Strengthening Environment Statistics for Monitoring the SDGs

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1 Strengthening Environment Statistics for Monitoring the SDGs How the FDES can help countries compile environmentally-related SDG indicators Environment Statistics Section, United Nations Statistics Division

2 SDGs Timeline 19 July 2014: Proposal for the SDGs to the General Assembly by the UN General Assembly s Open Working Group 6 March 2015: Creation by the Statistical Commission of an Interagency and Expert Group on SDG Indicators (IAEG-SDGs) composed of Member States and including regional and international agencies as observers to provide a proposal of a global indicator framework (and associated global and universal indicators) 25 September 2015: Adoption of the 2030 Development Agenda by the General Assembly. Contains the 17 Goals and 169 Targets 11 March 2016: Global indicator framework of 230 indicators agreed as a practical starting point by the Statistical Commission 10 March 2017: The Statistical Commission recommended to the Economic and Social Council the adoption of a resolution adopting the global indicator framework, stating that indicators will be reviewed in 2020 and 2025, and requesting the IAEG-SDGs to further refine and improve the global framework.

3 The 17 SDGs

4 SDG Indicators 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), 169 Targets and 230 Indicators. Indicators classified in three Tiers: Tier 1: indicator conceptually clear, established methodology and standards available and data regularly produced by countries (83 ind.). Tier 2: Indicator conceptually clear, established methodology and standards available but data are not regularly produced by countries (59 ind.). Tier 3: Indicator for which there are no established methodology and standards or methodology/standards are being developed/tested (83 ind.). Not everything is set in stone and there are methodologies that need to be developed. Custodianship Each indicator has at least one custodian agency Role of developing metadata and collecting the data from the countries Adjust data for comparability and make estimates if necessary Dissemination SDG indicators database ( The Sustainable Development Goals Report Secretary-General s Progress Report

5 Environment Statistics and the SDGs dimension of sustainable development fully fleshed out in the goals: 6. Clean Water and Sanitation 7. Affordable and Clean Energy 1 Sustainable Cities and Communities 12. Responsible Consumption and Production 1 Climate Action 1 Life below Water 1 Life on Land and also mainstreamed/embedded under all other goals (2,3 8 and 9) Almost half of the SDG targets require environment statistics to compile their indicators. Need for improvement in data and statistics to monitor progress on the SDGs and the associated need for statistical capacity building is key for developing countries.

6 SDGs Goal 1 Goal 2 Goal 3 Goal 4 Goal 5 Goal 6 Goal 7 Goal 8 Goal 9 Goal 10 End poverty in all its forms everywhere End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation Reduce inequality within and among countries green (Goals 6 and 7) - entire goal is environmental orange (Goals 2, 3, 8 and 9) - selected targets are environmental

7 SDGs (cont.) Goal 11 Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable Goal 12 Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns Goal 13 Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts Goal 14 Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development Goal 15 Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss Goal 16 Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels Goal 17 Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development green (Goals 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15) - entire goal is environmental

8 SDG Tg 2.4: By 2030, ensure sustainable food production implement resilient agriculture that help maintain ecosystems strengthen capacity for adaptation to climate change, extreme weather, drought, flooding and other disasters and improve land and soil quality 6. 2.

9 SDG Tg 9: By 2030, substantially reduce the number of deaths and illnesses from hazardous chemicals and air, water and soil pollution and contamination 6. 2.

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11 6. 2. SDGTg 9.4: By 2030 upgrade infrastructure and retrofit industries to make them sustainable, with increased resource-use efficiency and clean and environmentally sound technologies SDGTg8.4: Improve resource efficiency in consumption and production and decouple economic growth from environmental degradation 6. 2.

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15 Matching SDG targets/indicators with BSES of FDES example 1: disasters 6. 2.

16 example 2: waste generation and management 6. 2.

17 6. 2. example 3: terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems

18 example 4: forest 6. 2.

19 example 5: water quality, wastewater 6. 2.

20 example 6: pollution/environmental health 1/2

21 example 6: pollution/environmental health 2/2

22 SDG indicators and the UNSD/UN Environment Questionnaire UNSD involved in the methodological development or data collection (through the UNSD/UN Environment Questionnaire on Environment Statistics) of 6 indicators of three goals. Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns Source: Tier Classification for Global SDG Indicators, 20 April 2017

23 Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all Target 6.3: By 2030, improve water quality by reducing pollution, eliminating dumping and minimizing release of hazardous chemicals and materials, halving the proportion of untreated wastewater and substantially increasing recycling and safe reuse globally. => Indicator 6.1: Proportion of wastewater safely treated Target 6.4: By 2030, substantially increase water-use efficiency across all sectors and ensure sustainable withdrawals and supply of freshwater to address water scarcity and substantially reduce the number of people suffering from water scarcity. => Indicator 6.1: Change in water-use efficiency over time => Indicator 6.2: Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources

24 Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable Target 16: By 2030, reduce the adverse per capita environmental impact of cities, including by paying special attention to air quality and municipal and other waste management. => Indicator 16.1: Proportion of urban solid waste regularly collected and with adequate final discharge out of total urban solid waste generated, by cities

25 Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns Target 12.4: By 2030, achieve the environmentally sound management of chemicals and all wastes throughout their life cycle, in accordance with agreed international frameworks, and significantly reduce their release to air, water and soil in order to minimize their adverse impacts on human health and the environment. => Indicator 12.2: Hazardous waste generated per capita and proportion of hazardous waste treated, by type of treatment => Indicator 12.1: National recycling rate, tons of material recycled

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