INDICATORS FOR A RESOURCE EFFICIENT GREEN ASIA. Dr. Anthony Chiu, APRSCP Dr. Stefanos Fotiou, UNEP

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1 1 INDICATORS FOR A RESOURCE EFFICIENT GREEN ASIA D H i Sh dl CSIRO Dr. Heinz Schandl, CSIRO Dr. Anthony Chiu, APRSCP Dr. Stefanos Fotiou, UNEP

2 Contents 2 The initiative and the conceptual framework The full set of indicators Prioritization Follow up

3 3 Iii Initiative i and concept

4 The need for Indicators on Resource Efficiency i in Asia and the Pacific (AP) 4 Overall GHG emissions increased from from 10 billion to 16 billion tonnes High environmental cost of growth in AP AP: biggest consumer of natural resources Water supplies likely to be increasingly under pressure as demand and populations increase Resource efficiency deteriorated the last decade Right policies need credible information Changing land use systems: although efficiency is generally improving the urbanization trend is still in its infancy

5 Indicators in the Policy Cycle 5 Problem framing Indicators inform about issues and trends; help agenda setting and allow for an informed public debate Monitoring and evaluation Policy framing Indicators will measure Idi Indicators underpin policy progress in achieving policy goals and figure prominently objectives and the in policy statements in the form effectiveness of policies of targets Policy implementation Policy instruments will be selected with a view on performance indicators

6 Purpose and applications 6 Scope: inform, monitor and communicate national scale SCP, GE and RE progress and activities Users: Regional and country level stakeholders from government, academia, NGOs, businesses Purpose and applications Domains of application: Applied to regional level activities; Usable and relevant to national level Time frame covered: historic trends where possible from 1970 to the latest available date

7 The Policy Domains of Indicators 7 Green economy A macro-economic approach. Focus on investing in green economic activities, infrastructure and jobs Sustainable development SCP Policies, tools and practices that support the green economy Focus on capacity building and mainstreaming of eco-efficient production and responsible consumption behaviours Resource efficiency Achieving greater wellbeing whilst reducing resource use and emissions. Focus on systems performance, technologies and lifestyles

8 Conceptual framework for Indicators 8 Social and economic indicators Environmentalindicators indicators Economy Social System Everyday lf life Natural system Political system N Pressure indicators Materials Energy Water Land Waste Emissions State indicators Climate Water and soils Biodiversity Natural Resources Ecosystemhealth

9 Indicators Framework 9 Environment Economy Governance Society Function Provision of Economic Establishment Social natural system of collectively system resources; sinks for waste and regulation of scarcity binding decisions Conceptual background Empirical approach emissions i Social (industrial) metabolism Quantitative analysis of metabolism (whole of life cycle perspective) Macroeconomic theory Quantitative analysis of economic activity (System of National Accounts) GDP, employment, investment, debt, inflation Policy and institutional theory Qualitative historical and institutional analysis Sociology Qualitative and quantitative social analysis Standard d Material, energy GDP Effectiveness Social indicators flow, emissions and efficiency of government cohesion, equity

10 The process to develop them 10 Request from Countries (SWITCH- Asia PSC) Regional 4-7/2013 Workshop 10/2013 Selection of high priority indicators 11/2012 Mapping 9/2013 Prioritization 11/2013 exercise

11 11 The Indicators

12 8 (+1) Headline domains and 32 (++) 12 Idi Indicators (1) Domestic Material Consumption (5) Physical Trade (7) Material Productivity (2) Natural Primary Energy Resource Supply Balance Trade (8) Energy Resource Productivity (3) Total Water Use (6) Unit Price of (9) Water Productivity Use Dependency (4) GHGs Emissions Trade (10) GHG Intensity (11) Water Use Agriculture (12) Emissions of the Energy (13) Eco-efficiency Material Use for Manufacturing of Production (14) Material Use for Construction (15) Emissions of Transport (16) Material Footprint of Services Investing in Green Economy (17) Material (18) Energy (19) Water (20) Carbon (GHG) Consumption FOOTPRINTS ADJUSTED Adjusted Resource (22) Energy Productivity Productivity (21) Material Productivity (23) Water Productivity (24) GHG Intensity ($/kg) Enabling the Green Economy (25) Total Green Investment (29) Total Green taxes (26) Share of Green Investment (30) Share of Green Taxes (27) Green Investment in Manufacturing (31) Subsidies for natural resources (28) Green Investment in Urban Infrastructure (32) Share of subsidies Economic Growth and Human Development HDI, Gini, Poverty, GDP, Population, Employment, Investment, Debt, Inflation rate

13 13 Pi Prioritazationi i

14 Prioritization headline indicators for 8 main indicator domains were proposed and 60 experts (governments, academia, NGOs, provate sector) were asked to prioritize the proposed indicators and assess their feasibility using a 3 digit Likert scale 10 indicators classified as high priority, 12 indicators as medium priority and 10 indicators as low priority

15 15 High and Medium Priority

16 16 Low Priority

17 Selected Indicators for Pilot 17 Material, energy, and water that fuel economic development and human wellbeing in Asia The emission cost of growth and wellbeing Using Asia s s natural resources most efficiently (resource productivity) The water for Asia s food production Emissions i for producing Asia s energy The materials for the consumer goods The materials for Asia s housing and infrastructure Emission for getting around Material footprint of services The material, energy, and water for consumption The emission cost of consumption

18 18 Fll Follow Up

19 Next steps 19 Pilot dataset t Pathway to impact Institutional arrangements Integration with other UN initiatives Work on Indicators for Sustainable Cities

20 Challenges 20 Data sets (availability and quality) Primary data for Green Economy domains Clarity on Green Investments Definition Environment Ministries and Statistical Offices cooperation

21 21 Thank you!