This course, organized by the UN Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP), introduces concepts relevant to compiling water statistics and accounts, and the compilation of relevant SDG indicators.
Events
Upcoming Events
26 April 2023
Ecosystems and biodiversity play a critical role in underpinning sustainable development and socio-economic progress. The recently adopted “Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework” (GBF) is a landmark framework that includes four goals and 23 targets to be achieved by 2030, as well as four long-term goals for 2050 related to the 2050 Vision for Biodiversity of living in harmony with nature.
26 April 2023 to 28 June 2023
This is a webinar series consisting of three 2-hour duration webinars focusing on the set of indicators related to well-being and sustainability.
Webinar 1 (26 April): Introduction to the importance of measuring the impact of businesses on well-being and sustainability
20 April 2023
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the most commonly used measure of a nation’s performance and growth. While the scope of GDP is to measure the monetary value of the goods and services produced in a given year, it is often used as proxy for things that it is not well suited for, such as long-term growth or the well-being of a country.
11 April 2023 to 14 April 2023
In the Asia-Pacific region, climate change is one of the most pressing policy issues given its wide-ranging impacts on well-being. High quality, consistent data on the environment-economy nexus is needed to inform effective pathways for addressing climate change and related issues.
13 March 2023 to 15 March 2023
The Eighth Joint OECD/UNECE Seminar on the Implementation of SEEA will be held from 13-15 March 2023 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva (Switzerland)
The aim of the seminar is to provide a platform for exchange of knowledge and experiences on SEEA implementation and to facilitate coordination between all relevant partners in the OECD and UNECE regions. The seminar is organised regularly with a long-term view to support the implementation of the SEEA.
02 March 2023
The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) will begin data collection for Physical Energy Flow Accounts (PEFA) and Air Emission Accounts (AEA) for the first time in 2023. This webinar, organized by UNSD and OECD, will review the scope of the questionnaires, how to fill in the questionnaires, the timeline for data collection and more. The webinar will take place on 2 March at 9:30 AM, New York time. The webinar will also be recorded and made available online for those who are not able to join.
28 February 2023
Please note that this event is in-person only and will be taking place at UN Headquarters in New York City.
16 February 2023
The Dissemination Workshop on the Land Cover Account and the National Plan took place in Dakar, Senegal on 16 February 2023 and aimed to publicly disseminate the results of the land cover account for Senegal and the National Plan for the Advancement of Environmental-economic Accounting in Senegal. The dissemination event was opened by the secretary-general of the Ministry of Economy, the Director-General of the National Agency for Statistics and Demography (ANSD), and the Resident Representative of UNHCR.