B. Bacigalupi, 30 Novembre - 1 Dicembre 2021 - Webinar: La domanda europea e nazionale di informazioni statistiche "green" Titolo: The European demand for environmental statistics and accounts

1. The European demand for environmental
statistics and accounts
Barbara Bacigalupi
European Commission, DG Environment
XIV edizione della Conferenza nazionale di statistica
online webinar
La domanda europea e nazionale di informazioni statistiche "green"
19 Novembre 2021

2. European Green Deal

3. EGD - ENV key policy priorities (1/2)
1. Circular economy action plan (March 2020)
For a cleaner and more competitive Europe
• Focus on production, key value chains and waste prevention
• 35 actions, including to revise monitoring framework
2. EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030 (May 2020)
Bringing nature back into our lives
• Ambitious EU targets and commitments for 2030 to achieve healthy
and resilient ecosystems
• More than 100 actions, including a monitoring framework and a
knowledge centre (link to global Biodiversity monitoring)
3. Zero-pollution action plan (May 2021)
Towards zero pollution for air, water and soil.
• Ambition: Air, water and soil pollution is reduced to levels not harmful
to health and natural ecosystems and within planetary boundaries
• 33 actions, including Zero Pollution Monitoring and Outlook Reports

4. EU Monitoring framework for
the Circular economy

5. Monitoring progress on Circular economy 2.0
Current approach New approach
• 12 individual indicators
• In 5 main groups
– production/consumption;
– waste management;
– secondary raw materials;
– competitiveness and innovation;
– global sustainability and resilience
• Covering the entire loop
• Capturing main CE elements
• Also presented on a website,
continuously updated
• Covering the entire loop, more balance
• Holistic view
• Website
• 10 individual indicators
• In 4 main groups
– production/consumption;
– waste management;
– secondary raw materials,
– competitiveness/innovation

6. The Biodiversity dashboard to report on targets
Targets
KCBD
DASHBOARD
Displayed by:
- country/EU
- policy
IF…
Relevant to biodiversity policies ✅
AND IF…
Quality control of Indicators
- Scientifically validated ✅
- Documented ✅
- Open Source ✅
- Accessible ✅
AND IF…
Underpinning data are FAIR
- Findable ✅
- Accessible ✅
- Interoperable ✅
- Reusable ✅
KCBD catalogue of indicators
… THEN
- Documentation / Definition
- Organize indicators by policies
- Select & indicate provider
Review
Import
Reorganize
Calculate indicators
With BISE
With DOPA
Others?
Knowledge service
Identify gaps
Existing catalogues of
indicators (EU & global)
- EEA/Eurostat catalogue
- DOPA catalogue
- DG ENV catalogue
- Biodiversity Indicators
Partnership catalogue
- IPBES catalogue
- Others?

7. Zero Pollution Action Plan – Monitoring and Outlook
• Integrated Monitoring and Outlook framework to be developed as
much as possible on the basis of existing indicators, see details in
SWD(2021) 141 (including proposed indicators in the Annexes)
• First report prepared for end 2022 – second report in 2024
• Shortcomings in terms of thematic (e.g. soil and chemicals) and time
coverage (e.g. frequency of data)
• Closely coordinated and integral part of 8th EAP, SDGs and other
frameworks including pollution-relevant indicators
• Proposed indicators mainly linked to zero pollution targets (not all
are under ‘zero pollution’ heading and some are under development)

8. EGD - ENV key policy priorities (2/2)
4. Proposal for a Decision on A Environment Action
Programme 2030 (October 2020)
• 2050 vision : living well within the planetary boundaries in a
regenerative economy
• Implementing the climate and environmental objectives of the EGD
with engagement of stakeholders at all levels.
• Monitoring framework to assess progress in the EU and MS

9. Monitoring progress on
Key EU environment policies

10. Monitoring of progress in the 8EAP - legal text
The Commission’s proposal for an 8th EAP foresees:
 Regular assessment and reporting
 by the Commission, supported by the agencies
 on the progress of the Union and the Member States with regard to achieving
its priority objectives
 without prejudice to existing monitoring, reporting and governance
frameworks and exercises covering environment and climate policy
Additional EP proposals:
 A Commission report on interlinkages between different monitoring tools by
30 June 2022
 Setting up a “Beyond-GDP” indicator set by 30 June 2023, on the basis of the
above-mentioned report
 A reinforced governance: annual progress reports and recommendations to
Member States

11. Defining the 8EAP monitoring framework
Purpose: Impact/Outcome and link to 2030 target
Focus: Environment and Climate policy,
including pressures
Narrative/key question: In light of the 2050 vision and 2030 targets,
what is the progress towards the 6 priority
objectives as identified in the programme?
Target audience: ENVI ministers & general public (TBD)
Granularity: EU, MS, Regional, Local (where possible)
Reporting: Annual stocktake and more in-depth
assessments mid-programme (2024) and
end-programme (2029)

12. Headline indicators for the 8EAP (1/2)

13. Headline indicators for the 8EAP (2/2)

14. Tentative timeline
Draft list of Indicators -
Discussion in the Commission
Consultation of Member
States and stakeholders
Revised version and
adoption of the MF
EKC, Commission services
(Spring 2021)
Principles “Towards an 8th
EAP monitoring framework”
Publication of the Principles and
consultation (February 2021)
Adoption of the proposal for the 8th EAP
announcing the monitoring framework
Member States workshop
(September 2021)
Commission adoption
Fine-tuning of the 8EAP MF
after negotiations on the legal
text are concluded
Agreement on the 8EAP legal
text, probably under SI
Presidency (by end 2021)
Commission adoption of 8th EAP
(October 2020)
Trialogue and adoption of the 8th EAP
Publication of the draft MF and
launch of consultation
Stakeholders workshop
(October 2021)

15. Statistics for
the European Green Deal
1. Measuring progress towards the objectives and
targets
2. Monitoring frameworks for the Biodiversity Strategy,
Zero Pollution, (revised) Circular economy, 8th EAP
3. Assessing ‘do no harm principle’ in sectoral policies
4. Ensure we leave no one behind
5. Supporting the Multi Annual Financial Framework and
its new own resource on plastics

16. Role of European Statistics for the EGD
1. High quality European statistics are fundamental
2. Improving the quality of existing statistics (timeliness,
comparability, granularity) for both mandatory and voluntary data
collection (e.g. Joint ESTAT-OECD questionnaire)
3. Developing Natural capital/ecosystem accounting at EU level;
Forest accounts ; data on Environmental Harmful Subsidies.
4. Monitoring links environment/social (e.g. environmental inequalities ,
just transition)
5. Better understanding of interlinkages among sectoral statistics and
environmental/social/economic data
6. Cooperation between the European Statistical System with
other data sources (e.g. Copernicus, Citizens Science, Modelling and
research, EU agencies, big data) to better exploit existing data and
limit administrative burden to National Statistical Institutes

17. Thank you for your attention!
barbara.bacigalupi@ec.europa.eu
European Green Deal:
https://ec.europa.eu/info/strategy/priorities-2019-2024/european-
green-deal_en
8th Environment Action Programme:
Environment action programme to 2030 (europa.eu)