Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
United Nations (UN)
Publication Year:
2007
Publication Place
New York, USA
Physical Description:
99 p.
Call Number
[EL]
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
35738
Legacy PEIN ID:
75741
General Notes
Available online
Available online
Subject Heading(s)
Sustainable Development - Indicators - Guidelines
Sustainable Development - Indicators - Methodologies
Abstract
Indicators perform many functions. They can lead to better decisions and more effective actions by simplifying, clarifying and making aggregated information available to policy makers. They can help incorporate physical and social science knowledge into decision-making, and they can help measure and calibrate progress toward sustainable development goals. They can provide an early warning to prevent economic, social and environmental setbacks. They arc also useful tools to communicate ideas, thoughts and values. The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in 1992 recognized the important role that indicators could play in helping countries make informed decisions concerning sustainable development. At the international level, the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) approved its Work Programme on Indicators of Sustainable Development in 1995. The first two sets of CSD Indicators of Sustainable Development (hence- forth CSD indicators) were developed between 1994 and 2001. They have been extensively tested, applied and used in many countries as the basis for the development of national indicators of sustainable development.
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
United Nations (UN)
Publication Year:
2007
Publication Place
New York, USA
Physical Description:
99 p.
Call Number
[EL]
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
35738
Legacy PEIN ID:
75741
General Notes
Available online
Record Created: 08-May-2009
Record Modified: 15-Dec-2020