Development methods of the EECCA indicators

WGEMA meeting, Geneva, 12-13 June 2007

Methodology

EECCA indicators are based on the UNECE Guidelines on use of environmental indicators in EECCA countries

Aims: Test the Guidelines Provide feedback in order to improve the

guidelines

Data

Data for constructing the indicators come from international sources CIS stat World Bank FAO stat UNEP Ozone Secretariat IEA Etc.

List of indicators Consumption of ozone-depleting substances (No 3) Water abstraction (total water abstraction and water exploitation

index ) (No.8) Household water use per capita (No. 9) Water losses (No.10) Reuse and recycling of freshwater (No. 11) Non-treated wastewater (No. 16) Passenger transport demand (No. 29) Freight transport demand (No. 30) Final energy consumption (No. 25) Total energy consumption (No. 26) Energy intensity (No. 27) Renewable energy consumption (No. 28) Fertilizer consumption (No. 23) Protected areas (No. 17) Forest and other wooded land (No. 18)

Классификация индикаторов – модель ДДСВР

Причинно-следственная схема для описания связи между развитием общества и состоянием

окружающей среды.

Движущие силы

Давление

Состояние ОС

Воздействие

Ответные меры3

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Verification of data and assesments Verified by national statistics

National statistical books Regional workshops Direct contact with national experts during the

preparation and the online consultation phases

GAP fillings: other sources, estimations where not possible

Assessments are verified by the national experts via on-line consultations, international experts via UNEP network and by the EEA thematic officers dealing with the preparation of the Belgrade report to ensure the consistency with the Belgrade report messages

EECCA Indicators Contents/Structure

What is the key Policy question addressed? What key Message(s) are

derived/explained? Overall Assessment of each of ~15

indicators. Methodology & References for each

indicator. The Policy context/link for each indicator. Link to Definition and Rationale in UNECE’s

Indicator Guidelines document.

Are ozone-depleting substances being phased out according to the agreed schedule?

Lessons learned, Methodology (1)

Not always possible to follow the UNECE Guidelines due to the lack of data Example private car pass-km Data on the pipelines

Lessons learned (2), Data availability Data in international sources is not always up

to date Due to the differences in data sources the

figures might be different from the Belgrade report, but the trends are similar

There is a need to organise a continuous data flow in order to ensure representation of all the countries in the assessment

There is a need for improving the national reporting practices to the international bodies as well as there is a need to harmonise methodologies for data collection

Lessons learned (3), Regional policy context

Assessment of policies at the regional level is difficult at the moment Use conventions Use EECCA strategy – no targets Use of Central European strategies in

water and energy – no target

Online consultations have a low rate of response… reasons???

Production of West Balkan EEA CSIs

WGEMA meeting, Geneva, 12-13 June 2007

What are the outcomes?

Produced 12 common EEA CSIs for West Balkan countries

Compendium with produced EECCA indicators

Why fact sheet and compendium?

Short-term Communicating the results to general

public Testing reliability of data

Long-term Strengthening regional cooperation Follow-up actions

What will be included?

12 regional EEA CSIs fact sheets:

CSI 006 Production and consumption of ozone depleting substancesCSI 008 Designated areas

CSI 012 Global and European temperature CSI 031 Renewable electricity CSI 034 Fishing fleet capacity CSI 032 Status of marine fish stocks

CSI 014 Land take CSI 016 Municipal waste generation CSI 022 Bathing water quality CSI 021 Nutrients in transitional,

coastal and marine waters CSI 019 Oxygen consuming

substances in rivers CSI 020 Nutrients in freshwater

What are the selection criteria?

Realistic selection (reliable data and time series without gaps)

Further improvement under the present activity

What are the main challenges?

Data (data reliability) Used methodology

How do we overcome them?

Comparison with international data sources

Country clarifications Statistical gap filling Excluding indicators based on poor

data/methodology

What is the process of commenting by countries?

Continuous consultations throughout the production process

New data and information collection

Fact sheets for comments

CSI 006 Production and consumption of ozone depleting substances

CSI 031 Renewable electricity

Contact person

Jasmina BogdanovicUNEP/GRID Arendal

Project manager

E-mail: jasmina@grida.noMob: +43 650 424 5809