Overview on production and sharing of 8 selected indicators by Central Asian countries MONECA Regional Coordination Meeting, 10 June 2014, Almaty, Kazakhstan

UNECE environmental indicators 42 indicators: - 3 air pollution and ozone depletion - 3 climate change - 16 water - 4 biodiversity - 2 land and soil - 2 agriculture - 4 energy - 4 transport - 4 waste For each indicator: – description file with definitions, data structure, collection methods, etc., – excel production table, and – glossary Available at:

Current focus of work: production and sharing of 8 indicators 8 indicators: – 3 air pollution and ozone depletion – 1 climate change – 2 water – 1 land and soil – 1 waste (A1) Emission of pollutants into atmospheric air (A2) Ambient air quality in urban areas (A3) Ozone depleting substances (B3) Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (C10) BOD5 and concentration of ammonium in rivers (C11) Nutrients in freshwater (D1) Protected areas (without regimes of protection) (I1) Waste generation

Production and sharing of the 8 indicators by Central Asian countries As analyzed at the 8 th session of JTF, details in analytical paper No information from Turkmenistan was received

Production Dark green – done Light green – some sub-indicators not presented Yellow – not presented but pledged to be produced Orange – problems of a more complex nature White – no information IndicatorKazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanUzbekistanTurkmenistan* A1 A2 A3 B3 C10 C11 D1 I1

Production - recommendations Dark green – done Light green – add online immediately after JTF-8 Yellow – add online before JTF-9 Orange – problems of a more complex nature – present progress at JTF-9/add online before JTF-9 White – no information IndicatorKazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanUzbekistanTurkmenistan* A1 Produce missing data Countries should gradually take steps to include data on NMVOCs, NH3, CO, CH, PM10, PM2.5, TSP, POPs and heavy metals in the production of this indicator A2 Indicator should be fully produced Produce missing data All countries should gradually take steps to include data on PM10, SO2, and O3 in the production of this indicator A3 Produce missing data Indicator should be fully produced B3 Produce data on emissions per capita/GDP Indicator should be fully produced C10 Problems of more complex nature to be solved gradually Indicator should be fully produced All countries should adjust the structure of this indicator following the latest revision of the Indicator Guidelines (max, min, mean, standard deviation) C11 Produce missing data Problems of more complex nature to be solved gradually Indicator should be fully produced All countries should adjust the structure of this indicator following the latest revision of the Indicator Guidelines (max, min, mean, standard deviation) All countries should gradually take steps to include data on rivers and groundwater in the production of this indicator D1 Produce longer time series data Produce time series data Produce missing data I1 Produce missing data Countries should adjust the structure of this indicator following the latest revision of the Indicator Guidelines (municipal waste  waste generation by households )

Sharing Dark green – fully done Yellow – not yet fully done Orange – not yet addressed and requires time for implementation White – no information Country Issues Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Uzbekistan Turkmenistan* Online sharing of all core indicators (exceptions) Easy accessibility from the main page of national agencies Indicators on individual webpages or by thematic area Presentation in interactive file formats Information on methodology, policy targets, and a brief interpretation Information on limitations of methodology, data validation, and metadata Specification of the time of the last update of the content Main/home webpages of relevant agencies in the national language and English/Russian

Sharing - recommendations Table 2: Actions to be taken by countries to implement the recommendations for the online sharing of core indicators Country Recommendation Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Uzbekistan Turkmenista n* Rec. 7: Online sharing of all core indicators (exceptions) Except C11 Except C10/11 Rec. 8: Easy accessibility from the main page of national agencies Rec. 9: Indicators on individual webpages or by thematic area Rec. 10: Presentation in interactive file formats Rec. 11: Information on methodology, policy targets, and a brief interpretation Rec. 12: Information on limitations of methodology, data validation, and metadata A workshop on limitations of methodologies and data validation will be organized to assist the countries to initiate the implementation of this recommendation Rec. 13: Specification of the time of the last update of the content Rec. 14: Main/home webpages of relevant agencies in the national language and English/Russian Green – done Yellow – be fully done before JTF-9 Orange – progress achieved through work implemented to be presented at JTF-9