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Discussant: Session 5. The Way Forward

Discussant: Session 5. The Way Forward. Julie L. Hass, European Commission – Eurostat Climate Change, Development and Official Statistics 11-12 December 2008 Seoul, Korea. Extremely ambitious – very exciting – with many recommendations!.

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Discussant: Session 5. The Way Forward

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  1. Discussant: Session 5. The Way Forward Julie L. Hass, European Commission – Eurostat Climate Change, Development and Official Statistics 11-12 December 2008 Seoul, Korea

  2. Extremely ambitious – very exciting – with many recommendations! • What is realistic? Need a vision but also something we can breakdown into a step-by-step implementation plan. • Practically – how to we implement these recommendations? (Some help in section IX) • Balance between challenges and visions on one side and reality on the other.

  3. Climate Change is happening…It is being picked up by our statistical systems.Where is it? How do we identify changes that can be related to climate change? Official Statistics – what do we have control over? • Definitions • Classifications • Methodologies • Data Quality Recommendation I. is related to the topic of standard concepts and classifications

  4. Climate Change policy goals: Korea and India Reduce GHG emissions Green Technology Green convergence tech. Create new green jobs Enhance corp. competitiveness Reinvent land, urban area, buildings and transport Life-style changes-green products Green Education Eco-friendly tax reform National Green Brand Specific areas: UNEP, Philippines Water Ecosystems Food Coasts Health Energy Transport Buildings Material recycling, substitution Agriculture Forestry Waste What should we look at?

  5. Temperature Precipitation Sea levels Extreme events What do we believe are causing changes in the normal patterns? Economic activity Agriculture / Forestry Energy use Waste Impacts and vulnerabilities Ecosystems – terrestrial & marine Water resources Food security /safety Human health Settlements and society Mitigation and Adaptation What is climate change? Philippines…

  6. Recommendation III. Production of InventoriesFoundations of Emissions Inventories: Pollution / emission registers Production Statistics Economic Statistics Energy Statistics Agriculture Statistics Waste Statistics Forestry Statistics

  7. Recommendation V. Government Finance Mitigation and adaptation expenditures • Definition • Classification • Methodology – Budget analysis • Record in national accounts as a tax • Results in transfers of taxes between countries – not allowed in the national accounts at this time Recommendations VI &VII Emission Trading Schemes in the national accounts

  8. Recommendations I.2 and XI. GIS and spatial data / land use / land cover • Needs work – demand for this type of information; need to devise smart ways to protect the individual data • Not sure this merits 2 recommendations • Indicators – this should naturally develop from the analysis such as the one done by the Philippines – this is a longer term goal. Recommendation XII. Identify CC indicators

  9. Coordination and governance • When you look at the broad areas of statistics that relate to climate change – is it realistic that a group that only have responsibility for environmental accounts and statistics (UNCEEA) lead this work? • Perhaps – but we need the entire statistical system to work on this not just environmental statistics and accounts!

  10. And finally… • Section IX helps us understand the priorities that are being proposed. • Short/medium/long-term actions is a good way to set up these proposals - helps us understand what is meant. • Again this is very ambitious and very exciting. • We need to be sure to focus our efforts and limited resources where it will do the most good – not spread ourselves too thin.

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