Latest SEEA news

Where in the World is the SEEA?

15 February 2018
In 2015, the United Nations Committee of Experts on Environmental-Economic Accounting (UNCEEA) updated its implementation strategy to include the goal of having at least 100 countries with ongoing, well-resourced programmes in the SEEA Central Framework accounting by 2020.

Ecosystem Accounting for the Netherlands

15 February 2018
In 2016, Statistics Netherlands and Wageningen University started to work on a three-year project with the aim to test and implement SEEA EEA ecosystem accounting for the Netherlands. Funded by the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate and the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water.

Green National Accounts for Denmark

15 February 2018
Statistics Denmark published a report highlighting the link between the economy and the environment through environmental-economic accounting on February 28.

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.