The high-level launch of the project "Environmental-Economic Accounting for Evidence-Based Policy in Senegal" which is a collaborative effort between the National Agency of Statistics and Demography of Senegal (ANSD) and the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD).
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05 May 2021
29 April 2021
The Statistics Division (SD) of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) and the UN Environment Program (UNEP), in collaboration with the international research and innovation platform Artificial Intelligence for Environment & Sustainability (ARIES) at the Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3), are launching a pioneering Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered application for rapid natural capital accounting:
29 April 2021
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The government of Sudan is addressing land, natural resources degradation and poverty, as reported in the National Quarter-Century Strategy (2007-2031) and the National Adaptation Program of Action (NAPA). The country is prioritizing the reconstruction and protection of forest ecosystems, raising the environmental awareness and development of the forest industry. The National Biodiversity Strategy and Adaptation Plan (NBSAP) (2011-2020) also addresses rehabilitation of degraded ecosystems.
01 April 2021
Organized by the UN Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (UNSIAP), this self-paced course introduces concepts relevant to compiling indicators that inform climate change. Topics inlcude: climate change policies and indicators; energy and air emission accounts as well as indicators that can be compiled from these SEEA accounts; data sources; and institutional mechanisms.
The course is open and free to all those interested as of 1 April 2021. Please visit siap-elearning.org to find out more.
25 March 2021
The webinar is part of a series under the Africa Natural Capital Accounting Community of Practice organized in cooperation between UNSD and the World Bank Global Program on Sustainability, the Gaborone Declaration for Sustainability in Africa, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, the United Nations Environment Programme, the Green Growth Knowledge Platform, the Conservation International and the Capitals Coalition.
12 March 2021
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) in collaboration with the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), is accompanying leading countries and institutions in the development of a Statistical Framework for Measuring the Sustainability of Tourism (SF-MST). Such a framework is as important as ever in the aftermath of the global health and economic crisis, as the tourism sector looks to restart in a more sustianable manner.
09 March 2021 to 10 March 2021
Dentro del marco del proyecto de de Contabilidad del Capital Natural y Valoración de Servicios Ecosistémicos (NCAVES) se han desarrollado cuentas de ecosistemas siguiendo el marco de Contabilidad de Ecosistemas del Sistema de Contabilidad Ambiental Económico (SEEA EA, por sus siglas en ingles) de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas.
04 February 2021
The revision of the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting--Experimental Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA EEA) was launched in 2018 by the United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC).
28 January 2021
This webinar is part of a series under the Africa Natural Capital Accounting Community of Practice organized in cooperation between UNSD and the World Bank Global Program on Sustainability, the Gaborone Declaration for Sustainability in Africa, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, the United Nations Environment Programme, the Green Growth Knowledge Platform, the Conservation International and the Capitals Coalition.
14 January 2021 to 28 January 2021
The National Statistical Office, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) of the Government of India, in collaboration with United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), UN Environment with the support of the European Union, is organizing the first Natural Capital Accounting and Valuation of Ecosystem Services (NCAVES) National Forum in India. <