Setting the scene for the review of the production and sharing of eight core indicators Joint Task Force on Environmental Indicators Eighth session Eighth session Geneva, 14–15 May 2014 Robin Rieprich Consultant to the Secretariat ECE Environment Division

The eighth session of the Joined Task Force: Assessment of the status quo and ideas for the way forward Review of the production of core indicators (items 3a-h) Review of the online sharing of core indicators (item 3i) Proposed tailor-made recommendations for the production and sharing of Indicators (item 4) The status quo The way forward

Producing and sharing indicators …with the international community. Aggregating data, e.g. from different monitoring stations Integrating several parameters Applying the required units of measurement …with policy makers. …with the national public. …with neighboring countries. Producing Indicators......and sharing them... Environmental Indicator

Review of indicator production and sharing Review of national submissions, being… or data in Excel tables provided by the JTF...links to websites on which indicators are published

The agreed set of eight core indicators Agenda itemIndicatorSub-indicatorDataset 3 (a) 1. Emissions of pollutants into the atmospheric air (A1) 1.1. Emissions of sulphur dioxide per capita(1) Emissions of SO Emissions of sulphur dioxide per km Emissions of nitrogen oxides per capita(2) Emissions of NOx 1.4. Emissions of nitrogen oxides per km 2 3 (b)2. Ambient air quality in urban areas (A2) 2.1. Annual mean concentration of nitrogen dioxide in the capital city (3) Mean concentration of NO 2 3 (c)3. Consumption of ODS (A3)3.1. Aggregated consumption of ODS(4) Consumption of ODS 3 (d)4. Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (B3) 4.1. Emissions of carbon dioxide per capita(5) GHG emissions 4.2. Emissions of carbon dioxide per unit of GDP

The agreed set of eight core indicators Agenda itemIndicatorSub-indicatorDataset 3 (e) 5. BOD 5 and concentration of ammonium in rivers (C10) 5.1. BOD 5 concentration in the major rivers(6) BOD 5 concentration in rivers 5.2. Ammonium concentration in the major rivers (7) Ammonium concentration in rivers 3 (f)6. Nutrients in freshwater (C11) 6.1. Nitrates concentration in major water bodies (lakes, reservoirs) (8) Nitrates concentration in the major water bodies 6.2. Total phosphorus concentration in major water bodies (lakes, reservoirs) (9) Total phosphorus concentration in the major water bodies 3 (g) 7. Protected areas (D1) 7.1. Share of total protected areas in the country area (10) Areas under protection in total and broken down by regimes of protection 3 (h)8. Waste generation (I1)8.1. Annual generation of municipal waste per capita (11) Annual municipal waste generation

Review of indicator production Focal points of the assessment of production  Structure  Format  Time series

Comments received for discussion Structure Format Time-series

Review of indicator production Structure – Optimal level of indicator production The optimal level of structure is reached when all parameters that were selected for this exercise are correctly used to produce the indicator Fully met Partially met Not met No data

Review of indicator production Format – Optimal level of indicator production The optimal level of format is reached, if all datasets for the respective indicator are provided in the required unit of measurement Fully met Partially met Not met No data

Review of indicator production Time series – Optimal level of indicator production In terms of the time series the optimal level is reached, if the data are provided for the years 1990, 1995, and

The eighth session of the Joined Task Force: Assessment of the status quo and ideas for the way forward Review of the production of core indicators (items 3a-h) Review of the online sharing of core indicators (item 3i) Proposed tailor-made recommendations for the production and sharing of Indicators (item 4) The status quo The way forward