Building resilience to climate change in the Pacific islands

Jillian Campbell, 1 November 2012

Interconnected systems

Interconnected systems

Money will buy a bed but not sleep; books but not

brains; food but not appetite; finery but not

beauty; a house but not a home; medicine but not health; luxuries but not

culture; amusements but not happiness

Interconnected systems

What is important?

What is important?

National Minimum Development Indicators

Global, regional and national realization that we should measure what matters.

Sustainable Development Goals

Territory of reference

EnvironmentEnvrironmental Assets (stocks)-Land-Water-Ecosystems-Soil-Etc.

Economy

Activities-Production-Consumption-Accumulation

Instruments -Financial/Monetary

-Taxes/subsidies-Financing-Resource rent-Permits

Actors-Enterprises-Households-Government-Non-profit institutions

Outside territory of reference

Outside territory of reference

Analytical and Policy Frameworks

-Productivity analysis-Natural resource management-Climate change-Green Growth/Green Economy

Land/Resources/Ecosystem services

Emissions/waste

SEEA

Why SEEA?When information is presented separately it is hard to see how it fits together

Why SEEA?

Improving the ability to measure in a holistic fashion is the key to understanding the complex relationships between human-activity and our environment.

Thank you