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Environmental-Economic Accounts

   About EEA

Environmental-economic accounts provide the conceptual framework for integrated statistics on the environment and its relationship with the economy, including the impacts of the economy on the environment and the contribution of the environment to the economy. A coherent set of indicators and descriptive statistics can be derived from the accounts that inform a wide range of policies, including, but not limited to, green economy/green growth, natural resource management and sustainable development.

The System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA) contains the internationally agreed standard concepts, definitions, classifications, accounting rules and tables for producing internationally comparable statistics on the environment and its relationship with the economy. The SEEA is a flexible system in the sense that its implementation can be adapted to countries' specific situations and priorities.

Coordination of the implementation of the SEEA and on-going work on new methodological developments is managed and supervised by the UN Committee of Experts on Environmental-Economic Accounting (UNCEEA). The Environmental-Economic Accounts Section of UNSD is the Secretariat to the UNCEEA.

 
   Key Areas
 
SEEA
The System of Environmental-Economic Accounting and its implementation
 
 
Publications
Handbooks, manuals and other publications of the Environmental Accounting Section
 
 
Meetings
Documents from international meetings on environmental-economic accounting
 
 
Technical Cooperation
Information on technical cooperation projects
 
 
UNCEEA
Website of the UN Committee on Environmental-Economic Accounting
 
 
London Group
Website of the London Group of experts on environmental accounting
 
 
Library
Searchable library of publications related to environmental-economic accounting
 
 
SEEA News and Notes
Information on ongoing activities
 
21 Feb 2013
Latest Enivronmental-Economic Accounting brochure is now available.
15 Jan 2013 - 19 Feb 2013
The consultation draft of the SEEA Energy is now available for review and comments. The deadline for submitting comments is 19 Feb 2013.
28 Dec 2012 - 31 Jan 2013
The consultation draft of the SEEA Applications and Extensions is now available for review and comments. The deadline for submitting comments is 31 Jan 2013.
13 Nov 2012 - 15 Jan 2013
The consultation draft of the SEEA Experimental Ecosystem Accounting is now available for review and comments. The deadline for submitting comments has been extended to Tuesday, 15 January 2013.
27-29 November 2012
The international seminar "Towards Linking Ecosystems and Ecosystem Services to Economic and Human Activity" was held in New York, USA. This high level seminar discussed the emerging field of ecosystem accounting.
30 May 2012
White cover version of SEEA Central Framework was published.
2 Mar 2012
SEEA Central Framework adopted by the United Nations Statistical Commission as the first international standard for environmental-economic accounting
 

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