UNSD Meetings

The second in-person meeting of the Technical Committee of the SEEA Central Framework for the update of the SEEA Central Framework (Second Tranche) will be held on Monday, 23 March and Friday, 27 March 2026, on the margins of the Joint UNECE-OECD Expert meeting on the implementation of the SEEA.  The meeting will convene members of the Technical Committee and other experts to discuss the technical content related to the update of the SEEA Central Framework.  Focus will be placed on the review and discussion

The Expert Group Meeting on SEEA-related indicators for the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) will take place from 10 to 12 February 2026 in the offices of UNEP-WCMC in Cambridge, UK.  The Meeting is a programmed activity of the project SEEA-related Indicators for the Global Biodiversity Framework | System of Environmental Economic Accounting, funded by the European Union.

Adopted by the United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC) in 2012 as the first international statistical standard for environmental-economic accounting, the SEEA Central Framework is being updated to reflect growing policy demands for integrated environmental and economic data  in support of emerging  policies such as climate change, circular economy, biodiversity and other sustainability issues.  The update also aims to ensure coherence with recent revisions to related statistical standards a

In the Asia-Pacific region, there is an increased demand for the compilation of ecosystem accounts in support of national policies aimed at the management of ecosystems, and compilation of indicators for national and international reporting. National statistical offices and ministries of environment of countries in the region have expressed strong interest in compiling various SEEA accounts, including taking steps towards compiling ecosystem extent, condition and services accounts which are among the most relevant accounts for informing biodiversity.

The UN Committee of Experts on Environmental-Economic Accounting (UNCEEA) was established by the United Nations Statistical Commission in 2005 to: (a) provide strategic vision in the field of environmental-economic accounting and related statistics; (b) mainstream environmental-economic accounting and related statistics into national statistical systems and policy and decision making; (c) maintain the System of Environmental and Economic Accounting (SEEA) and supporting do

The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) and the United Nations Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (UNSIAP), with the support of the Office of the Director-General for Policy Planning on Statistical Policy, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of the Government of Japan are organizing a Regional Training Workshop on SEEA Asset Accounts for Sustainable Development. The workshop will be held in Chiba, Japan from 16-19 June. The workshop will be conducted in English. 

This e-Learning course introduces the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting--Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA EA), the agreed statistical framework for collecting and organizing information on ecosystems and their relationship to human activity.

This webinar aims to raise awareness among national SEEA focal points on the process for updating the SEEA Central Framework.  The proposed update of the SEEA Central Framework was initially endorsed by the United Nations Statistical Commission at its 55th session in 2024, with the list of issues to be addressed in the update and the process for update subsequently endorsed at its 56th session in 2025.

The London Group on Environmental Accounting is a city group of the United Nations Statistical Commission established in 1993 to provide a forum for practitioners to share their experience in developing and implementing environmental accounts. Members of the London group are experts primarily from national statistical agencies but also international organizations. The London Group generally meets annually, and the meetings provide a forum for review, comparison and discussion of work underway by participants towards development of environmental accounts.