Key Message
IISD contributes to the sustainability transition by helping societies define, chart, assess and ultimately navigate the way forward.
Team
 | · László Pintér Director - Measurement and Assessment | |
 | · Charles Thrift Research Assistant | |
 | · Christa Rust Project Manager | |
 | · Cory Searcy Associate | |
 | · Dale S. Rothman Associate | |
 | · Darren A. Swanson Senior Project Manager | |
 | · Graham Ashford Associate | |
 | · Jane Barr Associate | |
| · Jim Perry Associate | |
 | · Livia Bizikova Project Manager | |
 | · Mark Anielski Associate | |
 | · Peter Hardi Associate | |
 | · Richard Grosshans Associate | |
| · Sheldon McLeod Associate | |
 | · Dan Rubenstein Associate | |
Archives
Measurement and Assessment
Navigating the sustainability transition
What's New in Measurement and Assessment?
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BellagioSTAMP - Sustainability Assessment and Measurement Principles launched
On October 28, BellagioSTAMP was launched at the 3rd World Forum on "Statistics, Knowledge and Policy" in Busan, South Korea. Based on a review of the original Bellagio Principles, BellagioSTAMP provides high-level strategic guidance for the development and review of indicator, measurement and assessment systems in line with the logic of sustainable development. -
Challenges and Lessons Learned from Integrated Landscape Management Projects (PDF - 769 kb)
There are growing concerns about local and regional ecosystems and their vulnerability in relation to human activities. This case study evaluates 10 Integrated Land Management (ILM) projects from Canada, the U.S. and Europe to provide information that will help promote better awareness of potential environmental and cumulative impacts due to development priorities and choices. ILM builds on a spectrum of approaches including integrated resource management, integrated watershed management, comprehensive regional land use planning and ecosystem-based management. The study found that ILM approaches could provide significant benefits for local and regional decision-makers by helping them understand the linkages between environment and humans, and by providing opportunities to explore potential future development pathways and policies. -
Conference paper written for the Aboriginal Policy Research Conference Ottawa (March 2009) Measuring Progress, Strengthening Governance and Promoting Positive Change: Developing sustainability indicators with Winnipeg’s urban First Nations community
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Developing sustainability indicators with Winnipeg's urban First Nations community
Navigating the sustainability transition requires good instruments that orient us and tell us where we are, where we may be headed and what our options are. There are instruments that can help set goals and targets, others can be used to monitor and report on progress, while some are useful in exploring alternative futures. All of them are essential for effective sustainable development strategies and adaptive management, and inform political discourse about economic, social and environmental goals.
IISD has been working to develop, enhance and apply measurement and assessment tools and processes for navigating the path to sustainable development since 1995. Our aim is to make significant local, national and international contributions, and to build the institute into a world centre of expertise in this field.
Contents
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Governance and Accountability
Our work is grounded in the understanding that tackling the core challenges associated with sustainable development will require the transformation of the structures, processes and accountability mechanisms associated with governance. Through our work on sustainable development strategies and strategic initiatives, we explore the factors that determine whether strategies help reach positive outcomes. -
Connecting Practitioners
The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) supports the networking efforts of the practitioner community by making information available about who is doing what in the indicator field, hosting a discussion forum for leading indicator experts and helping grow relevant professional organizations. -
Tools for Evidence-based Decision-making
IISD's capacity-development work in the Measurement and Assessment program is focused on conceptual and methodological guidance, providing tools and a learning-by-doing style of assistance in developing strategies as well as assessment and reporting products. Our emphasis is on moving toward more policy-relevant sustainable development assessment, reporting and planning.
Key Publication
Sustainable Development Indicators: Proposals for the Way Forward
» László Pintér, Peter Hardi, Peter Bartelmus, IISD, 2005.Commissioned by the United Nations Division for Sustainable Development, IISD conducted a review of current trends in the development and use of SD indicators. "Sustainable Development Indicators: Proposals for the Way Forward" also offers strategic options for future indicator development. Among others, it recommends advancing a capital based approach to indicators and coordination of indicator efforts with underlying statistical systems, particularly the integrated System of Environmental and Economic Accounts (SEEA). More...
Our Knowledge
» Themes
- Adaptation and Risk Reduction
- Climate Change and Energy
- Economics and SD
- Foreign Investment for SD
- Governance for Sustainable Development
- Information Society
- International Trade
- Measurement and Assessment
- Natural Resources
- Networks & Partnerships
- Security
- Sustainable Markets
- Tomorrow's SD Leaders
» Initiatives
- Water Innovation Centre (WIC)
- The Sustainable Commodity Initiative (SCI)
- Global Subsidies Initiative (GSI)
