1. Physical Flow Accounts: UNSD SEEA Training of Trainers Seminar
Overview
UNSD SEEA Training of Trainers Seminar
7-10 July 2015, Santiago
Joe St. Lawrence
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-Natural Resources
-Ecosystem Services
-Residuals
The Economy
and The Environment
Stocks
The
Economy
Flows
Expenditures
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3. Uses of physical flow accounts
Material consumption
Material productivity
Energy use analysis
Energy policy
Emissions analysis
Environmental assessment
Natural resource management
Multi-factor productivity
Footprint calculations
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4. System of National Accounts framework
Sectors
Wastes
Commodities
Industries
Final demand
Assets
Industrial output of goods and services
Industrial intermediate demand
Gross fixed capital formation
Financial and produced assets, opening balance
Other changes in volume & holding gains/losses on financial & produced assets
Financial and produced assets, closing balance
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5. System of Environmental-Economic Accounts (SEEA) framework
Sectors
Wastes
Commodities
Industries
Final demand
Assets
Industrial output of goods and services
Industrial intermediate demand
Environmental protection expenditures
Gross fixed capital formation
Capital expenditures for environmental protection
Financial and produced assets, opening balance
Natural resource assets, opening balance
Changes in natural resource assets
Natural resource assets, closing balance
Other changes in volume & holding gains/losses on financial & produced assets
Changes in and holding gains/losses on natural resource assets
Financial and produced assets, closing balance
Resource production by industries
Resource use by industries
Resource production by households/gov’t
Resource use by households/gov’t
Waste consumption by industries
Waste output by industries
Waste output by households/gov’t
Waste consumption by households/gov’t
Key feature: the classifications are the same -> comparable data, and link to economic analysis
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6. Physical Flow Accounting
Sectors
Wastes
Commodities
Industries
Final demand
Assets
Industrial output of goods and services
Industrial intermediate demand
Environmental protection expenditures
Gross fixed capital formation
Capital expenditures for environmental protection
Financial and produced assets, opening balance
Natural resource assets, opening balance
Changes in natural resource assets
Natural resource assets, closing balance
Other changes in volume & holding gains/losses on financial & produced assets
Changes in and holding gains/losses on natural resource assets
Financial and produced assets, closing balance
Resource production by industries
Resource use by industries
Resource production by households/gov’t
Resource use by households/gov’t
Waste consumption by industries
Waste output by industries
Waste output by households/gov’t
Waste consumption by households/gov’t
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7. Physical Flow Accounts: Basic Tables
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8. Physical Flow Accounts: Basic Tables

9. Physical Flow Accounts: Basic Tables
Important to note that this is the whole structure: the complete framework. Might only do part of it for any given account.

10. Physical Flow Accounts: Natural Inputs
3.45 Natural inputs are all physical inputs that are moved from their location in the environment as a part of economic production processes or are directly used in production.
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11. Physical Flow Accounts: Products
3.64 Following the SNA, products are goods and services that result from a process of production in the economy.
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12. Physical Flow Accounts: Residuals
3.73 Residuals are flows of solid, liquid and gaseous materials, and energy that are discarded, discharged or emitted by establishments and households through processes of production, consumption or accumulation.
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Compilation
Data sources:
Survey data
Administrative data
Existing statistics
Issues:
Correcting for residence principle
Disaggregating information to ISIC
Consistency with National Account concepts
Compiling time series
The compilation of data on physical flows requires the use of a range of data sources
and classifications.
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Compilation Exercise
Complete a water flow diagram based on the data provided.
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Compilation Exercise
Complete a water flow diagram based on the data provided.
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16. Compilation of supply and use tables
Mining of oil resources by mining industry (100 mln kg)
Supply of crude oil to refinery (100 mln kg)
Refining of crude oil production of petrol (80 mln kg)
Export of petrol (50 mln kg)
Use of petrol by Households (30 mln kg)
With thanks to Statistics Netherlands!
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17. Mining of oil resources by mining industry (100 mln kg)
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18. Supply of crude oil to refinery (100 mln kg)
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Refining of crude oil petrol (80 mln kg) & Export of petrol (50 mln kg)
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20. CO2 emissions by refineries
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21. CO2 emissions by households
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22. Check the accounting identities!
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23. Compilation Exercise continued...
Use the water flow diagram to compile a supply and use table for water.
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24. Compilation Exercise solution...
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25. Compilation Exercise solution...
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26. Questions? Joe St. Lawrence
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