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Consumer Price Index Unemployment Rate US Federal Debt Human Development Report Health/Medical indicators World Economic Forum Competitiveness Index Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Doomsday ClockTRANSCRIPT
Developing Integrated Indicators to Support Climate Adaptation and Sustainability Decision MakingRobert S. Chen, Alex de Sherbinin, and Marc LevyCenter for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)The Earth Institute, Columbia University
Our Common Future Under Climate ChangeParis, 7-10 July 2015Session 1105(b) – Quality and availability of data for global sustainability
Why Do We Need Integrated Indicators?
Indicators are stepping stones between data and knowledge
Indicators anchor discourse and action around common metrics Indicators provide
beacons in stormy seas of complexity and rapid change
“How’m I doin’?”
Getting indicators right requires ability to navigate across disciplinary, stakeholder and data format divides
Consumer Price Index Unemployment Rate US Federal Debt Human Development Report Health/Medical indicators World Economic Forum Competitiveness Index Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Doomsday Clock
Indicators Are Essential to Monitoring and Decision Making in Many Realms
2005 Environmental Sustainability Index Ranked countries by
progress towards environmental sustainability
http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/collection/esi
2012 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) and Pilot Trend EPI (2000-2010)
Narrower focus on performance—factors under the control of governments
Used remote sensing and other geospatial data for key indicators, e.g., estimates of forest loss and particulate matter (PM2.5) exposure
http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/epi-environmental-performance-index-pilot-trend-2012
2014 Environmental Performance Index
Released in Davos, Switzerland at the 2014 annual meeting of the World Economic Forum
http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/epi-environmental-performance-index-2014
http://ciesin.columbia.edu/binaries/web/global/news/2013/indicatorsinpractice.pdf
Millennium Challenge Corporation Selection Indicators
Natural Resource Protection Indicator◦ Measure of level of protection
afforded to a country’s biomes
Child Health Indicator◦ Measure of a government’s
commitment to child health as indicated by child mortality, sound management of water resources and water systems, and proper sewage disposal and sanitary control
http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/nrmi-natural-resource-protection-child-health-indicators-2013
Climate Vulnerability Mapping for Mali Spatial vulnerability index
comprised of 18 indicators grouped into three vulnerability components◦ Exposure indicators include average
precipitation, interannual variation in precipitation and NDVI, flood frequency
◦ Sensitivity indicators include poverty measures, conflict, soil quality
◦ Adaptive capacity indicators include education, health, biome type, market access, irrigated area
Changes in index estimated under future climate scenarios
Developed for the USAID African and Latin American Resilience to Climate Change (ARCC) project
http://ciesin.columbia.edu/documents/Mali-CV-Mapping.pdf
Report to the UN Secretary-General delivered in November 2014:A World That Counts: Mobilising the Data Revolution for Sustainable Development
Key issues:◦ Accessibility and accountability◦ Expanded set of sustainable development
Indicators◦ Data innovation◦ Data landscape
UN Independent Expert Advisory Group on the Data Revolution for Sustainable Development
http://www.undatarevolution.org/
Needs Assessment of SDG Monitoring and Data for Development
Recommends a typology for Development Data
Provides estimates of envelope costs for sustainable development data production for 77 IDA countries
The global community should mobilize to collectively fund $1billion per annum in monitoring systems.
Innovations for cost reductions should be systematically integrated into broader data systems. This includes geospatial data, satellite data, crowd-sourcing, smart-meters, mobile phone data collection and data mining.
http://unsdsn.org/resources/publications/a-needs-assessment-for-sdg-monitoring-and-statistical-capacity-development/
SDG Goals and Geospatial Data (1)• Proposed indicator on losses from natural
disasters• Poverty maps
Goal 1 | End Poverty
• Crop yield estimates, soil characteristics, crop water productivity, irrigation
• Nutritional status maps
Goal 2 | Hunger and Food Security
• Health facility maps• Disease incidence and risk maps
Goal 3 | Health and Well-being
• School facility maps• Literacy and educational achievement mapsGoal 4 | Education
• Water resources • Water and sanitation access maps
Goal 6 | Water and Sanitation
• Roads, Public transportation• Mobility maps• Facilities inventories
Goal 9 | Access to Infrastructure
SDG Goals and Geospatial Data (2)• Access to public green space• Substandard housing mapsGoal 11 | Cities
• Energy productivity maps• Pollution maps
Goal 12 | Sustainable
Consumption• CO2 emissions• Exposure to extreme storms and droughts
Goal 13 | Combating Climate Change
• Coastal/Marine protected areas• Harmful algal blooms• Eutrophication
Goal 14 | Marine and coastal ecosystems
• Land cover, land degradation, bio-diversity• Protected areas
Goal 15 | Terrestrial ecosystems
• Maps of political violence• Crime maps• Refugee and IDP movement
Goal 16 | Peaceful and inclusive
societies
SDG Indicator Development Needs at the National Level
Core National Geospatial Data Capacity• Critical for numerous
indicator visualization and analysis
National Facilities and Infrastructure Inventories• 10 specific facility types
mentioned in SDG targets
National Medium Resolution Satellite Imagery at National Scale• Forests, land degradation,
soils, air, urban extents
Geo-referenced Population Data• Census data, built structures
Global Environmental Monitoring Systems• Water resources, air quality,
land degradation
For further information:http://www.ciesin.columbia.eduhttp://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu
Thank You!
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