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Jean-Louis Weber, European Environment Agency

Explore policy uses of environmental accounts and indicators at the London Group Meeting in Copenhagen. Understand the importance of dialogue, scenarios, and institutional frameworks in shaping environmental policies and decision-making processes.

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Jean-Louis Weber, European Environment Agency

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  1. London Group MeetingCopenhagen, Denmark 22-24 September 2004Session: Policy uses of environmental accounts Jean-Louis Weber, European Environment Agency

  2. Policy uses of environmental accounts… but what is the QUESTION ? The answer is definitely YES

  3. Policy uses and policy processes • The « good indicator » tells a story that users can understand: e.g. the oil and mineral resource depletion and their substitution to other types of assets (2nd Session). Users buy (after discussion) good indicators. • Production being a long & costly process and timeliness being an issue for users, it is often not possible to wait that users express their requirements… • Statisticians need to be pro-active, to anticipate, to analyse the market (the policy needs as expressed in national and international regulations…), and to participate in policy processes

  4. Ways of dialogue • The language issue: indicators are first of all communication tools • Indicators developments: joint activity involving stakeholders, decision makers, not only technicians: e.g. IRENA indicators in Europe • Scenarios making on top of model development: e.g. Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (International Conventions, effect on ecosystems and on human well-being), the PRELUDE approach at the EEA …

  5. EEA Experts Stakeholders Qual. Scen ☺Floods ☺ Biodiv. … European Land Use Change Scenarios The main driving forces behind land use change are climate change, population growth and technical and economic development, particularly of the transport and agriculture sectors. The environmental impacts of land use change are complex, and may affect air quality, water quality and quantity, landscape structure and biodiversity … Scenario making: an approach to dialogue Example: the PRELUDE project at the EEA ‘Story-and-Simulation‘ Quant. Scen. Data & Modelling Group(s)

  6. Adapt to various institutionnal settings • Institutional frameworks: • National accounts, specific role of the ministry of finance • Environmental planning, specific role of the ministries of environment and of finance • State of Environment Reporting (Envir) • Integration of environment in sector policies (Agri, Transport…) • Prospective analysis, specific role of science in assessments, emerging issues… • Participatory processes, public, local government, companies • International context, the Conventions

  7. So, what to do within the London Group ?

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