Source: ESCAP SIAP (Data extracted on: 08 Dec 2025 )
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Organizer(s): ESCAP SIAP UNSD
Description: The System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA) provides the agreed upon statistical framework for measuring the relationship between the environment and the economy. It is comprised of two complimentary international statistical standardsthe SEEA Central Framework (SEEA CF) and the SEEA Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA EA). The SEEA CF takes a resource-based approach to measuring the supply and use of environmental resources and availability of environmental assets. The SEEA EA takes a more holistic approach in providing a spatially explicit approach to compiling accounts on ecosystems. The SEEA can be flexibly implemented by countries prioritizing accounts based on availability of information and policy priorities. The accounts are designed to respond to data needs for multiple policy initiatives including global initiative on sustainable development goals (SDGs) and the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF).In the Asia-Pacific regionthere is an increased demand for the compilation of ecosystem accounts in support of national policies aimed at the management of ecosystemsand compilation of indicators for national and international reporting. National statistical offices and ministries of environment of countries in the region have expressed strong interest in compiling various SEEA accountsincluding taking steps towards compiling ecosystem extentcondition and services accounts which are among the most relevant accounts for informing biodiversity. Furthermorewith the recent adoption of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF)demand by users for ecosystem accounts will increase as the SEEA EA is the methodological base for several headline indicators of the GBF. There is a need to strengthen the capacities of national statistical systems to produce and disseminate SEEA ecosystem accounts to better meet the needs of users for high quality integrated data on ecosystems in general and biodiversity in particular. The workshoporganized by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) and the UN Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP)with the support of the Office of the Director-General for Policy Planning on Statistical Policythe Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of the Government of Japanand in collaboration with the BPS Statistics Indonesiaaims to further build capacities in the Asia and the Pacific for the compilation of SEEA EA in support of SDG and GBF reporting.
Description: Concept note Unpacking gender dimensions within climate-related concerns, policies and programmes is important to enhance social, economic, and environmental outcomes. In particular, exploring the gender and climate change nexus is key to reducing the differentiated impacts of disasters and climate change on women and men, promoting the empowerment and opportunities of women and men in all their diversities, enhancing their access to environmental decision-making, and ensuring a just transition. Data plays a critical role in uncovering gender-climate change nexus issues, informing actions, and supporting the monitoring of policy implementation and outcomes. The statistical community at various levels has been advancing statistical guidance and tools in the areas of gender, climate change, and the intertwining between the two. They include, for instance, the Global Set of Climate Change Statistics and Indicators, the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting and Climate change, the Disaster-related Statistics Framework, the Asia-Pacific Gender-Environment Indicators and the Model Questionnaire on Gender and Environment. Understanding particular circumstances, needs, and priorities of countries is essential for policy-relevant applications of these tools and guidance in addressing national gender-climate change concerns. To this end, ESCAP and UN Women are partnering to support the Government of Indonesia in the production and use of selected priority statistics and indicators that may help understand the gender-climate change nexus and inform related policies based on national needs. In particular, this support will include: (1) A facilitated national multistakeholder consultation to identify key information needs and priority areas for measurement; (2) Technical support for the production of selected indicators of national policy interest using available data; and (3) Assistance for the preparation of a short data brief for policy advocacy/use and way forward. Within the context of pursuing step (1) above, UN Women and ESCAP are looking to organize a national consultation with key stakeholders in Indonesia. In particular, the national consultation, scheduled to take place on July 30th and July 31st, will bring together representatives from BPS-Statistics Indonesia and representatives from key Ministries or Civil Society Organizations engaging in climate-related work. Concept note and Agenda , National consultation: Harnessing the Power of Data to Inform a Gender-Climate Change Nexus: Fiji Indonesia Philippines
Description: The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), in collaboration with Statistics Indonesia (BPS), is organizing a workshop on Big Data in Asia-Pacific countries, focusing on an introduction to Remote Sensing and Land cover classification using remote sensing. The overall objective of the week-long workshop is to help participants better understand the use and benefits of Big Data specifically the utilization of Remote Sensing for Land Cover Classification. To that end, the workshop program will present methods, case studies, and processes that can support the Agricultural Statistics to identify the agricultural lands. This workshop is one of the first activities organized under the umbrella of the new Regional Hub for Big Data and Data Science in Official Statistics, which will be launched on 24 November 2023.
