Setting the scene for the review of the production and sharing of eight core indicators

Setting the scene for the review of the production and sharing of eight core indicators

Joint Task Force on Environmental Indicators Eighth session

Geneva, 14–15 May 2014

Robin RieprichConsultant to the SecretariatECE Environment Division

The eighth session of the Joined Task Force: Assessment of the status quo and ideas for the way forward

Review of the production of core indicators (items 3a-h)

Review of the online sharing of core indicators (item 3i)

Proposed tailor-made recommendations for the production and sharing of

Indicators (item 4)

The status quo The way forward

Producing and sharing indicators

…with the international community.

Aggregating data, e.g.

from different

monitoring stations

Integrating several

parameters

Applying the required units

of measurement

…with policy makers.…with the national public.

…with neighboring countries.

Producing Indicators...

...and sharing them...

Environmental Indicator

Review of indicator production and sharing

Review of national submissions, being…

or data in Excel tables provided by the JTF...links to websites on which indicators are published

The agreed set of eight core indicators

Agenda item Indicator Sub-indicator Dataset

3 (a) 1. Emissions of pollutants into the atmospheric air (A1)

1.1. Emissions of sulphur dioxide per capita (1) Emissions of SO2

1.2. Emissions of sulphur dioxide per km2

1.3. Emissions of nitrogen oxides per capita (2) Emissions of NOx

1.4. Emissions of nitrogen oxides per km2

3 (b) 2. Ambient air quality in urban areas (A2)

2.1. Annual mean concentration of nitrogen dioxide in the capital city

(3) Mean concentration of NO2

3 (c) 3. Consumption of ODS (A3) 3.1. Aggregated consumption of ODS (4) Consumption of ODS

3 (d) 4. Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (B3)

4.1. Emissions of carbon dioxide per capita (5) GHG emissions

4.2. Emissions of carbon dioxide per unit of GDP

The agreed set of eight core indicators

Agenda item Indicator Sub-indicator Dataset

3 (e) 5. BOD 5 and concentration of ammonium in rivers (C10)

5.1. BOD 5 concentration in the major rivers (6) BOD 5 concentration in rivers

5.2. Ammonium concentration in the major rivers

(7) Ammonium concentration in rivers

3 (f) 6. Nutrients in freshwater (C11)

6.1. Nitrates concentration in major water bodies (lakes, reservoirs)

(8) Nitrates concentration in the major water bodies

6.2. Total phosphorus concentration in major water bodies (lakes, reservoirs)

(9) Total phosphorus concentration in the major water bodies

3 (g) 7. Protected areas (D1) 7.1. Share of total protected areas in the country area

(10) Areas under protection in total and broken down by regimes of protection

3 (h) 8. Waste generation (I1) 8.1. Annual generation of municipal waste per capita

(11) Annual municipal waste generation

Review of indicator production

Focal points of the assessment of production Structure Format Time series

Comments received for discussion

Structure

Format

Time-series

Review of indicator production

Structure – Optimal level of indicator productionThe optimal level of structure is reached when all parameters that were selected for this exercise are correctly used to produce the indicator

Fully met

Partially met

Not met

No data

Review of indicator production

Format – Optimal level of indicator productionThe optimal level of format is reached, if all datasets for the respective indicator are provided in the required unit of measurement

Fully met

Partially met

Not met

No data

Review of indicator production

Time series – Optimal level of indicator productionIn terms of the time series the optimal level is reached, if the data are provided for the years 1990, 1995, and 2000-2012

2012

2011

2010

2009

20082007

2006

2005

20042003

2002

2001

2000

19951990

The eighth session of the Joined Task Force: Assessment of the status quo and ideas for the way forward

Review of the production of core indicators (items 3a-h)

Review of the online sharing of core indicators (item 3i)

Proposed tailor-made recommendations for the production and sharing of

Indicators (item 4)

The status quo The way forward