Definition of a set of SCP Action Plan Indicators for the Mediterranean October 17 th, 2016 SWITCH-Med Programme is funded by the European Union Magali OUTTERS Team Leader policy Area SCP/RAC Alessandro GALLI Indicators expert SCP/RAC
Regional policy component Starting date: October 2012 End date Extended until june 2017 Expected result Proposal for the integration of SCP in the Regional Mediterranean policy governance framework are submitted for approval to the Contracting Parties of the Barcelona Convention. A SCP Road Map for the Mediterranean is developed. 2
Main results of the Regional Policy Component SCP as one of the key theme of the UfM Ministerial Declaration on Environment and Climate Change (May 14) Adoption of the SCP Action Plan for the Mediterranean and its Roadmap for implementation at the COP 19 of the Barcelona Convention (Feb 16) 3
Activity 1.2: Integration of SCP proposals into the UNEP/MAP Barcelona Convention policy and governance process 1 regional stakeholers consultation meeting with 40 organisations (oct 2015) 2 SCP/RAC focal points consultation meetings + online consultation Development of 5 drafts of the documents, integrating more than 400 comments from 20countries Preparation of a Decision to submit the SCP Action Plan to the MAP FP and CPs Coordination with the MSSD review process 4
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6 Consumption and production priority areas
Structure of the SCP Action Plan 3 Strategic objectives SO1 SO2 SO3 4 consumption and production priority areas 12 operative objectives Food, Fisheries and Agriculture Goods Manufacturing Tourism Housing & Construction 51 suggested actions and related regional activities 7
Evaluation of the SCP AP 56. The evaluation will be done on the basis of the accomplishment of the strategic and operational objectives of the Action Plan, using appropriated indicators measuring progress on SCP mainstreaming and streamlining at the regional level. To this end, the definition of a set of regional indicators will be required and will build on existing SCP indicators frameworks (UNEP, OECD, EEA, etc.). In this regards, and as suggested during the Extraordinary Meeting of the SCP/RAC Focal Points (November 2014, Barcelona), a Technical Working Group on SCP Indicators for the Regional Action Plan will be put in place by the Contracting Parties. Its specific mandate will be subject of a proposal to be submitted for consideration and approval by the Contracting Parties; it should include the establishment of a baseline against which progress will be measured. 8
aims AIMS o Identify a suite of SCP Indicators for future use in monitoring national and regional progresses against the SCP Action Plan o Map their current availability in the 21 contracting parties of the Barcelona Convention as well as in Jordan and Palestine o The aim IS NOT to come up with new indicators BUT rather identify those existing indicators that will best support SCP monitoring in the region, while ensuring consistency with other processes (e.g., SDGs) 9
timeline Desk Work Consultations Adoption o Review preliminary list of indicators on October 17th o Revised list shared by end of November for 2nd round of review o Written consultations with National SCP Focal Points and SCP experts by December 23rd o Final list of indicator and mapping exercise completed by mid February 2017 o Review at various meetings of the MAP governance process in before final consideration at the 2017 Barcelona Convention COP 10
the approach used 11 Overall, preference was given to compile a comprehensive list of indicators theoretically apt for tracking SCP o SCP-related indicators were taken from SDG 12 and coupled with SCP-relevant indicators from the other SDGs o The UN SDGs Report 2016 was reviewed to get a better sense of data availability for the agreed SDGs indicators o Other non-sdgs, SCP-relevant indicators provided and/or promoted by international organizations were identified and added to the list o Final indicator list compared with BE indicators and indicators computable from the SEEA
the approach used 1) SECTORS vs. TRANSVERSAL THEMATIC AREAS: Indicators can be applied to multiple sectors and they are defined on the basis of their research question that is the parameter/theme they aim to measure: as such they have been grouped by transversal thematic areas rather than the sectors to which they are applicable. 2) A short set of thematic macroindicators, possibly useful in communicating SCP progresses, has also been included 12 Transversal issues Land use; Water efficiency; Resource efficiency; Energy efficiency; Pollution (generated by waste water, chemicals, solid waste, etc.). Transportation & Mobility Consumer Behavior. Transversal issues Land use; Water (Efficiency) Energy (efficiency) Pollution Resource (Efficiency) Terrestrial Resource (Efficiency) Marine Behavior (Consumers & Producers)
scope of this workshop o Gather feedbacks on the selected indicators and inputs on the availability of these indicators within countries o Per each indicator, we would like to know whether it is: useful and measurable, useful but not measurable not useful o In few instances, alternative indicators have been presented for a single parameter; only one to be selected. o Additionally, we would like to gather feedbacks on which Ministry/department in each nation is responsible for reporting on each indicator 13
overview Thematic Area Indicators Identified Indicators Available Indicators Available % LAND USE 6 3 50% WATER (EFFICIENCY) 5 4 80% ENERGY (EFFICIENCY) 7 4 57% POLLUTION 12 10 83% RESOURCE (EFFICIENCY) - TERRESTRIAL 5 5 100% RESOURCE (EFFICIENCY) - MARINE 5 1 20% BEHAVIOR (PRODUCERS & CONSUMERS) 17 10 59% SUB-TOTAL 57 37 65% MACRO-INDICATORS 9 5 56% TOTAL 66 42 64% 14
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Land Use Indicators Identified Indicators Available SDG MSSD BE SEEA 1a Proportion of agricultural area under productive and sustainable agriculture No Yes 2.4.1 No TBC 1b Agricultural area organic, total Yes No 2.4 No TBC 2 Global food loss index No Yes 12.3.1 No No 3a Index of sustainable forest management No Yes 15.2.1 No TBC 3b Net permanent forest loss TBC No 15.1; 15.2.1 No TBC 3c Area of Certified forest TBC No 15.2 No TBC 16
Water (efficiency) Indicators Identified Indicators Available SDG MSSD BE SEEA 4 Water Productivity Yes No 6.4 No Yes 5a Freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources (also known as water withdrawal intensity) 5b Agricultural water withdrawal as % of total renewable water resources Yes Yes 6.4.2 No No Yes No 6.4.2 No No 6 Direct use of agricultural drainage water Yes No 6.3; 6.4 No No 7 Degree of integrated water resources management (IWRM) implementation (0-100) No - only aggregates Yes 6.5.1 No No 17
Energy (efficiency) Indicators Identified Indicators Available SDG MSSD BE SEEA 8a Proportion of population with primary reliance on No - in piloting Yes 7.1.2 No No clean fuels and technology phase 8b Access to non-solid fuel (% of population) Yes No 7.1 No No 9 Renewable energy share in the total final energy consumption Yes Yes 7.2.1 No Possi bly 10 Energy Intensity of the Economy Yes Yes 7.3.1 No Yes 11 Investments in energy efficiency as a percentage of GDP No Yes 7.b.1 No Possi bly 12 Total Energy use Yes No - No Yes 13 Amount of fossil-fuel subsidies per unit of GDP (production and consumption) and as a proportion of total national expenditure on fossil fuels No Yes 12.c.1 No Possi bly 18
19 SCP Indicator Selection: Pollution Indicators Identified Indicators Available SDG MSSD BE SEEA 14 CO2 emission per unit of value added Yes Yes 9.4.1 No Yes 15 Demand-based CO2 emissions Yes No 9.4 No Yes 16 Annual mean levels of fine particulate matter in cities Yes Yes 11.6.2 No Possibl y 17 Air Pollution Yes No 11.6.2 No Yes 18a Proportion of wastewater safely treated No - by 2018 Yes 6.3.1 No Yes 18b Generation and discharge of wastewater by pollutant Yes No 6.3 NO Yes 19 Generation of waste Yes No 11.6; 12.4 No Yes 20 Gross Nutrient Balance (as defined by Eurostat) or the Yes No 12.4 No No similar Gross Nitrogen Balance (as defined by EEA) 21 Fertilizes nutrient use on arable and permanent crop area Yes No 6.3; 12.4; 14.1 No Yes 22 Pesticide Use Yes No 6.3; 12.4 No Yes 23 Use of Chemicals products by sectors No No 6.3; 12.4 No Yes 24 Signatory of 1 to 3 international multilateral environmental agreements (Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions) on hazardous waste, and other chemicals Yes - to be derived Yes 12.4.1 No No
Resource (efficiency) Terrestr. Indicators Identified Indicators Available SDG 25 Material footprint (MF) per GDP Yes Yes 12.2.1; 8.4.1 26 Material footprint (MF) per capita Yes Yes 12.2.1; 8.4.1 27a Domestic material consumption Yes Yes 12.2.2; (DMC) per GDP 8.4.2 27b Resource Productivity Yes No 12.2.2; 8.4.2 28 Domestic material consumption Yes Yes 12.2.2; (DMC) per capita 8.4.2 MSSD BE SEEA No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes 20
Resource (efficiency) Marine Indicators Identified Indicators Available SDG MSSD BE SEEA 29 Proportion of fish stocks within biologically sustainable levels 30 Marine Trophic Index (also called Mean Trophic Level (TL) of fisheries landings) No - only global result available Yes - to be extracted from Sea AroundUs database Yes 14.4.1 Yes No No 14.4 No No 31 Sustainable fisheries as a percentage of No No 14.7 No TBC GDP 32a % of fish catch with sustainable fishing No No 14.2 No No methods 32b Percentage of certified fishery No No 14.2 No No 21
22 SCP Indicator Selection: Behavior (Consumers-Producers) Indicators Identified Indicators Available SDG MSSD BE SEEA 33 Number of countries with sustainable consumption and production (SCP) national action plans or SCP mainstreamed as a priority or target into national policies 34a Target 12.6 Live Tracker (also called Sustainability Disclosure Database) 34b Number of companies that have joined the UN Global Compact Initiative. 35a Number of countries implementing sustainable public procurement policies and action plans 35b SPP/GPP as a percentage of total public procurement (in terms of monetary value) 36 Green Patents (also called Patents of Importance to Green Growth and Development of environment-related technologies, % all technologies) 37a Share of national budget spent on R&D for sustainable consumption and production (SCP) and environmental sound technologies 37b R&D expenditure of importance to Green Growth (also called Environmentally related R&D expenditure, % GDP) No Yes 12.1.1 No No Yes No 12.6 No No Yes - derived from UNGC website No 12.6 No No No Yes 12.7.1 No TBC TBC No 12.7 No TBC Yes No 12.7 Yes TBC No No - 12.a No Possibly Yes No 12.a No Possibly
23 SCP Indicator Selection: Behavior (Consumers-Producers) Indicators Identified 38a Number of sustainable tourism strategies or policies and implemented action plans, with agreed monitoring and evaluation tools 38b Number of tourist beds (hotel/facilities) holding eco-label (EMAS, ISO 14000, ) as % of total beds Indicators Available SDG MSSD BE SEEA No Yes 12.b.1 No Yes TBC No 12.b Yes TBC 39a EU Ecolabel licences Yes No 12.1; 12.6 39b Number of EPDs Yes - from No 12.1; Environdec 12.6 database 39c EMAS certifications (per million inhabitants) Yes No 12.1; 12.6 No No 40 Total amount of approved funding for developing countries to promote the development, transfer, dissemination and diffusion of environmentally sound technologies No Yes 17.7.1 No TBC 41a Prevalence of overweight and obesity Yes No 2.2 No No 41b Diet-related death rate Yes No 2.2 No No 42 Adherence to the Mediterranean dietary pattern Yes - several metrics No 2 No No No No No No
Thematic Macro-Indicators Indicators Identified Indicators Available SDG MSSD BE SEEA 43 Carbon Footprint Yes No 9.4 No Yes 44 Water Footprint Yes No 6.4 No Yes 45 Land Footprint TBC No 12.2 No Yes 25- Material Footprint Yes Yes 12.2.1; No Yes 26 8.4.1 46 Nitrogen Footprint No - only a few No - No Possibly countries 47 Chemical Footprint TBC No 12.4 No Possibly 48 Ecological Footprint Yes No 12.2; 8.4 No Yes 49 Ocean Health Index Yes No 14.2 No No 50 Environmental Democracy Index No - only few No No (or Aarhus Convention Index) countries available No 16.3; 16.10; 16.6; 16.7 24
Operational objectives coverage Operational Objectives Coverage by Indicators Identified Gaps Operational Objective 1.1: Promoting Innovation and Knowledge in the implementation of Best Environmental Practices and Technologies in the growing, harvesting, processing and consumption phases, allowing efficient management of resources, minimizing environmental impacts of the FFA sector in all its life cycle. Operational Objective 1.2: Develop the policy and legal framework to promote sustainable agriculture, fisheries and food production and consumption, with special focus on the Mediterranean Diet, engaging local communities and small-medium scale producers, distributors & retailers of sustainable Food, Fisheries and Agriculture products. Operational Objective 1.3: Sensitize and educate food producers, retailers and consumers, and support the development of appropriate market tools and information, to promote sustainability throughout the value chains of agriculture and fisheries management, as well as food processing and food distribution. Good coverage Coverage with minor gaps Coverage with minor gaps Med diet promotion Med diet promotion 25
Operational objectives coverage Operational Objectives Coverage by Indicators Identified Gaps Operational Objective 2.1: Promote sustainability-driven innovation8 and knowledge and the integration of Best Available Techniques (BATs) and Best Environmental Practices (BEPs) through the entire value chain of goods production, including the upstream and downstream flows of resources and waste, paying particular attention to the life-cycle of manufactured goods. Operational Objective 2.2: Develop integrated policy making and the legal framework to promote sustainable consumption, production and recovery in the goods manufacturing sector with the aim to move towards a circular economy Operational Objective 2.3: Educate and raise awareness of consumers and other stakeholders and support the development of market structures, increasing the visibility and market share of sustainably manufactured, used and disposed-of goods and alternative services. Coverage with minor gaps Coverage with minor gaps Coverage with minor gaps Jobs in sustainable manufacture (more general sust. jobs) Employment in sustainable jobs Education and promotion 26
Operational objectives coverage Operational Objectives Coverage by Indicators Identified Gaps Operational Objective 3.1: Develop and promote practices and solutions to ensure efficient use of natural resources and reduce environmental impacts of tourism, respecting spatial, ecological, and socio-cultural carrying capacities of the destination Operational Objective 3.2: Promote regulatory, legislative and financial measures to mainstream SCP in the tourism consumption and production area, to reduce tourism seasonality creating green and decent jobs and to promote local community engagement and empowerment Operational Objective 3.3: Raise awareness, capacities and technical skills to support sustainable destinations and green tourism services, and promote the development of appropriate marketing and communication tools to ensure a competitive sustainable Mediterranean Tourism Partially covered Not covered Partially covered Promotion, And Management Marketing, communicati on and capacity building 27
Operational objectives coverage Operational Objectives Coverage by Indicators Identified Gaps Operational Objective 4.1: Promote innovation and knowledge and the integration of Best Available Techniques (BATs) and Best Environmental Practices (BEPs) that enhance resource efficiency throughout the entire planning and construction process and life cycle of a building Operational objective 4.2: Develop and strengthen the regulatory and legal framework to enhance the contribution of the housing and construction sector to sustainable economic development, social integration and cohesion, and environmental integrity Operational Objective 4.3: Sensitize and raise awareness of all stakeholders involved in urban planning, housing and construction, including consumers, professionals of the sectors and institutions and develop capacities for mainstreaming sustainable urban development 28 Not covered Partially covered Not covered Most of the actions are not measurable (except green build. code) Jobs and annual m3 of construction (coastal) Most of the actions are not measurable (except SCP in education)
Operational objectives coverage Operational Objectives Coverage by Indicators Identified Gaps Actions applicable to all priority areas: Beyond the operational objectives and specific actions of each of the four consumption and production priority areas, several actions apply to all priority areas Partially covered Knowledge exchange and promotion of civil society led SCP initiatives 29
workshop scope & next steps o Gather feedbacks on the selected indicators Are there indicators that should be removed? Any missing indicator? o More specifically, we would like to know whether selected indicators are: useful and measurable, useful but not measurable not useful o In case of alternative indicators for a single parameter: Which indicator should be kept and which one removed? o Additionally, which Ministry/department in each nation is responsible for reporting on each indicator? 30
Country page template Indicator Name Indicator description Reason for Indicator Inclusion SDG Y/N SDG # Int. body Available in Country Time Coverage Last baseline available value data year Unit Reporting body in the Country Nationallysourced value Contact Details NOTES/ COMMENTS LAND USE Proportion of agricultural area under productive and sustainable agriculture Measures the share of a country's total agricultural area that is under productive and sustainable agriculture. Measures progress in the extent to which sustainable agricultural production activities are being put in place in a country, over time. Y 2.4.1 FAO Yes 1971-2012 2012 5.7 % MoAgr. 6.2 Name email Useful not useful unavailable 31
Thank You! Alessandro Galli Magali Outters Policy.switchmed@scprac.org