The UN Statistics Division is organizing this seminar, on the sidelines of the 47th Session of the UN Statistical Commission (UNSC 47), on the System of Environmental and Economic Accounting (SEEA), which was adopted as a common statistical standard in 2012. The SEEA provides the statistical framework for integrating environmental information with economic information from the System of National Accounts. Its accounting approach measures a number of indicators related to Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12 on sustainable consumption and production (SCP), by linking physical flow information with economic information (to support decoupling analysis), providing a mechanism to assess the environmental impact of economic activities, and highlighting financing and investment for SCP. The speakers at the side event will provide concrete examples of the use of the SEEA for the definition of SDG indicators related to water, SCP and agriculture for global and national monitoring and reporting.  

date: 9 March 2016  
venue: UN Headquarters, Conference Room 4  
location: New York City, US  
contact: UN Statistics Division  
fax: +1 (212) 963-9851  
e-mail: statistics@un.org  
www: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/statcom/47th-session/side-events/20160309-1M-SEEA-and-global-and-thematic-SDG-indicators/