Climate change is one of the most pressing policy issues for many African countries given its wide-ranging impacts on well-being. High quality, consistent data on the environment-economy nexus is needed to inform effective pathways for addressing climate change and related issues.
Current meetings
10 July 2023
The Africa Natural Capital Accounting Policy Forum on
15 April 2023
The UN Committee of Experts on Environmental-Economic Accounting (UNCEEA) functions as an umbrella body to provide overall vision, coordination, prioritization and direction in the field of environmental-economic accounting.
20 February 2023
13 February 2023
Please note that this event is in-person only and will be taking place at UN Headquarters in New York City.
02 February 2022
Side event of the 53rd United Nations Statistical Commission: Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
07 December 2021
The sixth Forum of Experts on SEEA Ecosystem Accounting took place on 7 & 8 December 2021 (7:00-10:00am NY time) in a virtual format.
The main objectives of the sixth Forum were to:
18 June 2021
The London Group on Environmental Accounting is a city group created in 1993 to allow practitioners to share their experience of developing and implementing environmental accounts. Members of this informal group of experts come primarily from national statistical agencies but also international organizations.
17 June 2021
The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON), the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) and United Nations Environment Programm
