Building resilience to climate change in the Pacific islands
Jillian Campbell, 1 November 2012
Interconnected systems
Interconnected systems
Money will buy a bed but not sleep; books but not
brains; food but not appetite; finery but not
beauty; a house but not a home; medicine but not health; luxuries but not
culture; amusements but not happiness
Interconnected systems
What is important?
What is important?
National Minimum Development Indicators
Global, regional and national realization that we should measure what matters.
Sustainable Development Goals
Territory of reference
EnvironmentEnvrironmental Assets (stocks)-Land-Water-Ecosystems-Soil-Etc.
Economy
Activities-Production-Consumption-Accumulation
Instruments -Financial/Monetary
-Taxes/subsidies-Financing-Resource rent-Permits
Actors-Enterprises-Households-Government-Non-profit institutions
Outside territory of reference
Outside territory of reference
Analytical and Policy Frameworks
-Productivity analysis-Natural resource management-Climate change-Green Growth/Green Economy
Land/Resources/Ecosystem services
Emissions/waste
SEEA
Why SEEA?When information is presented separately it is hard to see how it fits together
Why SEEA?
Improving the ability to measure in a holistic fashion is the key to understanding the complex relationships between human-activity and our environment.
Thank you