Africa SDG session 1

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01 Methodology and Reporting

- Custodian for 26 Sustainable Development Goal Indicators and supporting the development of many others

- Responsible for development methodologies, collecting data and reporting to the global indicator process

- Building synergies between the Sustainable Development Goals, the Multilateral Environment Agreements and international initiatives

- Research on emerging areas of environment statistics, including climate change, gender, ecosystem accounting, Oceans, chemicals and waste, and sustainable consumption and production

Annual SDG indicators and other environment statistics produced by countries which follow international statistical standards

High-quality data, consistent definitions and documented methodologies is produced across Ministries

Environmental indicators and statistics help inform environment assessments which strengthens the scientific basis for decision making

The primary purpose of environment statistics is to inform national policy in order to have policy which translates into a better environment and better lives

Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing economic growth... these are one and the same fight. We must connect the dots between climate change, water scarcity, energy shortages, global health, food security and women's empowerment. Solutions to one problem must be solutions for all.

Ban Ki-moon

01 Methodology and reporting

01 Methodologies and reporting

- Developing methodologies, collecting data and reporting data to the global Sustainable Development Goal process

- Promoting synergies between the Sustainable Development Goals, the Multilateral Environment Agreements and international initiatives

- Research on emerging areas of environment statistics, including climate change, gender, ecosystem accounting, Oceans, chemicals and waste, and sustainable consumption and production

02 Analysis and visualization

- Refining UNEP Live to provide access to Sustainable Development Goal indicators, environmental data and assessments

- Promoting data and statistics in national, regional and global reports and assessments

- Developing multipurpose indicators and geospatial datasets which can bring information together for policy makers

03 Capacity building

- Provide tools and training to countries on measuring, monitoring and reporting on the environment

- Technical assistance for environment statistics and accounting, particularly for the SDG indicators under UN Environment custodianship and natural capital accounting and valuation

UN Environment Indicators

Environment

indicators

- There are more than 80 SDG

indicators related to the environment.

UN Environment is the custodian for 26 indicators.

- Geospatial indicators and disaggregated information is particularly important for environmental assessment.

- For improved environmental outcomes

there is a need to present policy

makers with a holistic look at the

environment as opposed to

indicators in silos

Goal 6: 6.3.2, 6.5.1, 6.6.1, 6.a.1, 6.b.1

Water quality, water resource management,

freshwater ecosystems and water and sanitation

Goal 8 and 12: 8.4.1, 8.4.2, 12.1.1, 12.2.1, 12.2.2, 12.3.1,

12.4.1, 12.4.2, 12.5.1, 12.6.1, 12.7.1, 12.a.1, 12.c.1

Sustainable consumption and production, including material

flow accounts, chemicals and wastes, environmental policy, food waste and fossil fuels.

Goal 14: 14.1.1, 14.2.1, 14.5.1

Ocean related indicators on marine litter, acidification, marine

management and coverage of protected areas

Goal 15:15.1.2, 15.4.1, 15.9.1

Protected areas, including mountains, and national

targets for the Convention on Biological Diversity

Goal 17: 17.7.1, 17.14.1

Environmentally sound technology

and sustainable development

policy

Links between SDGs and MEAs

Sustainable Development Goal Indicator process

The UN Environment perspective