Welcome Monitoring Sustainable Development in New Zealand

1. WelcomeMonitoring Sustainable Development in New Zealand

2. Monitoring Sustainable Development in NZ • Definitions • Approach Taken • Content of the Report • Other Related Projects • Questions and Discussion

3. Definitions: What is sustainable development? Three Definitions: • Bruntland • Rio Declaration • Johannesburg

4. Definitions: What is sustainable development? • Bruntland: “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” • Rio Declaration: “Human beings are at the centre of concerns for sustainable development. They are entitled to a healthy and productive life in harmony with nature” Continue….

5. Definitions: What is sustainable development? • Johannesburg “a collective responsibility to advance and strengthen the interdependent and mutually reinforcing pillars of sustainable development – economic development, social development and environmental protection – at local, national, regional and global levels”

6. Approach taken • Developed by a cross-agency team • Provide a national overview • Aimed at a general audience • Worked closely to international guidelines • Fit to New Zealand, by linking with the other indicator work • Selected indicators using the United Nations framework, analysed using the OECD capital model

7. Content of the Report • The New Zealand Context • New Zealand’s Changing Population • Environment and Ecosystem Resilience • Consumption and Resource Use • Social Cohesion • People’s Skills and Knowledge • Economic Growth and Innovation • Living Standards and Health

8. The New Zealand Context • Mäori perspective • New Zealand is a small island nation in the South Pacific • Global influences

9. New Zealand Population New Zealand’s Changing Population • Population growth is slowing • Ethnic diversity is increasing • The population is ageing • Regional growth patterns are very diverse

10. New Zealand’s Changing Population • Regional differences can mean population issues are important in some areas

11. New Zealand’s Changing Population • Population data is fairly well developed for NZ • Five-yearly Census of Population and Dwellings data

12. Environment and Ecosystem Resilience • What the indicators show: • Air quality is deteriorating in some areas • Freshwater quality is variable

13. Environment and Ecosystem Resilience • Pests, weeds and diseases continue to threaten • 35 percent of modelled fish stocks are below target level • Loss of biodiversity

14. Environment and Ecosystem Resilience

15. Environment and Ecosystem Resilience • Gaps in our knowledge • Bridging the gaps • Science or management?

16. Consumption and Resource Use • What the indicators show • Household consumption has increased and so to has household waste • Recycling of packaging waste and paper increased • Energy has increased

17. Consumption and Resource Use • Gaps in our knowledge • Bridging the gaps

18. Social Cohesion • What the indicators show • Social connectedness • Human rights • Culture and identity • Safety and security

19. Social Cohesion • Gaps in our knowledge • Bridging the gaps • Headline indicators?

20. Educational achievement is associated with higher incomes New Zealanders are gaining more qualifications We have high rates of pre-school attendance Peoples Skills and Knowledge

21. People’s Skills and Knowledge • Education is a way to raise skills and knowledge • There is limited information about the total set of people’s skills

22. Economic Growth and Innovation • New Zealand’s GDP per capita ranking dropped from 1950s to early 1990s • Changing balance of industry contributions

23. Economic Growth and Innovation • Increase in international financial interconnections

24. Economic Growth and Innovation • GDP measures formal economic activity

25. Economic Growth and Innovation • Links between economic activity and environmental or social outcomes • UN suggest ‘Total Overseas Development Aid given or received as a proportion of GDP’ • OECD suggest ‘multifactor productivity growth’

26. Living Standards and Health • Ongoing increase in life expectancy

27. Living Standards and Health • Income and employment rates reflect economic growth • Differences within New Zealand

28. Living Standards and Health • No measurement of the impact living standards have on the environment • Limited range of health indicators in the report

29. Other Related Projects • Other indicator work • One-number approaches • Better linkages • Other presentation styles

30. Questions and Discussion • Does the report add value to what is already available? • Should it be updated? • Should another approach be adopted? • If this report is repeated: • are there any indicators/topics that should be dropped? • are there any other indicators/topics that should be included? • Priorities?

31. Where to from here? • Seminars around New Zealand • Further consultation with interested parties • Please complete the questionnaire by 31 October • Indicate interest in taking part in further consultation at the end of this seminar • Consultation completed 30 November • Report on all the feedback will be available end of December

32. Finally….. The presentation is available on Statistics New Zealand’s website. http://www.stats.govt.nz/sustainablenz