Why green growth indicators? To understand how different factors affect green growth. To monitor progress towards green growth and measure results. Need the same core indicators across different countries

1. Monitoring progress towards green growth:
OECD Indicators now available on OECD.stat
May 2012

2. What is green growth?
Green growth means fostering economic growth and
development while ensuring that natural assets continue to
provide the resources and environmental services necessary for
our well-being.
It catalyses investment and innovation, and gives rise to new
sources of growth.
Green growth is not a replacement for sustainable
development, but a way of putting it into practice.
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3. Delivered at the 2011 MCM
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4. Delivered at the 2011 MCM
“Ministers […] agreed that green growth tools and indicators can help
expand economic growth and job creation through sustainable use
of natural resources, efficiencies in the use of energy, and valuation
of ecosystem services.”
- OECD Ministerial Council Meeting 2011, Chair's Summary
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5. Why green growth indicators?
• To understand how different factors affect
green growth.
• To monitor progress towards green growth
and measure results.
• Need the same core indicators across
different countries.
www.oecd.org/greengrowth/indicators

6. A framework for green growth indicators
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7. Green growth indicator groups
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8. Examples of indicators
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9. Green growth indicators database
Selected indicators now available in OECD.stat
• Production-based CO2 productivity
• Energy productivity
• Non-energy material productivity
– Biotic material productivity
– Abiotic material productivity
• Freshwater resources and abstractions
• Environment related public R&D
expenditures
• Environment related tax revenues
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10. Green growth indicators database
• Using OECD environmental and socio-economic datasets.
• Harmonised with indicators proposed by other international
agencies whenever possible.
• OECD countries and BRIICS economies (Brazil, Russian
Federation, India, Indonesia, China and South Africa), Argentina
and Saudi Arabia.
• Data from 1990 onwards.
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11. Green growth indicators in practice
• The Czech Republic, Korea and the
Netherlands have already applied the
OECD green growth measurement
framework.
• Work is underway in Mexico, Colombia,
Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, and
Paraguay.
www.oecd.org/greengrowth/indicators

12. Examples of indicators
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13. CO2 productivity, 1990
(USD per kg)
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14. CO2 productivity, 2000
(USD per kg)
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15. CO2 productivity, 2009
(USD per kg)
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16. Non-energy material productivity, 1990
(USD per kg)
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17. Non-energy material productivity, 2000
(USD per kg)
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18. Non-energy material productivity, 2008
(USD per kg)
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19. Environment related tax revenues, 1995
(% of total tax revenues)
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20. Environment related tax revenues, 2000
(% of total tax revenues)
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21. Environment related tax revenues, 2008
(% of total tax revenues)
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