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Role (or potential role) of the indicators of sustainable development for climate change policy and analysis

Role (or potential role) of the indicators of sustainable development for climate change policy and analysis. A Costa Rican perspective. Edgar E. Gutierrez-Espeleta. Indicators of Sustainable Development in Costa Rica. Long time participation (since 1996 in Belgium)

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Role (or potential role) of the indicators of sustainable development for climate change policy and analysis

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  1. Role (or potential role) of the indicators of sustainable development for climate change policy and analysis A Costa Rican perspective Edgar E. Gutierrez-Espeleta

  2. Indicators of Sustainable Development in Costa Rica • Long time participation (since 1996 in Belgium) • In 1996 was created the System on Sustainable Development Indicators at the Ministry of Planning • In 1997 a Consultative Technical Committee on Information for Sustainable Development was established • Both initiatives came to an end due to lack of political and financial backing

  3. Indicators of Sustainable Development in Costa Rica • In 2002, with the support of UNCSD, the University of Costa Rica published a book containing 49 out of the 62 SD indicators recommended by the UNCSD. 19 were replaced by proxies. Data was available for 30 of them. Metadata was develop for each of the indicator used in this project. • This effort was not continued. However, recently, a working group was established to work on SD indicators by the Ministry of Environment and the National Institute of Statistics and Census, with technical advise from University of Costa Rica. • This working group is responding to ILAC initiative from the Forum of Ministers of Environment-UNEP and to an initiative from the Conference Statistics of the Americas-ECLAC

  4. National Strategy in Climate Change (NSCC) • In 2007 the Development National Plan established, as a priority, a Climate Change Plan which leads the elaboration of the Climate Change National Strategy (CCNS) • Costa Rica has committed itself to become Climate neutral by 2021, year of the bicentenary of its Independence

  5. INTERNATIONAL AGENDA

  6. NATIONAL AGENDA

  7. Metrics Goal: Develop a precise, reliable and verifiable information system • The CCNS considers, in addition to IPCC sectors, other ones in consequence to national needs, such as the need to develop the metrics to monitor and follow up the CCNS

  8. Metrics • Need to develop a methodology, organizing structure, and norms to generate and collect information to produce indicators for the other 5 pillars support decision making process to confront climate change in different national and international areas

  9. Metrics Objective: Have a precise, reliable and verifiable set of indicators built in the national decision making process

  10. Metrics • Under this objective a workshop was held in October 2007 to define next steps • Multi stakeholders (more than 80 representatives from different institutions and universities) were invited to discuss and identify main challenges • The main results were:

  11. Metrics • Sectors were identified for the two main pillars of the NSCC

  12. Metrics • Next, indicators had to be identified and prioritized • Then, indicators have to be validated and • communicated to main stakeholders • Later, weaknesses and strengths in the implementation of indicators were recognized, as well as • institutional strengthening • and need for funding allocation

  13. Metrics • The workshop was able to define key criteria to identify indicators: • Simple • Measurable • Achievable • Relevant • Temporally defined

  14. Metrics • Also, the workshop was able to define guiding principles to identify indicators: • Perceptible to changes • Quantifiable • Comprehensive • Synthetic • Cost-efficient

  15. As a result of this, the workshop explored possible indicators which, later, have to be developed thoroughly

  16. The task is unfinished and continues

  17. Thank you

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