Latest SEEA news
Canada’s Census of Environment: an update
15 July 2024
In 2021, the Government of Canada awarded Statistics Canada (StatCan) with funding to develop the Census of Environment (CoE), which links data on ecosystems with socio-economic information to analyze the connections between ecosystems, the economy and human well-being.
Update on recent progress on the monitoring framework for the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
15 July 2024
Recognizing the importance of monitoring for halting and reversing the loss of biodiversity, in 2022, the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) adopted a monitoring framework along with the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
Water Accounts Training for Western Asian Countries
08 July 2024
Between April and May, the EU-funded Euro Mediterranean Statistical Cooperation Programme (MEDSTAT V) carried out an online training course for Mediterranean Partner Countries and other UNESCWA member states in collaboration with UNSD and UNESCWA.
19th Meeting of the UN Committee of Experts on Environmental-Economic Accounting
02 July 2024
The 19th Meeting of the UN Committee of Experts on Environmental-Economic Accounting (UNCEEA) took place online on 25-26 June 2024. Members of the UNCEEA from about 30 countries and several international organizations discussed progress on its work programme and future plans.
The Uses of the SEEA for Policy Webinar Series: The SEEA and the Global Biodiversity Framework
02 July 2024
The webinar series, the Uses of the SEEA for Policy, aims to highlight various priority and/or emerging policy areas that can be informed by the SEEA. The first two webinars highlighted the use of the SEEA for the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) and had a combined reach of approximately 600 people.
8th International Conference on Big Data and Data Science for Official Statistics
02 July 2024
This year's flagship event of the UN Committee of Experts on Big Data and Data Science for Official Statistics (UNCEBD) had the theme of "Informing Climate Change and Sustainable Development Policies with Integrated Data", and the SEEA was one of the focuses of the event.
Resource Corner, SEEA News and Notes: Issue 25
08 April 2024
In this issue you will find the UNEP-IRC Global Resource Outlook 2024, ocean ecosystem accounts for the Dutch sea; Canada's flow accounts for plastic material; France's report of the environment; the Philippines's water and energy accounts; an OECD paper on ocean economy measurement and more.
Outcomes from the sixth meeting of the AHTEG on Indicators for the Global Biodiversity Framework
05 April 2024
The sixth Ad-Hoc Technical Expert Group on Indicators (AHTEG) for the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework met in person in Cambridge, UK, from 12–15 March 2024.
Capacity Building Workshop on Ocean Accounting in Samoa: GIS Workshop on Mangrove Statistics
04 April 2024
The Capacity Building Workshop on Ocean Accounting took place in Apia, Samoa from 12 to 14 March 2024.
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