Dutch environmental
accounts
Statistics Netherlands
Short history…..
‘70s - ‘90s
 Increasing interest in environmental issues
 Development of NAMEA (National accounting
matrix including environmental accounts)
2000-2006
 Development of several subaccounts: energy,
water, environmental taxes etc.
2006: First publication Dutch environmental
accounts
Organisation of work
• Department of National accounts
• Environmental accounts: 5 fte (2009)
• Compilation, publication and development
• No surveys: integration of existing statistics
and accounts
Present status
Physical flow accounts and hybrid accounts
• Energy accounts
• Water flow accounts
• Air emission accounts
• Water emissions accounts
• Waste accounts
Asset accounts for natural gas and crude oil
Monetary accounts
• Environmental protection accounts
• Environmental taxes
Key areas in the Netherlands
Air emission accounts
• Climate change
• Local air pollution: acidification, fine dust
Water accounts
• Watermanagement very important
• Water quality: water framework directive
Subsoil asset accounts
• Large assets of natural gas
Air emissions accounts
Origin and destination of air emissions
Data sources:
• National Emission Inventory
• National accounts
• Transport statistics
Indicators for environmental
economic performance
Index 1990 = 100
160
150
140
130
120
110
100
90
80
70
60
1990
GDP
1992
1994
1996
1998
Greenhouse gasses
2000
CO2
2002
2004
CH4
2006
N2O
Structural decomposition
analysis CO2
Mln kg CO2
80 000
60 000
40 000
20 000
0
-20 000
-40 000
Emission
intensity
Energy
intensity
Economic
structure
Volume
Total
Dutch water accounts
• Compiled annually for the National Water Service
(Ministry of Waterways and Public Works)
• Both on national and river basin scale
• Data used for the European Water Framework
Directive
Water intensity (tapwater) for
industries (2006)
Other industry
Environmental services
Paper industry
Horticulture
Arable farming
Other agriculture
Food and drink industry
Chemical industry
Livestock farmers
Petroleum industry
Basic metal industry
Total economy
0
5
10
15
20
Liter / Euro
Intensity of emissions to water
(heavy metals)
1995
2005
Rijn-Noord
Rijn-Midden
Rijn-West
Maas
Schelde
The Netherlands
Eems
Rijn-Oost
Main users of the Dutch EA
• Research institutes: Netherlands
Environmental Assessment Agency, National
Water Institute, Energy Research Centre, etc.
• Policy makers: Ministry of Economic Affairs,
Minstry of Environment
• Business: water producers, producers for
environmental technology etc.
• Eurostat
Future work on EA
Development of new accounts
• Material flow accounts
• Environmental industry accounts
• Climate change accounts
• Emission permits
• Environmental subsidy accounts
Improvement of existing accounts
Enhancement of the use of environmental
accounts, environmental economic analyses
In addition: “Sustainable NL”
• First publication: February 2009
• Close co-operation between SN and three
Dutch planning agencies
• Capital approach: economic capital, human
capital, environmental capital and social capital
(12 sustainability themes)
• Future development:
-
Conceptual framework
Analysis of trade-offs
Website
Next paper publication at the end of 2010
• Priority research area: 7-8 fte’s