Latest SEEA news

Brazil to Use SEEA to Calculate Green Domestic Product

15 February 2018
Brazil has been one of the pioneers in beginning compilation of System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA) accounts in South America.

National Plans in Support of the SEEA Launched in Four Countries

13 February 2018
Integrated information and high-quality statistics are not only essential elements in advancing evidence-based policy and decision making, they are also key to monitoring the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Communicating the Value of the SEEA

13 February 2018
Convincing policy makers and analysts to adopt an idea or use a framework is never easy or as straightforward as one might hope.

Workshop on the SEEA and Environment-related SDG Indicators for Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia

24 January 2018
UNSD in collaboration with UNECE and the National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus (Belstat) organized a workshop on the SEEA Central Framework and SDGs for countries of Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia in Minsk, Belarus, 15-18 January 2018.

Publication of Technical Recommendations for Experimental Ecosystem Accounting

29 December 2017
The "Technical Recommendations in support of the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting 2012–Experimental Ecosystem Accounting" have been published as a white cover publication subject to official editing. 

DOSM and UNSD Jointly Launch SEEA Roadmap

28 December 2017
The Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) and United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) have jointly launched the Roadmap for System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (RM-SEEA) to lay a foundation for the development of SEEA accounts in Malaysia.

Closing Regional Workshop for UN Development Account Project in Africa

21 December 2017
The Closing Regional Workshop for the United Nations Development Account Project was organized by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) in in collaboration with Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, UNECA and UN Environment in Nairobi, Kenya on 11-13 December 2017.

Closing Regional Workshop on SEEA in Jakarta, Indonesia

14 December 2017
The Closing Regional Workshop on the SEEA took place in Jakarta, Indonesia from 27-30 November 2017, bringing together nearly 50 participants from nine different countries.
SEEA Regional Training China 2017 - EU funded project

China, EU deepen ties on environmental policies and natural capital accounting

30 November 2017
The Delegation of the European Union and Chinese authorities launched a new project called Natural Capital Accounting and Valuation of Ecosystem Services in Beijing on November 1. The EU and China's economic prosperity are underpinned by their natural capital - their biodiversity.