Food for thought in three steps Reflection on the overall goal Comparison with SEEAEEA system of accounts Priorities for further investment Green Economy Living well within ecological limits Ecosystem ID: 357932
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Priorities for further development of (component accounts for) EU ecosystem accounting system
Food for thought in three steps:
Reflection on the overall goal
Comparison with SEEA-EEA system of accounts
Priorities for further investmentSlide2
Green Economy: Living well within ecological limits
Ecosystem
services
ECOSYSTEMS
Policy
Values
Technology
Science
Market
Industry
SOCIO-TECHNICAL SYSTEMS
p
roviding social needs and value
Environmental externalities
W
ithdrawals from the ecosystems
D
eposits
E
missions
P
ollution
system
system
system
Foodsystem
Energysystem
Mobility
systemSlide3
7th EAP: ‘Living well, within the limits of the planet’
Ecosystem accountingSlide4
Managing natural capital
Planetary boundarySlide5
Managing natural capital well
Planetary boundary
Safe operating space
Manage (service) trade-offs (
as we please?)Slide6
Managing natural capital well & respecting societal limits
Planetary boundary
Conservation boundary
Safe operating space
Manage (service) trade-offs within limitsSlide7
b) From draft technical guidance for SEEA-EEA
EEA focusSlide8
b) From draft technical guidance for SEEA-EEASlide9
c) Summing-up – tasks for the workshop
Review current state of development
Understand technical underpinning of key component accounts
Identify important policy and analytical uses
Agree main criteria for development of EU ecosystem accounting systemIdentify key design elements of EU systemDevelop list of next steps for development of EU ecosystem accountsSlide10
EEA considerations for ecosystem accounts:
(Simplified)
e
cosystem (capital) accounts should ideally be:
Representative of key ecosystem functions / types of ecosystem capital stockTargeted on functional ecological units (water basins, ecosystem types
etc.)Aligned with key EU policy targets & planetary boundaries
Transparent and easily communicableLook at trends that are likely to show a clear signal
Follow an analytical approach aligned with characteristics of data (i.e. avoiding analytical over-reach)
Be nested in existing ecosystem accounting guidance Slide11
Priority tasks
Further refine user needs & policy targets
Be clear about what we want to achieve (within 3 years, 5 years, 10 years)
Decide whether to go broad or narrow
- all ecosystems? - all SEEA-EEA accounts? - ambition of geo-referencing? - fully integrated or focused on key trends?
Review data foundation in relation to accounting ambition/targetsUnderstand resource requirements of different approaches
Develop approach for co-development with MSSlide12
Calculation chain for land accounts
Minimise
data uncertainty
Reduce methodological errors
Common spatial grid & nomenclature
Define ecosystem accounting & analytical unitsSlide13
Thank you for your attention!
Jan-Erik.Petersen@eea.europa.eu
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Key objectives in designing an integrated EU ecosystem accounting system
Relevant - provide a knowledge base to support policy (7
th
EAP, Biodiversity Strategy, EU Semester, 2030 SD agenda) and environmental management (biophysical and monetary assessment - extent, type, condition and value of ecosystems and their services); enable environmental analysis (providing trend information and indicators) and enable integrated
assessment (linking to economic and social information). Acceptable – approach (experimental/demonstration, stepwise standards and recommendations, long term development process) is accepted by key producers/users such as policy makers (EU and national), statistical community, academia, civil society and business
.
Credible – unambiguous, reproducible results and transparent methodology.Easy – technically feasible and implementable with current/planned future levels of data availability and quality, applicable at different spatial scales, findings can be communicated clearly. Robust – application of statistical standards (concepts, classifications, units) and ecosystem accounting guidance (SEEA-EEA); consistency
in approach among sub accounts, data integration, data quality. Slide15
How to add things up / develop a shared index?
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Agronomy / ecosystems :
Nitrogen
Water
Phosphate
PotassiumTemperature
‘Liebig’s law’
Water
= harvest