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Monitoring of Sustainable Development Recent Developments in Austria Renate Cervinka renate.cervinka@meduniwien.ac.at. Overview. Monitoring and SD - Indicators Psychological research and activities in transdisciplinary teams (1999 - 2004) Monitoring of SD in Austria - recent developments

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  1. Monitoring of Sustainable Development Recent Developments in AustriaRenate Cervinka renate.cervinka@meduniwien.ac.at

  2. Overview • Monitoring and SD - Indicators • Psychological research and activities in transdisciplinary teams (1999 - 2004) • Monitoring of SD in Austria - recent developments • Tasks and further research questions

  3. Indicators and Monitoring • In 1987 the Brundtland Commission demanded new methods for assessing progress towards SD • In 1992 UN CSD was founded to monitor and report on implementation of the agreements at the local, national, regional and international levels • In 1995 UN CSD - work programme for 134 indicators (econom., soc., environm., institut.)

  4. UN-CSD Test Phase (1996-2000) • 22 pilot countries • Austria,... Belgium, .... Czech Republic,.. Finland,....Germany,... • Based on earlier results from OECD, Europ. Institutions (e.g. EEA, Eurostat) and other organisations work on indicators continued • Development of different frameworks, models and indicators for spec. purposes resulted (DSR, PSR, DPSEEA, DPSIR,...)

  5. Psycho-Social Aspects of Sustainability Indicators_1 Cervinka et al. 2001/2003 • Screening of models and systems • Analysis of available data in Austria • Development of a project model • Research focus on the „individual actor“

  6. Psycho-Social Aspects of Sustainability Indicators_2Cervinka et al. 2001/2003 • Combination of objective and subjective data (see Cervinka &Neudorfer 2004) • Example: Environmental Stressors • Statement: ...

  7. Location of the collector: in the north of Vienna Length of the collector: 18 km Problem: odour annoyance caused by a sewage collector

  8. Technical solution: Addition of calcium-nitrate ( Prevention of anoxic decomposition processes) „Help me, it stinks!“ Psychological Part: Evaluation of the mitigation measure (assessment of odour annoyance)

  9. Evaluation: • Chemical/physical/olfactometric measurements • psychological assessment

  10. Odour Annoyance 2000:

  11. H2S and Odour Annoyance: Street 2 (2001) Street 3 (2001)

  12. Statements:

  13. The Austrian Strategy for SD_1 • April 2002 • 4 Fields of Action • Quality of Life in Austria (14) • Austria as a Dynamic Business Location (11) • Living Spaces in Austria (19) • Austria‘s Responsibility (4) • 48 Indicators on key objectives

  14. The Austrian Strategy for SD_2 • Further development of indicators is needed • Based on a systematic approach • „Aspects of people‘s perception and sensation and „needs“ must be taken into consideration (see Cervinka et al. 2001)

  15. Human - Environment Interdependency Human, Society & Environment Giegrich, Möhler, Borken, 2003

  16. Systematic Approach /NAPSIR(Needs-Activities-Pressures-State-Impact-Response) Giegrich, Möhler, Borken, 2003

  17. In Accordance With • Brundtland Definition • Position of Environmental Psychology • Austrian Strategy for Sustainable Development • International Approaches (e. g. PSR)

  18. Recent Developments • 2003 Transdisciplinary task force • Sept. 2003 Workshop (N = app. 100) • „Systematic Approach“ - The German „Two Sphere Model“ (Giegrich et al. 2003) • Under discussion: „Fields of Actions“

  19. Workshop, September 30th, 2003

  20. Proposed Topics for Monitoring SD in Austria Forthcoming: Definition of indicators

  21. Reader: Monitoring SD in Austria http://www.nachhaltigkeit.at/strategie/pdf/Monitoring_NHE.pdf • English Summary • Tool for consultation and a basic document for discussion of QoL in Austria • Principle of participation • similar development in UK (www.sustainable-development.gov.uk)

  22. Past work in psychological and transdisciplinary teams (research, lectures, preperatory work, commentary work, editorial tasks..) Future ? definition of indicators for the fields environment(landscape, ecosystems, consumption of land, climate, noise, radiation) man/society (nutrition, living, health and wellbeing, education, justice, work, participation, security, culture, leisure, mobility, risks, governance, freedom) Indicators and Monitoring: Tasks and further Research Questions

  23. Thank you for your attention! Renate CervinkaInstitute of Environmental Health Center of Public Health renate.cervinka@meduniwien.ac.at

  24. 2004: Indicator Report of Austriahttp://gpool.lfrz.at/gpoolexport/media/file/IndikatorenBericht_06_28.pdf • 48 Indicators • Review of progress towards SD in Austria on the basis of key objectives • In German language

  25. A clean and healthy environment is essential for achieving the prosperity and quality of live that we want for ourselves and for our children • 25 years of environmental measurement • responsibility to safeguard the environment and keep the public informed.

  26. Public Opinion on SD Issues • Looking to the data in detail, much effort is needed to ensure that the EU will meet its indicative targets by 2005, 2010,2020 resp.

  27. Selected Information on Environmental Indicatores • Targets will not be reached • Electricity from renewables - further effort is needed • Passanger and freight transport have grown faster than GDP

  28. Positive Example

  29. Public Opinion Climate Change Energy Intensity Electr. f. Renewables Biodiversity Fisheries Organic Farming Transport Air Emissions Urban Air Quality Leaflet Topics

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