Progress made by the Joint Task Force on Environmental Indicators in 2012

1. Progress made by the Joint Task Force on Environmental Indicatorsin 2012 Nona ILIUKHINA UNECE Environment Division

2. Work accomplished during 2012:5th session (4-6 July) &6th session (30 Oct-1 Nov) • Altogether considered 12 indicators from the Guidelines and 12 additional indicators • 12 indicators from the Guidelines: • Emissions of pollutants into the atmospheric air • Greenhouse gas emissions • Household water use per capita • Water losses • Land uptake • Fertilizer consumption • Air temperature • Atmospheric precipitation • Drinking water quality • Final energy consumption • Total energy consumption • Average age of road motor vehicle fleet

3. Work accomplished during 2012:5th session (4-6 July) &6th session (30 Oct-1 Nov)(continued) • 12 additional indicators, not covered by the Guidelines: • Total water use • Public water supply • Connection to public water supply • Population connected to wastewater treatment • Wastewater treatment facilities • Concentrations of pollutants in coastal seawater and sediments (except nutrients) • Biosphere reserves and wetlands of international importance • Invasive alien species • Catches of fish and other aquatic animals and products • Water-use intensity by agriculture • Cropping and livestock patterns • Gross nitrogen balance

4. Summary analysis12 indicators from the Guidelines • No problems for most countries for the following indicators: • Air temperature • Atmospheric precipitation • Drinking water quality • Some problems encountered for the following indicators: • Emissions of pollutants into the atmospheric air • Greenhouse gas emissions • Household water use per capita • Water losses • Final energy consumption • Total energy consumption • Land uptake • Fertilizer consumption • Average age of road motor vehicle fleet

5. Summary analysis12 additional indicators • Agreed on the texts of the following indicators: • Total water use • Public water supply • Connection to public water supply • Population connected to wastewater treatment • Wastewater treatment facilities • Concentrations of pollutants in coastal seawater and sediments (except nutrients) • Biosphere reserves and wetlands of international importance • Invasive alien species • Water-use intensity by agriculture (title changed to “Irrigation”) • Gross nitrogen balance • (!) Not approved: • Cropping and livestock patterns • Catches of fish and other aquatic animals and products

6. Future work:7th session JTF (2-4 July 2013) • Indicator No. 35 from the Guidelines "Waste reuse and recycling“ • 6 additional water-related indicators • Total water use • Public water supply • Connection of population to public water supply • Population connected to wastewater treatment • Wastewater treatment facilities • Concentration of pollutants in seawater and sediment • Proposal for additional transport and environment indicators

7. Future work:8th session JTF (4-6 November 2013) • 2 additional agri-environment indicators • Irrigation • Gross nitrogen balance • 2 additional environment-related energy indicators • Final electricity consumption • Gross electricity production • 2 additional biodiversity indicators • Biosphere reserves and wetlands of international importance • Invasive alien species • Indicator on Environment protection expenditure • Proposal for green economy indicators

8. Future workThe Joint Task Force agreed • Start revising the text of the ECE Guidelines by: • introducing the agreed amendments to the descriptions of the individual indicators • adding tables on calculation of indicators with relevant glossaries of terms and references • including additional indicators into the Guidelines, whose descriptions have been agreed by the Joint Task Force.

9. Future work: funding • Current funding available till April 2013 under the ENPI-SEIS project • Additional funds are required to continue work after April 2013

10. Thank you for your attention and cooperation!