Sustainable Development in the European Union – 2011

2011 Monitoring Report of the EU Sustainable Development Strategy

Publication: Book
Citation: European Commission (ed.) 2011: Sustainable development in the European Union. 2011 monitoring report of the EU sustainable development strategy. Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities.

The 2011 Eurostat monitoring report reviews the progress and implementation of the EU sustainable development strategy. The 2011 monitoring report was published on the Eurostat website. As partner in a consortium with the Vienna University of Economic and Business (RIMAS), INFRAS, and the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), the Ecologic Institute played a substantial role in drafting the monitoring report on behalf of Eurostat.

The Eurostat monitoring report is based on the EU set of sustainable development indicators and provides an overview of progress towards the goals and objectives of the EU sustainable development strategy. It is published every two years and is intended to contribute to the biennial review on the implementation of the strategy by the European Council. The statistics cover a wide range of issues related to sustainable development. The data presented cover the period from 1990 to the latest year available (2010/11 where possible).

Ecologic Institute drafted the following chapters: Climate change and Energy, Natural Resources and Global Partnership.

The 2011 monitoring report [pdf, 18.2 MB, English] can be downloaded from the Eurostat website.

Language

English

Authorship

Katharina Umpfenbach

Krista Timeus Cerezo

Sophie Herbert

Timo Kaphengst

Dr. Christiane Gerstetter

Doris Knoblauch

Markus Hametner

Andreas Endl

Michal Sedlacko

Christian Marti

Glenn Gottfried

Judith Trageser

Remo Zandonella

Funding

European Commission, Eurostat (Eurostat), International

Published by

Publications Office of the European Union (Publications Office), International

Year

2011

Dimension

382 pp.

ISBN

978-92-79-18516-8

DOI

10.2785/1538

Project

Monitoring the European Sustainable Development Strategy

Table of contents

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Foreword Page
Abstract
Acknowledgements
Executive summary
Introduction

Socioeconomic development
Headline indicator: Real GDP per capita
Subtheme: Economic development
Subtheme: Innovation, competitiveness and eco-efficiency
Subtheme: Employment
Sustainable consumption and production
Headline indicator: Resource productivity
Subtheme: Resource use and waste
Subtheme: Consumption patterns
Subtheme: Production patterns
Social inclusion
Headline indicator: Risk of poverty or social exclusion
Subtheme: Monetary poverty and living conditions
Subtheme: Access to labour market
Subtheme: Education
Demographic changes
Headline indicator: Employment rate of older workers
Subtheme: Demography
Subtheme: Old-age income adequacy
Subtheme: Public finance sustainability
Public health
Headline indicator: Life expectancy and healthy life years
Subtheme: Health and health inequalities
Subtheme: Determinants of health
Climate change and energy
Headline indicator: Greenhouse gas emissions
Headline indicator: Consumption of renewable
Subtheme: Climate change
Subtheme: Energy
Sustainable transport
Headline indicator: Energy consumption of transport relative to GDP
Subtheme: Transport and mobility
Subtheme: Transport impacts
Natural resources
Headline indicator: Abundance of common birds
Headline indicator: Conservation of fish stocks
Subtheme: Biodiversity
Subtheme: Freshwater resources
Subtheme: Marine ecosystems
Subtheme: Land use
Global partnership
Headline indicator: Official development assistance
Subtheme: Globalisation of trade
Subtheme: Financing for sustainable development
Subtheme: Global resource management
Good governance
Subtheme: Policy coherence and effectiveness
Subtheme: Openness and participation
Subtheme: Economic instruments

Annex I: Abbreviations and acronyms
Annex II: Complete list of EU sustainable development indicators
Annex III: The Europe 2020 Strategy
Annex IV: Measuring progress, well-being and sustainable development
Index

Keywords

Resource Conservation + Circular Economy

sustainable development, monitoring report, Eurostat, 1839

Europe

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