United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Statistical Division 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 Proposed 16 additional indicators not covered in the Indicator Guidelines Strong cooperation with the EEA, UNSD, IEA, Eurostat and other IOs

- UNECE Statistical Division Slide 3 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

- UNECE Statistical Division Slide 4 Indicators from the Guidelines (1/3) SESSION DATA PERIOD XLS (1990,1995, ) DOC ( ) A. Air pollution and ozone depletion 1. Emissions of pollutants into the atmospheric airintroductory/5 session XLSagreed revision - Guidelines update 2. Ambient air quality in urban areas4 session XLS 3. Consumption of ozone-depleting substances3 session XLS B. Climate change 4. Air temperature6 session XLS 5. Atmospheric precipitation6 session XLS 6. Greenhouse gas emissionsintroductory/5 session XLSapproved amendments at the 2 session C. Water 7. Renewable freshwater resources1 session DOC 8. Freshwater abstraction1 session DOC 9. Household water use per capitaintroductory/5 session XLSagreed revision - Guidelines update 10. Water losses5 session XLS 11. Reuse and recycling of freshwater2 session DOC 12. Drinking water qualityintroductory/6 session XLS 13. BOD and concentration of ammonium in rivers3 session XLS 14. Nutrients in freshwater3 session XLS 15. Nutrients in coastal seawaters3 session XLS 16. Polluted (non-treated) wastewaters2 session DOC

- UNECE Statistical Division Slide 5 Indicators from the Guidelines (2/3) SESSION DATA PERIOD XLS (1990,1995, ) DOC ( ) D. Biodiversity 17. Protected areas1 session DOC 18. Forest and other wooded land2 session DOC 19. Threatened and protected species4 session XLS 20. Trends in the number and distribution of selected species4 session XLS E. Land and soil 21. Land uptakeintroductory/5 session XLS approved amendments at the 2 session agreed to develop further 5 session 22. Area affected by soil erosion3 session XLS F. Agriculture 23. Fertilizer consumptionintroductory/5 session XLS 24. Pesticide consumption3 session XLS G. Energy 25. Final energy consumptionintroductory/6 session XLSapproved amendments at the 6 session 26. Total energy consumption6 session XLSapproved amendments at the 6 session 27. Energy intensity2 session DOC 28. Renewable energy consumption1 session DOC

- UNECE Statistical Division Slide 6 Indicators from the Guidelines (3/3) SESSION DATA PERIOD XLS (1990,1995, ) DOC ( ) H. Transport 29. Passenger transport demand1 session DOC 30. Freight transport demand1 session DOC 31. Composition of road motor vehicle fleet by fuel type2 session DOC 32. Average age of road motor vehicle fleet6 session XLS I. Waste 33. Waste generationintroductory/4 session XLS 34. Transboundary movements of hazardous waste4 session XLS 35. Waste reuse and recyclingintroductory NO DATAapproved amendments at the 2 session 36. Final waste disposal.introductory/4 session XLS

- UNECE Statistical Division Slide 7 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 ( ) (orange) 7. Renewable freshwater resources 8. Freshwater abstraction 11. Reuse and recycling of freshwater 16. Polluted (non-treated) wastewaters 17. Protected areas 18. Forest and other wooded land 27. Energy intensity 28. Renewable energy consumption 29. Passenger transport demand 30. Freight transport demand 31. Composition of road motor vehicle fleet by fuel type

- UNECE Statistical Division Slide 8 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” Data to be collected at 8 session (Nov 2013) Not approved Approved (6 session) Data to be collected at 8 session (Nov 2013)

- UNECE Statistical Division Slide 9 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 Data to be collected at 8 session (Nov 2013) Approved at the 2 session Data to be collected at 8 session (Nov 2013) 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

- UNECE Statistical Division Slide 10 Additional indicators (3-4 sessions) 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

- UNECE Statistical Division Slide 11 Additional indicators (4-5 sessions) New biodiversity indicators  Biosphere reserves and wetlands of international importance  Invasive alien species  Catches of fish and other aquatic animals and products Approved (5 session) Data to be collected at 8 session (Nov 2013) Approved (5 session) Data to be collected at 8 session (Nov 2013) Not approved

- UNECE Statistical Division Slide 12 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)

- UNECE Statistical Division Slide 13 You can find the websites of the meetings of the Joint Task Force on Environmental Indicators at: s-and-events/environment-statistics.html