Global sustainability statistics are benchmarks for measuring the status of sustainability parameters. The following agencies provide baseline data for sustainability governance. They are just one form of data used for sustainability accounting and are valuable for assessing trends and measuring progress.
This list provides sources of statistics at the global level of governance only.
General lists Meadows, D.H., Randers, J. & Meadows, D.L. 2004. Limits to growth: the 30-year update. Chelsea Green Publishing Company, White River Junction, USA. The CIAs World Fact BookThe CIAs World Fact Book. Basic country information. World Data CenterWorld Data Centre . Columbia University’s CIESIN hosted by NASA’s Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC), provides global environmental and socioeconomic data. CIESIN’s WDC is one of 51 data centers of the World Data Center system of the International Council for Science (ICSU).The CIESIN WDC, established in 1995, was the first WDC to focus on data at the intersection of the natural and social sciences United Nations Environmental IndicatorsUnited Nations Environmental Indicators Also publications on environmental statistics and statistical methods. Water (water resources, water supply industry, waste water) Air pollution (SO2 & NOx), Climate change (greenhouse gas emissions; by sector(absolute & percentage); CO2 emissions; CH4 & N2O emissions) Waste (municipal waste collection, treatment, hazardous waste) Land use (total land area by country, forest area by country, agricultural area by country). European Commission (Eurostat)Statistics division of the European Commission - figures on trade, transport, energy etc. Biodiversity Groombridge, B & Jenkins, M.D. 2002. World Atlas of Biodiversity. UNEP World Conservation Monitoring CentreWorld Conservation Monitoring Centre Energy BP Statistical Review of World EnergyStatistical Review of World Energy with interactive charting tool and data from 1965 The International Energy Agency. Key World Energy StatisticsThe International Energy Agency. Key World Energy Statistics UN Energy Statistics DatabaseUN Energy Statistics Database Fisheries UN Food and Agriculture OrganizationState of the World's Fisheries and Aquaculture Forests UN Food and Agriculture OrganizationState of the World's Forests and Forest Resource Assessment Fertilizer International Fertilizer Industry AssociationInternational Fertilizer Industry Association Food and agriculture UN Food and Agriculture Organization. FAOSTATFAO. FAOSTAT provides data relating to food and agriculture, trade, consumption and resources. FAOSTAT contains data for 200 countries and more than 200 primary products and inputs. The national version of FAOSTAT, CountryStat, is being implemented in about 20 countries and three regions. It offers a two-way bridge amongst sub national, national, regional and international statistics on food and agriculture Population United Nations Population DivisionUnited Nations Population Division United Nations DatabaseUnited Nations Database Population Reference BureauPopulation Reference Bureau American Association for Advancement of Science Water International Water Management InstituteInternational Water Management Institute Stockholm International Water InstituteStockholm International Water Institute United Nations Environmental ProgramUnited Nations Environmental Program Global Runoff Data CentreGlobal Runoff Data Centre
See also
Sustainability accounting Sustainability science Sustainability governance Sustainability Sustainable development
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