In order to support the uptake of the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting – Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA EA) in member countries of the Gaborone Declaration for Sustainability in Africa (GDSA), UN Environment, the UN Statistics Div
Events
Upcoming Events
12 July 2022
There is growing recognition that building back better must also mean building back greener. The twin crises of climate change and biodiversity degradation pose a dire threat to recovery efforts and economic progress. Effective and successful efforts to reduce global emissions and protect biodiversity require that public institutions work in partnership – across ministries as well as with civil society and the private sector – and design policies that protect the environment while enhancing livelihoods and wellbeing.
29 June 2022 to 01 July 2022
Further to notification 2022-019 of 4 April 2022, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, under the guidance of the Bureau of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) and with technical support from the United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), is organizing a technical meeting on indicators for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, as requested in SBSTTA recommendation 24/2.
27 June 2022 to 28 June 2022
The UN Committee of Experts on Environmental-Economic Accounting (UNCEEA) functions as an umbrella body to provide overall vision, coordination, prioritization and direction in the field of environmental-economic accounting. The UNCEEA meets once a year and is governed by the Bureau of the UNCEEA.
09 May 2022 to 27 May 2022
La Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) está organizando el curso virtual sobre el Sistema de Contabilidad Ambiental y Económica - Contabilidad de Ecosistemas (SCAE-CE0 [System of Environemntal-Economic Accounting - Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA EA)] que se llevará a cabo del 9 al 27 de mayo
05 May 2022
The webinar is part of a series under the Africa Natural Capital Accounting Community of Practice organized in cooperation between UNSD and the World Bank Global Program on Sustainability, the Gaborone Declaration for Sustainability in Africa, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, the United Nations Environment Programme, the Green Growth Knowledge Platform, the Conservation International and the Capitals Coalition.
14 April 2022 to 10 June 2022
The e-Learning course System of Environmental Economic Accounting: Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA EA) was jointly organized by the UN Statistics Division (UNSD) and the UN Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (UNSIAP) from 11 April to 10 June 2022.
The course introduced the SEEA EA, the international statistical standard for organizing data about ecosystems, measuring ecosystem services, tracking changes in ecosystem assets, and linking this information to economic and other human activity.
29 March 2022
The project Mapping and Assessment for Integrated Ecosystem Accounting (MAIA) will hold a workshop in Ecosystem Accounting and the SEEA EA 2021, whre the immediate action and the road ahead will be the main focus.
The hybrid event will take place on 29 March 2022 in Madrid, Spain. Participants can join the complete workshop on site or online. Registration is required for both onsite and online participation.
28 March 2022 to 31 March 2022
The Seventh Joint OECD/UNECE Seminar on the Implementation of SEEA will be organised as a series of online meetings on 28, 30 and 31 March 2022, 14:00-17:00 (CET) Members of the Organising Committee are from the National Statistical Offices of Australia, Canada, Finland, the Netherlands, the Russian Federation and Sweden. Furthermore, Eurostat, UNEP, UNSD and the lead editor of the update of the 2008 SNA are represented in the Organising Committee in addition to OECD and UNECE.
07 March 2022 to 01 April 2022
This course, being run by SIAP, introduces concepts relevant to compiling economy wide material flow accounts (EW-MFA); it also covers the methodologies for the SDG indicators 8.4.1/12.2/1 and 8.4.2/12.2.2.