Regional Training Workshop on an
Accounting Approach to Climate Change
Statistics and Indicators
11 April – 14 April 2023
Chiba, JapanConcept note and provisional agenda

1 BACKGROUNDThe System of Environmental Economic Accounting (SEEA) provides the agreed uponstatistical framework for measuring the relationship between the environment and theeconomy. It is comprised of two complimentary international statistical standards: the SEEA
Central Framework (SEEA CF) and the SEEA Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA EA). The SEEA
CF takes a resource-based approach to measuring the supply and use of environmental
resources and availability of environmental assets. The SEEA EA takes a more holistic,
approach in providing a spatially explicit approach to compiling accounts on ecosystems.
The SEEA can be flexibly implemented by countries prioritizing accounts based on
availability of information and policy priorities. The accounts are designed to respond todata needs for multiple policy initiatives including global initiatives on sustainable
development and on mitigating and adapting to climate change.
In the Asia-Pacific region, climate change is one of the most pressing policy issues given its
wide-ranging impacts on well-being. High quality, consistent data on the environmenteconomy nexus is needed to inform effective pathways for addressing climate change andrelated issues. National statistical offices (NSOs) of countries in the region have responded
to this need by compiling various SEEA accounts, including taking steps towards compilingenergy and air emission accounts which are among the most relevant accounts for informing
climate change. However, there is a need to strengthen the capacities of NSOs to produce
and disseminate SEEA accounts, in particular energy, air emission and carbon accounts, tobetter meet the needs of users for high quality integrated data on climate change and theeconomy.
The workshop, organized by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) and the UN
Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (UNSIAP), with the support of the Office of theDirector-General for Policy Planning on Statistical Policy, the Ministry of Internal Affairs
and Communications of the Government of Japan, aims to further build capacities in theregion for the compilation of SEEA accounts relevant to climate change.

2 OBJECTIVES
The objectives of the training program are to:a) help participants acquire knowledge and skills to deepen their understanding ofenergy, air emission and carbon accounts;b) develop good practices for the dissemination of the SEEA accounts, especiallyenergy, air emission and carbon accounts, and resulting indicators;c) facilitate experience sharing among Asia-Pacific countries; andd) support countries to set up a strategy and work plan for the implementation andfurther development of SEEA accounts in support of climate change policies

Page 23 LANGUAGE
The course will be offered in English.

4 TARGET PARTICIPANTS
Target participants are staff of national statistical offices and other agencies that:
1) have experience in SEEA and its implementation, particularly those working onenergy, air emission and carbon accounts, and/or
2) are responsible for the production of climate change statistics and indicators.

5 ORGANIZATIONThe 4-day workshop will take place in Chiba, Japan at the headquarters of UNSIAP.
During the workshop, participants will discuss technical issues related to the compilationof energy and air emission accounts and other SEEA accounts closely related to climatechange; they will also learn about good practices in dissemination.
Besides technical issues, participants are expected to share their experiences on producing
and disseminating energy, air emission and carbon accounts. The workshop will consist oflectures, practical exercises and the sharing of experiences among countries throughpresentations and breakout group discussions.

6 CONTACT PERSONS
Jessica Ying Chan
Statistician
United Nations Statistics Division
New York, USA
E-mail: jessica.chan@un.org
Sokol Vako
Statistician
United Nations Statistical Institute for Asia and the PacificChiba, Japan
E-mail: vako@un.org

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PROVISIONAL AGENDA
Day 1: Tuesday, 11 AprilTimeSession
9:15 – 9:30
Registration
9:30 – 10:00
Opening remarks and ice breaker
10:00 – 11:00
Introduction to physical energy flow accounts
11:00 – 11:15
Coffee & tea break
11:15 – 12:15
Country experiences in compiling physical energy flow accounts
12:15 – 13:45
Lunch
13:45 – 14:15
Global questionnaire for physical energy flow accounts
14:15 – 15:30
Exercise on physical energy flow accounts
15:30 – 15:45
Coffee & tea break
15:45 – 16:15
Exercise on physical energy flow accounts, continued
16:15 – 17:15
From energy balances to energy accounts
Day 2: Wednesday, 12 AprilTimeSession
9:30 – 10:00
Review of Day 1
10:00 – 11:00
Country experiences in compiling physical energy flow accounts
11:00 – 11:15
Coffee & tea break
11:15 – 12:15
Introduction to air emission accounts
12:15 – 13:45
Lunch
13:45 – 14:15
Global questionnaire for air emission accounts
14:15 – 14:45
From air emission inventories to air emission accounts
14:45 – 15:15
Exercise on air emission accounts
15:15 – 15:30
Coffee & tea break
15:30 – 17:00
Exercise on air emission accounts, continued
Day 3: Thursday, 13 AprilTimeSession
9:30 – 10:00
Review of Day 2
10:00 – 11:00
Country experiences in compiling air emission accounts
11:00 – 11:15
Coffee & tea break
11:15 – 12:15
Introduction to energy and mineral asset accounts
12:15 – 13:45
Lunch
13:45 – 14:45
Exercise on energy and mineral asset accounts
14:45 – 15:15
Introduction to carbon accounts
15:15 – 15:30
Coffee & tea break
15:30 – 17:00
Exercise on carbon accounts

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Day 4: Thursday, 14 AprilTime
Session9:30 – 10:00
Review of Day 3
10:00 – 11:00
Good practices in disseminating the accounts
11:00 – 11:15
Coffee & tea break
11:15 – 12:15
Exercise on dissemination
12:15 – 13:45
Lunch
13:45 – 14:45
Exercise on dissemination (continued)
14:45 – 15:15
Way forward and closing

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