The OECD will hold its 2018 Green Growth and Sustainable Development (GGSD) Forum on the theme of “Inclusive solutions for the green transition: Competitiveness, jobs/skills and social dimensions”.
World Water Week is the annual focal point for the globe’s water issues. Organized by SIWI, the 2018 World Water Week will address the theme “Water, ecosystems and human development”.
Vital information to monitor and evaluate progress towards SDG 14 is available, but it is fragmented across scientific domains, policy frameworks and institutions. ESCAP and UN Environment are leading a global effort to develop statistical guidance based on the System of Environmental Economic Accounting (SEEA). The Ocean Accounts Platform will provide guidance on electing, prioritizing and standardizing data of national, regional and global importance, so that it can be integrated and thereby provide a comprehensive view.
South Africa is one of the five pilot countries participating in an international project on ecosystem accounting. The project, entitled Natural Capital Accounting and Valuation of Ecosystem Services, is led by the United Nations Statistics Division and UN Environment, with funding from the European Union.
Stats SA and SANBI are leading the project in South Africa and will work closely with a range of national and sub-national stakeholders to further develop ecosystem accounts nationally.
The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), in collaboration with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), is organizing a training programme to strengthen the capacity of the countries of Western Asia and North Africa in support of the worldwide implementation of the SEEA 2012 Central Framework and environment-related Sustainable Development Goals indicators.
The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), in collaboration with the Economic Commission for Europe (ECE), is organizing a training seminar to strengthen the capacity of the countries of Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia (EECCA), and South-Eastern Europe (SEE) in support of the worldwide implementation of the SEEA 2012 Central Framework and supporting statistics.
The Closing National Workshop for the United Nations Development Account Project in Kenya is organized by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) in collaboration with Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS).
The Closing Regional Workshop for the United Nations Development Account Project is organized by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) in in collaboration with Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, UNECA, UN Environment and the World Bank.
