Title Making the environment count : Nordic accounts and indicators for analysing and integrating environment and economy / Olle Björk [and eight others]

Published Copenhagen : Nordic Council of Ministers, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations Series TemaNord, 0908-6692 ; 2016:507 TemaNord ; 2016:507. Contents Colophon; Contents ; Preface ; Foreword by the chair of the Ad Hoc group ; Summary ; The mission of the Ad Hoc Group ; The recommendations of the Ad Hoc Group ; Improvements in the future ; List of abbreviations ; 1. Introduction ; 1.1 Purpose and the mandate ; 1.2 Linking economy, environment and social issues ; 1.2.1 Focusing on the link between economy and environment ; 1.2.2 What is the System of EnvironmentalEconomic Accounts? ; 1.3 International developments of integrated policy and indicators ; 1.3.1 The European Statistical System and environmental accounts 1.3.2 The OECD and Green Growth 1.4 Measuring sustainable development ; 1.4.1 The Nordic countries on sustainable development ; 1.4.2 The European Union on sustainable development ; EU themes measuring sustainable development ; 1.4.3 The United Nation and the Sustainable Development Goals ; 1.5 The indicators in this report ; 1.6 Structure of the report ; 2. The Nordic countries -- an overview ; 2.1 Summary ; 2.2 Integrating the economy and the environment ; 2.2.1 Introduction ; 2.2.2 The Nordic situation ; 3. Driving forces -- from the economy and society ; 3.1 Summary 3.2 The economy and our population 3.2.1 Introduction ; 3.2.2 The Nordic situation ; 3.3 Use of energy ; 3.3.1 Introduction ; 3.3.2 The Nordic situation ; 3.4 The need for materials ; 3.4.1 Introduction ; 3.4.2 The Nordic situation ; 3.5 Other drivers of environmental pressures ; 3.6 Recommendations and future use ; 4. Pressures on the environment ; 4.1 Summary ; 4.2 Preconditions for climate change policy in the Nordic countries ; 4.2.1 Introduction ; 4.2.2 The Nordic situation ; 4.3 Acidifying emissions in the Nordic countries ; 4.3.1 Introduction ; 4.3.2 The Nordic situation 4.4 Emissions of particles to our atmosphere 4.4.1 Introduction ; 4.4.2 The Nordic situation ; 4.5 Other environmental pressures ; 4.6 Recommendation and future use ; 5. Responses -- environmental economic instruments ; 5.1 Summary ; 5.2 Environmental taxes ; 5.2.1 Introduction ; 5.2.2 The Nordic situation ; 5.3 The EU Emissions trading system (EU ETS) ; 5.3.1 Introduction ; 5.3.2 The trading aspects ; 5.3.3 The statistical aspect ; 5.3.4 The Nordic situation ; 5.4 Producers of environmental goods and services (EGSS) ; 5.4.1 Introduction ; 5.4.2 The Nordic situation 5.5 Environmental protection expenditure 5.5.1 Introduction ; 5.5.2 The Nordic situation ; 5.6 Other environmental policy responses ; 5.7 Recommendation and future use ; 6. Extensions and analysis -- options for data and policy use ; 6.1 Summary ; 6.2 Consumption -- or demandrelated environmental impacts ; 6.2.1 Introduction ; 6.2.2 The Nordic situation ; 6.3 Analysing drivers of greenhouse gas emissions ; 6.3.1 Introduction ; 6.3.2 The Nordic situation ; A Swedish example ; 6.4 Environmental economic instruments -- the price of CO2 emissions ; 6.4.1 Introduction ; 6.4.2 The Nordic situation Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes "TemaNord 2016:507." Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 20, 2016) Subject Sustainable development -- Scandinavia Economic development -- Environmental aspects -- Scandinavia Environmental policy -- Scandinavia BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General. Economic development -- Environmental aspects Environmental policy Sustainable development Scandinavia Form Electronic book ISBN 9789289344685 9289344687 9289344679 9789289344678

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