Transcript 1a. Using indicators to measure greening progress (Tan

Using Indicators to Measure “Greening” Progress:
The Role of the EGSS Framework
Tan Ding Yong
Research and Partnerships Unit
Economics and Trade Branch (ETB)
UNEP
14 May 2014
Presentation Outline
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Overview of UNEP’s indicator work
Why focus on the EGSS?
Recap of 2011 EGSS workshop
Looking ahead
Overview of UNEP’s indicator work
• Guide to using indicators
– UNEP (2014, forthcoming):
Using Indicators For Green
Economy Policymaking
– Sets out methodology for
using indicators
Overview of UNEP’s indicator work
• Country-level projects
– Raising awareness of indicator concepts
– Pilots in Mauritius, Ghana, Mozambique, Uruguay
– Individual report on country experiences
– Synthesis report in October 2014 (expected)
Overview of UNEP’s indicator work
• Inclusive Green Economy Index
– Objectives
• Measure progress towards a green economy
• Galvanise public opinion
– Components
• Inclusiveness
• Greenness
• Driving green growth
– Outstanding issues
• Dashboard v index
• Outcome v policy
Overview of UNEP’s indicator work
• Inclusive Wealth Report (2012)
– Shifts away from conventional
metrics (e.g. GDP)
– Broader conception of wealth:
natural, manufactured, human,
and social capital
– Results from pilot: IWI per
capita in 6 of 20 countries
declined
Overview of UNEP’s indicator work
• Collaboration with international organisations
– 2013: Scoping paper with
OECD, World Bank and
GGGI under Green Growth
Knowledge Platform (GGKP)
– Different institutions use
different indicator sets
– Moving towards a common
indicators framework
Why the EGSS?
• GGKP framework to measure green economy
– Indicator types
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Natural assets
Environmental and resource efficiency
Environmental quality of life
Socio-economic
Policies
• Economic opportunities
– Data readily available for most indicator types
• Used by OECD, World Bank, GGGI and UNEP in various
indicator frameworks
Why the EGSS?
• Economic opportunities – Why is this
important?
– Tangible benefit; easily understood
– Prospect of opportunities underpinned
political support
Why the EGSS?
• EGSS framework: best measurement of
economic opportunities
– Starting point: Eurostat’s EGSS handbook (2009)
– Offers a measure of:
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Output
Gross Value Added
Employment
Exports
– Limitations
• Not yet widespread
• What should be covered?
2011 EGSS Workshop: Main points
• Key question: is EGSS suitable for measuring
investment in and growth of green sectors?
• Examples from Netherlands, Austria, ROK, Mexico
• EGSS is a good starting point, but challenges need
to be addressed:
– Dynamic nature of RM activities
– Classification and coverage
– Practical issues
Looking ahead
• What needs to be done?
– Encouraging wider application of EGSS
• How can EGSS be applied in a country?
– Learning and disseminating best practices
• What are the lessons to be learnt from frontrunner
experiences?
– Chart a way forward for EGSS use
• What needs to be done? How should we go about it?
– Identify specific areas of cooperation to expand the
application beyond EU of the EGSS as part of the
SEEA
• What are the concrete projects we can look into?
Thank You
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