Workshops

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 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. 

High quality, consistent data on the environment-economy nexus is needed to inform effective pathways for addressing climate change, biodiversity losses and related issues. National statistical offices (NSOs) in the Central Asia and the Caucasus have expressed strong interest in compiling various SEEA accounts, including taking steps towards compiling energy and air emission accounts which are among the most relevant accounts for informing climate change.

The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity is convening an information workshop on the work of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Groups (AHTEGs) on Indicators for the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, and on Synthetic Biology and Risk Assessment. 

This workshops held immediately prior to the twenty-sixth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBBSTTA 26)

As the world grapples with numerous global challenges, including environmental issues, climate change, health crises, food insecurity, economic recovery, and human displacement, the need for knowledge integration has never been more critical. Amid a data landscape with fast-increasing volumes of data, information remains compartmentalised to pre-defined scales and fields, rarely building its way up to collective knowledge.

The Ninth Joint OECD/UNECE Seminar on the Implementation of SEEA will be organised as an in-person meeting at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland on 18-20 March 2024.

Background

This webinar will provide participants an overview of the purpose and importance of the Global Assessment of Environmental Economic Accounting and Supporting Statistics.  This year the Statistics Division of the United Nations will administer a benchmark assessment, which will provid