Climate & Environment
System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA)
The UN statistical standard integrating environmental and economic data — the accounting backbone of natural capital and beyond-GDP measurement.
Definition
The System of Environmental-Economic Accounting is the international statistical standard, adopted by the UN Statistical Commission, for organising environmental and economic information in a single integrated framework consistent with the System of National Accounts. The SEEA Central Framework (2012) covers physical flows (energy, water, materials), environmental assets (timber, fish, minerals, water) and environmental protection expenditure; the SEEA Ecosystem Accounting extension (2021) adds ecosystem extent, condition and services, enabling natural capital to be measured in the same grammar as GDP.
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