This strategy sets out how a common national approach to the implementation of the United Nations System of Environmental-Economic Accounting will provide coherent and integrated data for decision making by governments, business and the community. Similar to the System of National Accounts, the creation of a robust set of nationally consistent environmental-economic accounts requires a long-term iterative process, with the quantity and quality of accounts built and improved over time. Governments will work in partnership with academia, the community and the business sector to deliver these essential accounts and to integrate them into public and private decision making.