1. Developing Integrated Indicators to Support Climate Adaptation and Sustainability Decision Making Robert S. Chen, Alex de Sherbinin, and Marc Levy Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) The Earth Institute, Columbia University

2. Indicators are stepping stones between data and knowledge Indicators anchor discourse and action around common metrics Indicators provide beacons in stormy seas of complexity and rapid change “How’m I doin’?” Getting indicators right requires ability to navigate across disciplinary, stakeholder and data format divides

3.  Consumer Price Index  Unemployment Rate  US Federal Debt  Human Development Report  Health/Medical indicators  World Economic Forum Competitiveness Index  Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Doomsday Clock

4.  Ranked countries by progress towards environmental sustainability http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/collection/esi

5.  Narrower focus on performance— factors under the control of governments  Used remote sensing and other geospatial data for key indicators, e.g., estimates of forest loss and particulate matter (PM2.5) exposure http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/epi- environmental-performance-index-pilot-trend-2012

6.  Released in Davos, Switzerland at the 2014 annual meeting of the World Economic Forum http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/e pi-environmental-performance-index-2014 http://ciesin.columbia.edu/binaries/web/gl obal/news/2013/indicatorsinpractice.pdf

7.  Natural Resource Protection Indicator ◦ Measure of level of protection afforded to a country’s biomes  Child Health Indicator ◦ Measure of a government’s commitment to child health as indicated by child mortality, sound management of water resources and water systems, and proper sewage disposal and sanitary control http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/nrmi-natural- resource-protection-child-health-indicators-2013

8.  Spatial vulnerability index comprised of 18 indicators grouped into three vulnerability components ◦ Exposure indicators include average precipitation, interannual variation in precipitation and NDVI, flood frequency ◦ Sensitivity indicators include poverty measures, conflict, soil quality ◦ Adaptive capacity indicators include education, health, biome type, market access, irrigated area  Changes in index estimated under future climate scenarios  Developed for the USAID African and Latin American Resilience to Climate Change (ARCC) projectARCC http://ciesin.columbia.edu/documents/Mali-CV-Mapping.pdf

9.  Report to the UN Secretary-General delivered in November 2014: A World That Counts: Mobilising the Data Revolution for Sustainable Development  Key issues: ◦ Accessibility and accountability ◦ Expanded set of sustainable development Indicators ◦ Data innovation ◦ Data landscape http://www.undatarevolution.org/

10.  Recommends a typology for Development Data  Provides estimates of envelope costs for sustainable development data production for 77 IDA countries  The global community should mobilize to collectively fund $1billion per annum in monitoring systems.  Innovations for cost reductions should be systematically integrated into broader data systems. This includes geospatial data, satellite data, crowd-sourcing, smart-meters, mobile phone data collection and data mining. http://unsdsn.org/resources/publications/a-needs-assessment- for-sdg-monitoring-and-statistical-capacity-development/

11. Proposed indicator on losses from natural disasters Poverty maps Goal 1 | End Poverty Crop yield estimates, soil characteristics, crop water productivity, irrigation Nutritional status maps Goal 2 | Hunger and Food Security Health facility maps Disease incidence and risk maps Goal 3 | Health and Well-being School facility maps Literacy and educational achievement maps Goal 4 | Education Water resources Water and sanitation access maps Goal 6 | Water and Sanitation Roads, Public transportation Mobility maps Facilities inventories Goal 9 | Access to Infrastructure

12. Access to public green space Substandard housing maps Goal 11 | Cities Energy productivity maps Pollution maps Goal 12 | Sustainable Consumption CO2 emissions Exposure to extreme storms and droughts Goal 13 | Combating Climate Change Coastal/Marine protected areas Harmful algal blooms Eutrophication Goal 14 | Marine and coastal ecosystems Land cover, land degradation, bio-diversity Protected areas Goal 15 | Terrestrial ecosystems Maps of political violence Crime maps Refugee and IDP movement Goal 16 | Peaceful and inclusive societies

13. Core National Geospatial Data Capacity Critical for numerous indicator visualization and analysis National Facilities and Infrastructure Inventories 10 specific facility types mentioned in SDG targets National Medium Resolution Satellite Imagery at National Scale Forests, land degradation, soils, air, urban extents Geo-referenced Population Data Census data, built structures Global Environmental Monitoring Systems Water resources, air quality, land degradation

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