Environment Statistics

Meeting documents

• Agenda
• Final Report

Papers and Presentations for the Meeting

Opening Session:

• UNSD - Welcome speech by UNSD Acting Director
• UK-ONS - Welcome speech



Session 1: Streamlining environment and climate change statistics
        Updates on integration and communication

• UNSD - Consolidating the work programme on environment and climate change statistics
• UNSD - Highlights from the written statements to the Statistical Commission



Session 2: Climate Change Statistics and Indicators
        Updates on Reporting to the Paris Agreement and uses of the Global Set of
       Climate Change Statistics and Indicators

• UNFCCC - New requirements for transparency and reporting requirements under the Paris Agreement
• UNSD - Uses of the Global Set of Climate Change Statistics and Indicators and updates on
         international climate change programmes
• Philippines - Accelerating Climate action through the compilation of Philippine Set of Climate Change
         Statistics and Indicators (PSCCSI)
• IPCC - Update on GHG emission factors to improve GHG statistics
• FAO - Climate change statistics in FAOSTAT



Session 3: Environment Statistics Toolbox
        FDES, the Basic Set of Environment Statistics and ESSAT

• UNSD - Implementation of the FDES and preparation of a survey on ‘State of development of environment
          and climate change statistics’
• India - Advancing environmental statistics in India
• Jordan - Comparing statistical datasets for climate change and data gap analysis with FDES in Jordan



Session 4: Methodology on environment and climate change statistics
        Development of methodology on climate change and disaster statistics

• UNSD - Introduction to session on methodology development
• UNFCCC - Updates on indicators of the Global Goal on Adaptation
• UNDRR/ESCAP/UK-HSA, IAEG - Updates on the Global Disaster-Related Statistics Framework
         (G-DRSF) and its linkage to climate processes



        Development of methodology oand indicators on integration of climate and health

• UK-ONS - Updates on the SOSCHI project and updates on subgroup work on climate and health
• WHO - Connecting indicator initiatives across health, climate and statistics communities
• Ghana - Monitoring of climate change impacts on health in Ghana



        Development of methodology oand indicators on integration of climate and gender

• Colombia - Update on guidance note for integrating climate and gender statistics
• UN-Women - Updates on application of climate and gender indicators
• UNEP - Measuring climate change with a gender dimension for better adaptation and mitigation
         policies
• Tanzania - Tanzania’s experience on integrating climate and gender statistics



Session 5: Environment and Climate Change Statistics Data Collection


        Climate change data collection and BTR submissions

• UNFCCC - Overview of submission of first Biennial Transparency Reports (BTRs)
• The Netherlands - The emerging role of the statistical community in providing BTR-related data
• DESNZ - Tracking public attitudes to the environment and climate change: A view from the UK's
         Department for Energy Security and Net Zero



        Climate change data collection support

• Subgroup chair - Use of surveys and censuses for climate change data collection
• Cabo Verde - Cabo Verde’s experience with two climate modules in the Continuous Multi-Objective
         Survey
• UNSD - Use of alternative sources, big data and data science for climate change statistics



        Environment statistics data collection and dissemination

• UNSD - Current round of UNSD/UNEP Questionnaire on Environment Statistics and supporting
         evolving policy demands (waste and water sections)
• OECD - Communicating and Making Environmental Data Accessible: The OECD Environment at a
         Glance Platform
• Spain - The new Environmental Indicators Dashboard in Spain



        Waste statistics

• UNITAR - Secondary raw materials and e-waste
• Eurostat - Municipal waste in big cities
• UNEP - Circular economy policy demand: from data to policy making
• Suriname - Suriname’s experience in calculating e-waste data



        Water statistics

• WHO - SDG 6.3.1 Progress on wastewater treatment – contributions to global water security;
         JMP Report from World Water Week
• GCC - Water statistics in the GCC: experience and integration with the UNSD Questionnaire
• Italy - Overview of water statistics in Italy: status and progress
• Armenia - Water statistics and environmental indicators: Armenia’s experience



        Other data collection and reporting requirements

• CBD - Reporting under the CBD and links to the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
• FAO - Environmental statistics in FAOSTAT
• Luxembourg - Biodiversity in figures



Session 6: Capacity Development in Environment Statistics and Climate Change Statistics


        Highlights on capacity development activities

• UNSD - Implementation support and capacity development on environment and climate change statistics:
         updates on key activities
• UN-OSD - Capacity development for results in environmental and climate
         statistics – lessons learned from UN-OSD
• Suriname - Suriname's experience as a Centre of Excellence providing in-country
         capacity building activities in the CARICOM region



       Funding and developing capacity at global, regional and national levels

• PARIS21 - Climate Change Data Ecosystems for better climate action
•        Panel Discussion on capacity development and funding needs, moderated by Paris21
         processes, following evolving policy demands
•        Belize
•        Togo