M. Nagy, M. Cwiek, 30 Novembre - 1 Dicembre 2021 - Webinar: I cambiamenti climatici: sfide ed aspetti evolutivi dei sistemi statistici Titolo: UNECE's contributions to strengthening official statistics for informing policies on climate change and disaster risk reduction

1. UNECE's contributions to
strengthening official
statistics for informing
policies on climate change
and disaster risk reduction
Michael Nagy & Malgorzata Cwiek
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
30.11-1.12//2021

2. o Background: UNECE and Conference of European Statisticians (CES)
o Part A: UNECE work on climate change-related statistics
o Overview
o CES Recommendation on CC-related Statistics
o CES Set of Core Climate Change-related Indicators and Statistics
o Part B: UNECE work on disaster-related statistics
o Overview
o CES Recommendations on the Role of Offical Statistics in measuring Hazardous
Events and Disasters
o Conclusions and outlook
UNECE'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO STRENGTHENING OFFICIAL STATISTICS FOR INFORMING POLICIES ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND DISASTER
RISK REDUCTION, MICHAEL NAGY & MALGORZATA CWIEK, UNECE
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Background: UNECE and Conference of European Statisticians (CES)
One of the oldest international bodies on statistics
65 countries, including all UNECE and OECD countries
Founded in 1953; stems from the first Conference of Statistics
held under the League of Nations in 1928
Steered by the CES Bureau, composed of Chief Statisticians
from 8 countries and 6 international organizations
In 1991 developed and adopted the Fundamental Principles of
Official Statistics
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
Conference of European Statisticians (CES)
 One of five UN regional commissions
 Includes 56 Member States in Europe, North America and Asia
 Part of the UN Secretariat

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Part A: UNECE work on climate change-related statistics
Methodological work
 CES Recommendations on
CC-Related Statistics (2014)
 CES Core Set of CC-
Related Statistics and
Indicators (2020)
 In-depth review on the role of
the statistical community in
climate action (2020)
Sharing knowledge and good practices
 Annual Expert Fora for Producers
And Users of Climate-change Related
statistics since 2012
 2021 Expert Forum from 31 August
to 3 September
 UNECE good practices wiki
 Multiple tools and resources
facilitating the implementation of
recommendations
Capacity development
Objective
To make official statistics more useful for climate analysis and policy and promote involvement of national
statistical offices in GHG inventories
On environmental statistics for the
SDGs in EECCA countries incl.:
 SDG 13
 CES Core Set of CC-Related
Statistics and Indicators
 Energy and air emissions statistics
and accounts
In 2020 and 2022, EFTA/UNECE
Webinars on Climate Change-
related Statistics for EECCA
countries
Led by the CES Steering Group on CC-Related Statistics chaired by the Netherlands

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Part A: UNECE work on climate change-related statistics
2009
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
UNSC programme review on CC and official statistics
CES Task Force on climate change related-statistics
CES recommendations on CCRS
CES initial indicator set
CES recommendations on measuring
hazardous events and disasters
CES refined set of indicators
UNECE Expert Fora for
Producers and Users of
Climate Change-
Related Statistics

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Part A: CES Recommendations on Climate Change-related Statistics
Endorsed in 2014 by more than 60 countries and international organizations.
Mandate and background
 Task Force on Climate Change-Related Statistics: Canada (Chair), Finland, Italy,
Mexico, Norway, Qatar, the United Kingdom and international organizations (e.g.,
EEA, Eurostat, DG Clima, IPCC, FAO, UNFCCC and WMO)
 Established by the CES Bureau in 2011
Objectives
 Improve the contribution of the statistical community to the work on GHG
reporting
 Improve existing official statistics for the purposes of climate change analysis
building on the key competencies of official statisticians
Three groups of recommendations
1. On supporting greenhouse gas inventories
2. On other climate change-related statistics (than GHG inventories)
3. On statistical infrastructure
Download: https://unece.org/info/publications/pub/21901

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Part A: CES Set of Core Climate Change-related Indicators and Statistics
Endorsed in 2020 by more than 60 countries and international organizations.
Mandate and background
 Task Force: Italy (Chair), Canada, Finland, Kyrgyzstan, Luxembourg, Mexico,
Netherlands, Philippines, Romania, Russian Federation, Sweden, Turkey and international
organizations (e.g. Eurostat, FAO, IEA, OECD, UNEP, UNFCCC, UNSD, WHO)
 Established by CES Bureau in 2014, review of results in 2017 and refinement completed in
2020
Objectives
 Develop a core set of climate change-related statistics and indicators with definitions and
data sources recommended for regular production by CES member countries.
 Explore which statistics or indicators could be derived from SEEA-CF
Set of 44 core climate change-related indicators
• Follows the structure of the CES Recommendations (drivers, emissions, impacts, mitigation, adaptation)
• Paint the big picture of the most relevant climate change-related issues
• Address most relevant current policy questions
• Help to meet upcoming information needs
Download: https://unece.org/statistics/publications/CES-set-of-core-climate-change-related-indicators

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Part B: UNECE work on disaster-related statistics
Methodological work
 CES Recommendations on the Role of
Official Statistics in Measuring
Hazardous Events and Disasters (2019)
 Set of core disaster-related statistics
and indicators (ongoing work)
 Support statistical review of new
UNDRR/ISC Hazard Classification
(ongoing work)
Sharing knowledge and good practices
 First Global Expert Forum for Producers
and Users of Disaster-related Statistics
(hosted by UNECE, 7 – 10 June 2021)
 Co-organisation of future annual Expert
Fora
Capacity development
Objective
To make official statistics more useful for disaster-risk reduction, to clarify the role of official statistics and to
provide platforms for exchange of knowledge and experience across expert communities
• Capacity development on
production disaster-related
statistics currently combined with
capacity development activities
related to SDG indicators and
CES set of core climate change-
related statistics
2014: In-depth review (Mexico et.al) concluded that it is important to clarify the role of NSOs
2015: Establishment of the UNECE Task Force on Measuring Hazardous Events and Disasters
2019: Endorsement of the CES Recommendations on the Role of Official Statistics in Measuring Hazardous Events and
Disasters
2020: Publication of the CES Recommendations, and renewed mandate of the Task Force
Timeline

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Part B: CES Recommendations on the Role of Offical Statistics in measuring Hazardous Events
and Disasters
Endorsed in 2019 by more than 60 countries and international organizations.
Mandate and background
 Task Force on Climate Change-Related Statistics: Italy (Chair), Armenia, Germany,
New Zealand, Mexico, Moldova, South Africa, Turkey and international organizations (e.g.
ECLAC, Eurostat, FAO, UNDRR, ESCAP, WHO, WMO)
 Established by the CES Bureau in 2015 (mandate renewed in 2020)
Objective
 Develop Recommendations on the Role of Official Statistics (published 2020): Role of
NSOs and NSS; main data needs; needs for harmonization of classifications, terms and
definitions; etc.
Recommendations on the Role of Official Statistics in Measuring HED
• Defines scope and measurement framework (aligned with ESCAP DRSF)
• Clarifies role of National Statistical System
• Provides recommendations and guidance for implementation
• 11 case studies (Armenia, Belarus, Brazil, France, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Norway, Philippines, Turkey, USA)
Download: https://unece.org/statistics/publications/recommendations-role-official-statistics-measuring-hazardous-events-
and-disasters

10. Addressing climate change and disaster risk requires high-quality statistics and data to serve as
benchmarks for setting goals and monitoring progress.
Under the Paris Agreement, the governments need track and report their progress to the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) using nationally selected indicators.
The CES Climate Change-related Indicator Set provides the foundation for producing such data.
In a similar way, the currently developed CES indicator set on disaster-related statistics will help
countries to inform national DRR policies and support reporting under the Sendai Framework.
With growing focus on climate action, linking emissions with their drivers and underlying economic
activities is more and more important. A new Task Force will identify concrete ways how work of NSOs’
can contribute to achieving national climate objectives and showcase how existing statistics can be
used. Sharing best practices will continue with special focus on measuring climate change adaptation.
The emerging policy areas of climate change and disaster-risk reduction require a review of existing
classifications (e.g. hazard classification) as well as a harmonization of terms and definitions used in
statistics and by other expert communities. Close collaboration with users is critical to build common
understanding.
The UNECE Steering Group on Climate Change-related Statistics and the UNECE Task Force on
Measuring Hazardous Evens and Disasters bring together countries and organizations who want to
work together to solve these issues. ISTAT has been a key contributor since the beginning of this
work.
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Conclusions and outlook

11. Michael Nagy and Malgorzata Cwiek
UNECE Statistical Division
grazie
michael.nagy@un.org cwiek@un.org
per l’attenzione
And a very special THANK YOU to all Istat experts who have been collaborating with us in these
working areas since 2011, and to Angelica Tudini and Angela Ferruzza for their chairwomanship
in the UNECE Task Forces on climate change-related statistics and indicators, and measuring
hazardous events and disasters.