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Environment Statistics

Work Programme   Capacity Development


Brochure describing the developments and use of the FDES 2013

The FDES 2013 covers issues and aspects of the environment that are relevant for analysis, policy and decision making. It is designed to assist all countries in the formulation of environment statistics programmes.

Latest issue

ENVSTATS Newsletters

ENVSTATS is the environment statistics newsletter of UNSD. It has been providing information about the activities of UNSD and developments elsewhere in the fields of environment statistics since 1995.

FDES 2013 (Final Official Edited Version)

The Framework for the Development of Environment Statistics (FDES 2013) is the revised version of the original FDES published in 1984 by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD).

Capacity Development

The Environment Statistics Section provides technical cooperation to countries through international/regional/sub-regional training workshops and projects.

  • COMESA
  • EAC project
  • ECOWAS project
  • ESCWA project
  • CARICOM project
  • Workshops

Recent updates

    ENVSTATS newsletter #56 new
  • Eleventh Meeting of the Expert Group on Environment and Climate Change Statistics
  • UNSD Environmental Indicators
  • Statistical Commission 56th session
  • Statistical Commission Reports
  • Side Event (56th session of the Statistical Commission)

Climate Change Statistics

  • Global Set of Climate Change Statistics and Indicators
  • Climate Change Statistics and Indicators Self-Assessment Tool (CISAT)
  • Implementation Guidelines

FDES 2013

  • Basic Set of Environment Statistics
  • FDES 2013 brochure
  • Blueprint for Action
  • Environment statistics compendia
  • Environment Statistics Self-Assessment Tool
  • Framework for the Development of Environment Statistics (FDES 2013)
  • SDG indicators + Basic Set (FDES) matrix
  • Manual on the Basic Set of Environment Statistics

  • Expert Group on Environment Statistics

Quick links

  • ENVSTATS newsletters
  • Brochure on Environment Statistics
  • Climate Change Statistics
  • Frequently asked questions
  • Reports to the Statistical Commission
  • Environmental accounting
  • National data sources
  • International and regional data sources

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