Transcript EEA core set of indicators Anita Pirc Velkavrh Workshop on the Use of Environmental indicators July 5-6, 2004, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova.

EEA core set of indicators
Anita Pirc Velkavrh
Workshop on the Use of Environmental
indicators
July 5-6, 2004, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
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Why do we need international indicators?
• Data always come from countries
• What they are used for?
Country purposes
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Develop and monitor country policies
Support public administration
Support business decisions
Enhance Citizens awareness
International purposes (comparable statistics)
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Country performance against comparators
Ensure and enhance economic competitiveness
Monitor social, economic and environmental
development
Improve national participation in international
decision making and resource allocation
Role of indicator
Indicator – data
• High level measures perceived to be
related to some aspects of
environmental well being:they point at
problem, but also wider picture is
needed
• Conventions, policies set goals for well
being:
- monitor – report (role in policy
cycle)
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Indicators
Policy Preparation
Policy Evaluation
Policy Formulation
Policy Execution
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Policy question – indicator rationaleassessment-key message,
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Countries data are used to support this chain
Indicators should be relevant and detect
changes and developments toward targets
Collection of data should be justified with
useful outputs
Indicators bring together policy-environmentscience
Policy model for EEA CSI
• Relevant set of useful indicators is
based on balanced policy priorities scientific capacities - country
capacities
• EEA convened 2 years of balancing
process together with countries and
managed to get endorsement of EEA
Management board (31 countries, DG
Environment, Parliament) for 37
indicators in March 2004
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CSI = EU policy relevant
but not only…
• Endorsed by more that EU 25:
• 3 EFTA countries
• 3 candidate countries (Bulgaria, Romania,
Turkey)
• Supported for implementation in 5 Balkan
countries, Switzerland, Monaco
• Used in EEA reporting broader than EU
reports – support to Belgrade report
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already now 17 CSI substantialy uses
international data sources
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UNECE/CLRTAP/EMEP
UNFCCC
Vienna convention on protection of ozon layer Montreal protocol
Bern convention
World meteorological office
HELCOM convention(Baltic sea)
Black Sea convention
ICES (International Council for exploation of Seas)
FAO
The purpose of EEA
Core Set of Indicators (CSI)
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to provide a stable and manageable basis
for indicator reporting by EEA
to prioritise improvements in data quality
from countries to European level
to streamline contributions to other indicator
initiatives
in doing so, to strengthen environmental
dimension alongside economic and social
dimensions
The history of the
Core set of indicators
1st phase
 July 2002:
400 indicators relevant to policy
objectives and distributed across DPSIR
2nd phase.
 May 2003:
350 indicators relevant to policy
objectives and distributed across DPSIR
3rd phase.
 February 2004:
37 indicators relevant to policy targets
and data availability
Wide consultation with EIONET community
Less engagement by policy community
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Getting from 350 to 37
The criteria
Core indicator should:
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be policy relevant - support EU policies’ priority
issues of increasing policy relevance (on the basic of
available EU policy documentation, DG environment
work programme..)
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monitor progress toward the quantified targets (if
there is no targets, then use thresholds)
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be based on ready available and routinely
collected data for EEA countries within specified
timescale at reasonable cost-benefit ratio
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Getting from 350 to 37
The criteria
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be consistent in space coverage and cover all or
most of EEA countries
have sufficient time coverage – (exemptions of
general nature to be verified – e.g. situation of
candidate countries)
be primarily national in scale and representative
for countries (countries benchmarking)
be understandable and simple
be conceptually and methodologically well founded
and representative (to be used by at least one
community or international organization) and on the
bases of well established consultation with countries
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be of priority in EEA management plan
be timely (be produced in reasonable and “useful”
time)
be well documented and of known quality
Number of indicators per topic
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Air quality (5)
Ozone depletion (1)
Climate change (4)
Biodiversity (3)
Terrestrial (2)
Water (7)
Waste (2)
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Agriculture (2)
Energy (5)
Fisheries (3)
Transport (3)
Total: 37
The future evaluation of the
Core set of indicators
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CSI will be stable not static - 1st review
scheduled June 2005
MS demands for more indicators on topics
like noise, chemicals, health
MS demands for better indicators for
example on biodiversity and water
Climate change indicators
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Greenhouse gas emissions and removals
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Projection of greenhouse gas emissions and
removals and policies and measures
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Global and European temperature
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Atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations
Greenhouse gas emissions and removals
Reporting obligation in ROD (Reporting Obligation Database)
Greenhouse gas emissions and removals
The Central Data Repository (CDR) contains country deliveries
Greenhouse gas emissions and removals
Example of the compiled data from the countries in the data set in the Data service
Greenhouse gas emissions and removals
EEA DATA SERVICE: Storage of the data needed for the indicator
Greenhouse gas emissions and removals
Emissions of the six greenhouse gases fell by 2% between 1990 and
1998. However, they are projected to fall by only 1% by 2010
(compared to 1990 levels), with carbon dioxide emissions increasing
by 3% to 4%, methane emissions decreasing by 30%, and nitrous
oxide emissions decreasing by 16%. Fluorinated gas emissions are
projected to increase by 60% to 70% (compared to 1995
Distance to
target
Countries
benchmarking