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Using Indicators to Measure “Greening” Progress:
The Role of the EGSS FrameworkTan Ding Yong
Research and Partnerships Unit Economics and Trade Branch (ETB)
UNEP
14 May 2014
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Presentation Outline
• Overview of UNEP’s indicator work• Why focus on the EGSS?• Recap of 2011 EGSS workshop• Looking ahead
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Overview of UNEP’s indicator work
• Guide to using indicators
– UNEP (2014, forthcoming): Using Indicators For Green Economy Policymaking
– Sets out methodology for using indicators
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Overview of UNEP’s indicator work
• Country-level projects
– Raising awareness of indicator concepts
– Pilots in Mauritius, Ghana, Mozambique, Uruguay
– Individual report on country experiences
– Synthesis report in October 2014 (expected)
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Overview of UNEP’s indicator work
• Inclusive Green Economy Index– Objectives
• Measure progress towards a green economy • Galvanise public opinion
– Components• Inclusiveness• Greenness• Driving green growth
– Outstanding issues• Dashboard v index• Outcome v policy
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Overview of UNEP’s indicator work
• Inclusive Wealth Report (2012)
– Shifts away from conventional metrics (e.g. GDP)
– Broader conception of wealth: natural, manufactured, human, and social capital
– Results from pilot: IWI per capita in 6 of 20 countries declined
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Overview of UNEP’s indicator work
• Collaboration with international organisations– 2013: Scoping paper with
OECD, World Bank and GGGI under Green Growth Knowledge Platform (GGKP)
– Different institutions use different indicator sets
– Moving towards a common indicators framework
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Why the EGSS?
• GGKP framework to measure green economy– Indicator types
• Natural assets• Environmental and resource efficiency• Environmental quality of life• Socio-economic• Policies
• Economic opportunities
– Data readily available for most indicator types• Used by OECD, World Bank, GGGI and UNEP in various
indicator frameworks
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Why the EGSS?
• Economic opportunities – Why is this important?
– Tangible benefit; easily understood
– Prospect of opportunities underpinned political support
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Why the EGSS?
• EGSS framework: best measurement of economic opportunities– Starting point: Eurostat’s EGSS handbook
(2009)– Offers a measure of:
• Output• Gross Value Added• Employment• Exports
– Limitations• Not yet widespread• What should be covered?
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2011 EGSS Workshop: Main points
• Key question: is EGSS suitable for measuring investment in and growth of green sectors?
• Examples from Netherlands, Austria, ROK, Mexico
• EGSS is a good starting point, but challenges need to be addressed:– Dynamic nature of RM activities– Classification and coverage– Practical issues
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Looking ahead
• What needs to be done?– Encouraging wider application of EGSS
• How can EGSS be applied in a country?
– Learning and disseminating best practices• What are the lessons to be learnt from frontrunner
experiences?
– Chart a way forward for EGSS use• What needs to be done? How should we go about it?
– Identify specific areas of cooperation to expand the application beyond EU of the EGSS as part of the SEEA• What are the concrete projects we can look into?
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Thank You
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