Scope of Climate Change Related Statistics: Framework for the Development of Environment Statistics (FDES)

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Scope of Climate Change Related
StatisticsFramework for the Development of
Environment Statistics (FDES)

• Meeting on climate change related statistics for
  producers and users
• UNECE Task Force
• Geneva, Switzerland, 19-20 November 2012
• Julie L. Hass, Ph.D.
• Statistics Norway

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What would be included in Climate Change
related Statistics if FDES was used to define
the scope?
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Framework for the Development of Environment
Statistics (FDES)

• Objective of the FDES Guide the formulation of
  environment statistics programs

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1. Environmental Conditions and Quality

• Physical conditions
• Soil and land cover
• Biodiversity and ecosystems
• Environmental quality
• Outside StatisticalSystems

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2. Environmental resources and their use

• Non-energy mineral resources
• Energy resources
• Land
• Biological resources
• Water resources
• StatisticsEnergy, Agriculture,Mining,
  Forestry,Land use, Water use

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3. Emissions, residuals and waste

• Emissions to air
• greenhouse gases released to atmosphere
• Consumption (release) of ozone depleting
  substances
• StatisticsEnergy, Transport, Industrial
  production, Agriculture, Waste

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4. Extreme Events and Disasters

• Natural extreme events and disasters
• Statistics
• Cause of deathOtherwise mostly outside the
  statistical system

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Human Habitat and Environmental Health

• Human habitat
• Environmental health
• Statistics
• Population and demographics,health and mortality

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6. Environment protection, management and
engagement

• Protection and resource management expenditure
• Environmental governance and regulation
• Extreme event preparedness and disaster
  management
• Environmental information and awareness

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IPCC Schematic framework representing
anthropogenic drivers, impacts and responses to
climate change and their linkages