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Report of experimental energy flow accounts - Indonesia
The compilation of Indonesia's experimental energy flow accounts is intended to broden the coverage of accounts in Indonesia's Integrated System of Economic and Environment Accounts (Sisnerling). This report contains various accounts describing the supply and use of energy by environment and economic units as well as air emission released to the environment as a result of energy use activities.
TEEB for Agriculture & Food: Scientific and Economic Foundations
The TEEB AgriFood ‘Scientific and Economic Foundations’ report addresses the core theoretical issues and controversies underpinning the evaluation of the nexus between the agri-food sector, biodiversity and ecosystem services and externalities including human health impacts from agriculture on a global scale.
e-Learning Platform of the United Nations Statistics Division
The System of Environmental-Economic Accounting 2012—Central Framework is a multipurpose conceptual framework for measuring the interactions between the environment and the economy. By providing an internationally agreed standard with agreed concepts, definitions and classifications, the SEEA is an invaluable tool for compiling integrated statistics on the economy and the environment and deriving coherent and comparable indicators to measure progress towards sustainable development.
2nd Policy Forum on Natural Capital Accounting for Better Decision Making: Applications for Sustainable Development (Part 2: Case Studies)
This publication resulted from the discussions and written contributions to the 2nd Policy Forum on Natural Capital Accounting for Better Decision Making. In particular, the 2nd Policy Forum discussed how NCA as an integrated measurement framework is able to support the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its accompanying Sustainable Development Goals. Part 2 of this publication focuses on cases studies.
2nd Policy Forum on Natural Capital Accounting for Better Policy Decisions: Applications for Sustainable Development (Part 1 - Takeaways)
This publication resulted from the discussions and contributions to the 2nd Policy Forum.
The Global Value of Mangroves for Risk Reduction: Summary Report
Mangroves act as natural defenses that protect people and property from flooding, reducing coastal risk. Yet these protective benefits are often not fully accounted for in policy and management decisions, and mangroves continue to be lost. This work rigorously values the social and economic coastal protection benefits provided by mangroves.
Environmental Economic Accounting: A common national approach strategy and action plan
A national approach to SEEA implementation, for coherent and integrated data for decision making.
Comparing the cost effectiveness of nature-based and coastal adaptation: A case study from the Gulf Coast of the United States
This study applies a quantitative risk assessment framework to assess coastal flood risk (from climate change and economic exposure growth) across the United States Gulf of Mexico coast to compare the cost-effectiveness of different adaptation measures.
Natural capital accounting for the sustainable development goals: Current and potential uses and steps forward
Lessons about how NCA could help countries address SDG challenges.
European Commission: Natural Capital Accounting
The first priority objective of the 7th Environment Action Programme (7th EAP) is to protect, conserve and enhance the European Union’s natural capital.