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Welcome Monitoring Sustainable Development in New Zealand. Monitoring Sustainable Development in NZ. Definitions Approach Taken Content of the Report Other Related Projects Questions and Discussion. Definitions: What is sustainable development?. Three Definitions: Bruntland
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Monitoring Sustainable Development in NZ • Definitions • Approach Taken • Content of the Report • Other Related Projects • Questions and Discussion
Definitions: What is sustainable development? Three Definitions: • Bruntland • Rio Declaration • Johannesburg
Definitions: What is sustainable development? • Bruntland: “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” • Rio Declaration: “Human beings are at the centre of concerns for sustainable development. They are entitled to a healthy and productive life in harmony with nature” Continue….
Definitions: What is sustainable development? • Johannesburg “a collective responsibility to advance and strengthen the interdependent and mutually reinforcing pillars of sustainable development – economic development, social development and environmental protection – at local, national, regional and global levels”
Approach taken • Developed by a cross-agency team • Provide a national overview • Aimed at a general audience • Worked closely to international guidelines • Fit to New Zealand, by linking with the other indicator work • Selected indicators using the United Nations framework, analysed using the OECD capital model
Content of the Report • The New Zealand Context • New Zealand’s Changing Population • Environment and Ecosystem Resilience • Consumption and Resource Use • Social Cohesion • People’s Skills and Knowledge • Economic Growth and Innovation • Living Standards and Health
The New Zealand Context • Mäori perspective • New Zealand is a small island nation in the South Pacific • Global influences
New Zealand Population New Zealand’s Changing Population • Population growth is slowing • Ethnic diversity is increasing • The population is ageing • Regional growth patterns are very diverse
New Zealand’s Changing Population • Regional differences can mean population issues are important in some areas
New Zealand’s Changing Population • Population data is fairly well developed for NZ • Five-yearly Census of Population and Dwellings data
Environment and Ecosystem Resilience • What the indicators show: • Air quality is deteriorating in some areas • Freshwater quality is variable
Environment and Ecosystem Resilience • Pests, weeds and diseases continue to threaten • 35 percent of modelled fish stocks are below target level • Loss of biodiversity
Environment and Ecosystem Resilience • Gaps in our knowledge • Bridging the gaps • Science or management?
Consumption and Resource Use • What the indicators show • Household consumption has increased and so to has household waste • Recycling of packaging waste and paper increased • Energy has increased
Consumption and Resource Use • Gaps in our knowledge • Bridging the gaps
Social Cohesion • What the indicators show • Social connectedness • Human rights • Culture and identity • Safety and security
Social Cohesion • Gaps in our knowledge • Bridging the gaps • Headline indicators?
Educational achievement is associated with higher incomes New Zealanders are gaining more qualifications We have high rates of pre-school attendance Peoples Skills and Knowledge
People’s Skills and Knowledge • Education is a way to raise skills and knowledge • There is limited information about the total set of people’s skills
Economic Growth and Innovation • New Zealand’s GDP per capita ranking dropped from 1950s to early 1990s • Changing balance of industry contributions
Economic Growth and Innovation • Increase in international financial interconnections
Economic Growth and Innovation • GDP measures formal economic activity
Economic Growth and Innovation • Links between economic activity and environmental or social outcomes • UN suggest ‘Total Overseas Development Aid given or received as a proportion of GDP’ • OECD suggest ‘multifactor productivity growth’
Living Standards and Health • Ongoing increase in life expectancy
Living Standards and Health • Income and employment rates reflect economic growth • Differences within New Zealand
Living Standards and Health • No measurement of the impact living standards have on the environment • Limited range of health indicators in the report
Other Related Projects • Other indicator work • One-number approaches • Better linkages • Other presentation styles
Questions and Discussion • Does the report add value to what is already available? • Should it be updated? • Should another approach be adopted? • If this report is repeated: • are there any indicators/topics that should be dropped? • are there any other indicators/topics that should be included? • Priorities?
Where to from here? • Seminars around New Zealand • Further consultation with interested parties • Please complete the questionnaire by 31 October • Indicate interest in taking part in further consultation at the end of this seminar • Consultation completed 30 November • Report on all the feedback will be available end of December
Finally….. The presentation is available on Statistics New Zealand’s website. http://www.stats.govt.nz/sustainablenz