Monitoring Sustainable Development Welcome Monitoring Sustainable Development in New Zealand

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

Monitoring Sustainable Development Definitions: What is Sustainable Development? Three definitions concerning SD: Bruntland ( 1987, Publication of the Brundtland report “Our common future” ) Rio Declaration ( 1992, UN Conference on the Environment and Development (UNCED)(Earth Summit) ) Johannesburg ( 2002, World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) )

Monitoring Sustainable Development 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….

Monitoring Sustainable Development 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”

Monitoring Sustainable Development 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

Monitoring Sustainable Development 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

Monitoring Sustainable Development The New Zealand Context Mäori perspective New Zealand is a small island nation in the South Pacific Global influences

Monitoring Sustainable Development New Zealand’s Changing Population New Zealand Population Population growth is slowing Ethnic diversity is increasing The population is ageing Regional growth patterns are very diverse

Monitoring Sustainable Development New Zealand’s Changing Population Regional differences can mean population issues are important in some areas

Monitoring Sustainable Development New Zealand’s Changing Population Population data is fairly well developed for NZ Five-yearly Census of Population and Dwellings data

Monitoring Sustainable Development Environment and Ecosystem Resilience What the indicators show:  Air quality is deteriorating in some areas  Freshwater quality is variable

Monitoring Sustainable Development Environment and Ecosystem Resilience  Pests, weeds and diseases continue to threaten  35 percent of modelled fish stocks are below target level  Loss of biodiversity

Monitoring Sustainable Development Environment and Ecosystem Resilience

Monitoring Sustainable Development Environment and Ecosystem Resilience Gaps in our knowledge Bridging the gaps Science or management?

Monitoring Sustainable Development 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

Monitoring Sustainable Development Consumption and Resource Use Gaps in our knowledge Bridging the gaps

Monitoring Sustainable Development Social Cohesion What the indicators show  Social connectedness  Human rights  Culture and identity  Safety and security

Monitoring Sustainable Development Social Cohesion Gaps in our knowledge Bridging the gaps Headline indicators?

Monitoring Sustainable Development Peoples Skills and Knowledge

Monitoring Sustainable Development 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

Monitoring Sustainable Development Economic Growth and Innovation New Zealand’s GDP per capita ranking dropped from 1950s to early 1990s Changing balance of industry contributions

Monitoring Sustainable Development Economic Growth and Innovation Increase in international financial interconnections

Monitoring Sustainable Development Economic Growth and Innovation GDP measures formal economic activity

Monitoring Sustainable Development 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’

Monitoring Sustainable Development Living Standards and Health Ongoing increase in life expectancy

Monitoring Sustainable Development Living Standards and Health Income and employment rates reflect economic growth Differences within New Zealand

Monitoring Sustainable Development Living Standards and Health No measurement of the impact living standards have on the environment Limited range of health indicators in the report

Monitoring Sustainable Development Other Related Projects Other indicator work One-number approaches Better linkages Other presentation styles

Monitoring Sustainable Development 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?

Monitoring Sustainable Development 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

Monitoring Sustainable Development Finally….. The presentation is available on Statistics New Zealand’s website.