Environment Statistics

Meeting documents

• Agenda
• List of participants
• Final report

Background documents

• Framework for the Development of Environment Statistics (FDES 2013)
• Putting the Framework for the Development of Environment Statistics (FDES) to work - A Blueprint for Action
• Basic Set of Environment Statistics
• Environment Statistics Self-Assessment Tool (ESSAT)

Statistical Commission

• Report of the Secretary-General on environment statistics (E/CN.3/2016/27)
• Background Report to the Report of the Secretary-General on environment statistics
• Report of the Secretary-General on climate change statistics (E/CN.3/2016/15)
• Report on the forty-fourth session of the Statistical Commission (E/2013/24-E/CN.3/2013/33)
• Report on the forty-seventh session of the Statistical Commission (E/2016/24-E/CN.3/2016/34)

Papers and Presentations for the Meeting

Session 1: The Manual on the Basic Set of Environment Statistics

• UNSD - Land cover and land use statistics
• Chile - Air quality statistics
• Mexico - Environmental protection expenditure statistics
• UNSD - Generation and management of waste statistics
• UNSD - Update of other draft chapters
• UNSD - Reporting template for the results and analysis of the ESSAT
• Tanzania - Implementation of the FDES, 2013 and the ESSAT

Session 2: Environment Statistics Data Collection and Surveys

• UNSD - UNSD/UNEP Questionnaire on environment statistics
• EUROSTAT - EUROSTAT Questionnaire
• UNSD - Selected SDG Indicators related to the UNSD/UNEP Questionnaire
• UNSD - Pilot testing of UNSD/UNEP Questionnaire on environment statistics
• UN Environment - Water quality and ecosystems
• United Nations University - E-Waste statistics
• UNSD - Inventory of regular, international environmental data collection, reporting and dissemination from countries
• UNSD - Compilation of environmentally-related questions in censuses and surveys
• Kenya - Use of the environmental data obtained from the household survey

Session 3: Other Work in Environment Statistics

• UNSD - Global work in climate change statistics and indicators
• UNECE - Climate change-related statistics
• FAO - FAO Emissions database
• UNFCCC - Recent developments in climate change policy
• Italy/UNECE - Statistical offices role in measuring extreme events and disasters
• UN-ESCAP - Disaster-related statistics

Session 4: Other Issues

• UNECE - Task force on waste statistics