Transcript Presentation by Eurostat

Commission proposals for the
UNCEEA research agenda
London Group Meeting-New York
19-21 June 2006
Rainer Muthmann, Head of Unit E3
Directorate E: Agriculture and environment statistics; statistical cooperation
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Chapter 3 – Physical flow accounts
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use of natural resources is basically stated by the
existing Material Flow Accounting (MFA)
methodology (ESTAT)
already existing good description of the material
consumption
environmental impact of resource use is of high
political interest
need for further research on these impacts by
developing agreed standards in Life Cycle Analysis
(LCA), impact factors, weighting and other related
fields
link between IPP, MFA and Waste Accounts
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Thematic Strategy on the sustainable
use of natural resources
Economic activity
1. Resource productivity:
€ / kg
3. Eco -efficiency
€ / impact
Resource use
2 . Resource specific impacts:
Impact / kg
Environmental impact
2005
2030
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Chapter 5 – Accounting for economic activities
and products related to the environment
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Development of resource management expenditure accounts
- to develop further in the wider context of expenditure
accounts and related policy analysis - in addition to the
expenditure, also the gains, e.g. in long-term resource
availability should be included.
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Development of the environment industry -Eurostat created in
spring 2006 a Task Force for the further development of a
practical "Compilation guide" on the collection and
dissemination of statistics on environmental industry - further
research and promotion of the compilation of statistics on
environmental industry could benefit from this work.
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Chapter 5 – Accounting for economic activities
and products related to the environment
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EPEA does not only focus on the expenditure side of
environmental protection but included is the concept of net
cost
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The overall net cost of environmental protection (EP) has
because of methodological and practical difficulties been left
aside
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Other chapters (4,6 and 8)
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Chapter 4 – Hybrid flow accounts: statistics on production
and use of energy (Energy Accounts), data on the energy
producing infrastructure would give valuable insights for
environmental policy
Chapter 6 – Accounting for other environmental related
transactions: as being an integral part of the EPEA
environmentally related taxes, subsidies, investment grants
and transfers needs to be identified and recorded
appropriately
Chapter 8 – Specific resource accounts: the classification
as 'produced' would be misleading for cultivated forests and
water reservoirs. The creation of a new class like 'seminatural' assets or 'eco-systems related assets' could create
more clarity
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Collaboration Eurostat and
Statistics Sweden
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In August 2005 at the UNCEEA meeting, Statistics
Sweden and Eurostat agreed to act as joint
coordinators for the revision of the SEEA chapter
six on “Accounting for other environmental related
transactions”
Proposing to also include in the work programme
chapter five “Accounting for economic activities and
products related to the environment” due to the
inter-linkage of the two chapters
Main focus on environmental subsidies and natural
resource management accounts
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