. Renewable freshwater resources8. Freshwater abstraction11. Reuse and recycling of freshwater16. Polluted (non-treated) wastewaters17. Protected areas18. Forest and other wooded land27. Energy intensity28. Renewable energy consumption29. Passenger transport demand 30. Freight transport demand31. Composition of road motor vehicle fleet by fuel type


Additional indicators (1 session)

New indicator on environment protection Indicator of environment expenditures JTF recommended to countries to use the

indicator as presented in document ECE/CEP-CES/Ge.1/2010/3 (1 session)

Data to be collected at 8 session (Nov 2013)

New agri-environment indicators

Water-use intensity by agriculture

Cropping and livestock patterns

Gross nitrogen balance

Approved (6 session) - title changed to “Irrigation”


Not approved

Approved (6 session)



Additional indicators (1-2 sessions)

New energy and environment indicators

Final electricity consumption

Gross electricity production

Efficiency of conventional electricity and heat production

Approved at the 2 session


Approved at the 2 session


JTF considered premature to use this indicator at present/JTF made a proposal to consider developing an indicator, which allows assessing progress in using new technologies for fuel combustion at power stations



New water (inland and seawater)

indicators

Total water use

Public water supply

Connection to public water supply

Population connected to wastewater treatment

Wastewater treatment facilities

Concentration of pollutants in coastal seawater and sediments (except nutrients)

All indicators - Approved (5 session)

Revision needed (Guidelines update)

Data to be collected at 7 session



New biodiversity indicators

Biosphere reserves and wetlands of international importance

Invasive alien species

Catches of fish and other aquatic animals and products





Not approved


Further work by the JTF – Core set

JTF to develop a core set of indicators to allow regular collection of data

• Identify a core set of indicators among the indicators already collected

• Possible criteria: where most countries have data and where quality is good

JTF could complement the ongoing work of the EEA on developing a core set of indicators for the ENPI-SEIS countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Republic of Moldova, Ukraine and the Russian Federation)


You can find the websites of the meetings of the Joint Task Force on Environmental Indicators at:

http://www.unece.org/statshome/meetings-and-events/environment-statistics.html

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