Environmental Accounts and Indicators “International Workshop on Ecosystem and Natural Capital Accounting” Copenhagen 30/11 and 1/12 2006 Environmental Accounts and Indicators European Commission – Eurostat – Unit E3 Rainer Muthmann Elisabeth Møllgaard

Source: Eurobarometer – May 2006

Overview Mandate ESEA – European Strategy for Environmental Accounting Environmental Accounts at Eurostat Co-ordination Other Statistical Sources Sustainable development indicators (SDIs) The Future

The Mandate: ESEA (I) The European Strategy for Environmental Accounting Adopted by the Statistical Programme Committee in 2003 Based on recommendations from the ESEA Task Force (Eurostat, Member States, EEA, DG ENV) “…The environmental accounting strategy aims at satisfying effectively and efficiently user demand for statistics needed for integrated economic and environmental policy making…” “…It focuses EU-wide implementation on a core set of common priority areas where methods and data sources exist…”

ESEA (II)- implementation Major contributions to the SEEA manual as a methodological framework document Economic environmental accounts (environmental protection expenditure, environmental taxes, environmental industry ) NAMEA - National Accounts Matrix with Environmental accounts (air emissions, water flows, water emissions, energy, waste) Economy-wide Material Flow Accounting Environmental Asset Accounts (Forests (timber), water quality, water quantity, land accounting, subsoil assets)

Environmental Accounts at Eurostat (I) Environmental Accounts have to be conceived as fully compatible satellite accounts to the National Accounts Comprehensive framework well suited as a checklist Good statistical cover Good environmental accounts starts with good environmental statistics

Environmental Accounts at Eurostat (II) – with close links to Data Centres on Waste, Natural Resources and Products (IPP) Environmentally related Structural Indicators (SIs) and Sustainable Development Indicators (SDIs) Integration of environmental concerns into sectoral policy fields like: agriculture – transport – energy …

Co-ordination Internal - inside EU institutions: Group of Four co-ordinating environmental statistics and accounts between DG ENV, EEA, JRC, Eurostat External – with Member States: Annual “Directors’ Meeting” (DIMESA) to bring the two networks together: EIONET (Ministries and Agencies) ESS – European Statistical System Purpose: Improve coordination at national level for better planning the Annual Work Programmes and the Multi Annual Work Programme International: Joint Questionnaire: Eurostat – OECD

Valuable other statistical sources for environmental analysis Eurostat production Statistics (PRODCOM) Foreign trade Pesticide use pilot surveys Structural Business Statistics – environmental expenditure Joint questionnaire with the OECD Land use statistics Area Frame Sample Surveys Second step: Direct link to Risk Analysis, Risk Indicators, ex. REACH, HAIR

Sustainable Development Indicators (SDIs) The general framework of the SDIs, 150 indicators developed in the close cooperation with the ESS and international experts (http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page?_pageid=1998,47433161,1998_47437045&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL) 20 indicators on environment, 30-35 forest indicators Examples: Domestic Material Consumption IRENA Agri-environmental indicators (sectoral approach) by DG ENV, DG AGRI, EEA Indicators connected to Environmental Assets (e.g. air quality, greenhouse gases ) http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page?_pageid=1073,46587259&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&p_product_code=KS-NQ-06-016

The near Future New ESEA Task Force in 2007 with the aim to revise the strategy by 2008 Methodological development areas: Economy wide MFA: now with Environmental impact, Better coverage for EU Aggregates Joint Working Programme: Eurostat – EEA Contribution to revision of SEEA as an international standard The Inter-secretarial Working Group on Environmental Statistics, UNCEEA and the London Group