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Welcome Monitoring Sustainable Development in New Zealand

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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Welcome Monitoring Sustainable Development in New Zealand

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  1. WelcomeMonitoring Sustainable Development in New Zealand

  2. Monitoring Sustainable Development in NZ • Definitions • Approach Taken • Content of the Report • Other Related Projects • Questions and Discussion

  3. Definitions: What is sustainable development? Three Definitions: • Bruntland • Rio Declaration • Johannesburg

  4. 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….

  5. 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”

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. The New Zealand Context • Mäori perspective • New Zealand is a small island nation in the South Pacific • Global influences

  9. 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

  10. New Zealand’s Changing Population • Regional differences can mean population issues are important in some areas

  11. New Zealand’s Changing Population • Population data is fairly well developed for NZ • Five-yearly Census of Population and Dwellings data

  12. Environment and Ecosystem Resilience • What the indicators show: • Air quality is deteriorating in some areas • Freshwater quality is variable

  13. Environment and Ecosystem Resilience • Pests, weeds and diseases continue to threaten • 35 percent of modelled fish stocks are below target level • Loss of biodiversity

  14. Environment and Ecosystem Resilience

  15. Environment and Ecosystem Resilience • Gaps in our knowledge • Bridging the gaps • Science or management?

  16. 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

  17. Consumption and Resource Use • Gaps in our knowledge • Bridging the gaps

  18. Social Cohesion • What the indicators show • Social connectedness • Human rights • Culture and identity • Safety and security

  19. Social Cohesion • Gaps in our knowledge • Bridging the gaps • Headline indicators?

  20. 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

  21. 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

  22. Economic Growth and Innovation • New Zealand’s GDP per capita ranking dropped from 1950s to early 1990s • Changing balance of industry contributions

  23. Economic Growth and Innovation • Increase in international financial interconnections

  24. Economic Growth and Innovation • GDP measures formal economic activity

  25. 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’

  26. Living Standards and Health • Ongoing increase in life expectancy

  27. Living Standards and Health • Income and employment rates reflect economic growth • Differences within New Zealand

  28. Living Standards and Health • No measurement of the impact living standards have on the environment • Limited range of health indicators in the report

  29. Other Related Projects • Other indicator work • One-number approaches • Better linkages • Other presentation styles

  30. 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?

  31. 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

  32. Finally….. The presentation is available on Statistics New Zealand’s website. http://www.stats.govt.nz/sustainablenz

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