Sustainable Development Background indicators

Presentation at meeting of Scottish Sustainable Development Advisory Group

February 2005

Sustainable DevelopmentSome indicators

ContextPopulation

Scientists’ and public concerns

Climate change & energyCO2/GDP

Renewables

Sustainable communitiesCrime

EmploymentLife expectancy

Income distribution

Sustainable consumption & productionMunicipal waste

Cars & traffic, Air traffic

Natural resources &environmental protection

Air qualityBathing waters

Fisheries

Projected Population Change in Selected EU Countries

2000-2020

-4

-2

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

Germ

any

Scotla

nd

Spain

Gre

ece

Italy

EU-1

5

Austria

Fin

land

Wale

s

Fra

nce

Belg

ium

Portu

gal

Denm

ark

North

ern

Irela

nd

Unite

d K

ingdom

Sweden

Engla

nd

Neth

erla

nds

Irela

nd

Source: GROS & Eurostat

Projected Percentage Change in Scotland's Population by Age Group

2003 - 2028

-30

-10

10

30

50

70

0-15

16-29

30-44

45-59/64

60/65-74

75+

Source: GROS

Perceptions on environmental problems

18

20

20

21

22

23

27

28

28

29

51

0 20 40 60

soildeterioration

wastedisposal

air pollution

changingsocial values

populationgrowth

loss ofbiodiversity

poorgovernance

freshwaterpollution

deforestationdesertification

freshwaterscarcity

Climatechange

3

10

11

11

11

14

15

15

16

16

17

0 20 40 60

sea level rise

industrialemissions

natural resourcedepletion

food insecurity

biogeochemicalcycle disruption

emergingdiseases

ozone depletion

energyconsumption

urbanisation

chemicalpollution

ecosystemfuctioning

Source: UNEP Survey of 200 scientists in 50 countries

% of scientists saying (in 2000) that an issue would be a major environmental problem

Source: SE Survey of Public Attitudes to the Environment 2002

Public Attitudes

Car Licenses and Ownership

0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

3000

1962

1965

1968

1971

1974

1977

1980

1983

1986

1989

1992

1995

1998

2001

0100200300400500600700

ItalyGermanyAustriaEU 15FranceUK BelgiumSwedenSpainNetherlandsFinlandScotlandPortugalIrelandDenmarkGreece

Number of Cars per '000 Population 2001

Motor vehicles licensed, 000s

Source: Scottish Transport Statistics

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

Austria

Netherlands

Germ

any

Sweden

Belgium

Denm

ark

France

Finland

Spain

Italy

England

Luxembourg

Portugal

Scotland

Ireland

England

Greece

Scotland

Source: Eurostat, DEFRA and Accounts Commission Note: 2001 data for other countries

2002/3

20002003/4

2000/1

Municipal Waste Recycling Rates - %

Vehicles in thousands per km of road for the year 2001

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

Spain

GB

Italy

Sw

itzerla

nd

Scotla

nd

Japan

Denm

ark

Gre

ece

Fin

land

Fra

nce

Belg

ium

Austria

Sw

eden

Irela

nd

Source: Scottish Transport Statistics

Air Passengers at Scottish Airports

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

20

22

24

1960

1963

1966

1969

1972

1975

1978

1981

1984

1987

1990

1993

1996

1999

2002

Mil

lio

ns

Source: Scottish Transport Statistics

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

Iceland

Norway

Austria

Sweden

Portugal

Finland

Spain

Denmark

Italy

France

EU 15

Scotland

Germany

Greece

Ireland

Netherlands

United Kingdom

Belgium

2000 2001 2002

UK

Scotland

Renewable Electricity– as a share of Total Electricity Consumption – 2000, 2001 & 2002

Source: Eurostat/DTI

Index of Carbon Dioxide Emissions divided by GDP

1990 = 100

60

70

80

90

100

1990

1995

2000

Source: Scottish Executive, UN & NETCEN

Nitrogen Dioxide – Urban Stations

Urban background stations, annual average, 2000. The maximum UB station in each city with data, relative to EU limit value (LV) and upper and lower assessment thresholds (UAT, LAT). LV: 40 µg/m3, UAT: 32 µg/m3, LAT: 26 µg/m3.

Source: EEA

Low

High

Compliance with the EC Bathing Water Directive (76/160/EEC): 2003

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

Greece

Netherla

nds

UK

Portugal

Sw

eden

Spain

Austria

Fin

land

Denm

ark

Germ

any

EU

15

Irela

nd

France

Scotla

nd

Italy

Belg

ium

Luxem

bourg

Mandatory

Guide

Source: SEPA and EUROSTAT

Proportion of fish stocks within safe biological limits

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

Year

Source: Fisheries Research Services and ICES

2000 International Crime Victims Survey: percentage of population who were victims of at least one

crime in 1999, by country

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

North

ern

Irela

nd

Japan

Portu

gal

Sw

itzerla

nd

Cata

lonia

(Spain

)

Fin

land

USA

Avera

ge

Belg

ium

Fra

nce

Pola

nd

Denm

ark

Scotla

nd

Canada

Sw

eden

Neth

erla

nds

Engla

nd &

Wale

s

Austra

lia

Source: International Crime and Victimisation Survey

Annual Average Employment Rate1990 - 2003

40

45

50

55

60

65

70

75

80

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

Germany SpainDenmarkFranceIrelandItalyNetherlandsFinlandUnited KingdomScotland

Source: Eurostat

Income Distribution – Ratio of top 20% to bottom 20%

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Belgiu

m

Denm

ark

Ger

man

y

Gre

ece

Spain

France

Irela

ndIta

ly

Luxem

bourg

Nethe

rlands

Austria

Portuga

l

Finla

nd

Swed

en UKEU15

1995 2001

Ratio

Source: Eurostat

Long-Term Life Expectancy in Scotland at year of birth - 2001

0

20

40

60

80

100

Females Males

Source : GAD and OECD health data 2003 3rd editionNote : Some figures are based on three year averages and others on single year