Date (Creation)

2016-01-01

Date (Publication)

2016-01-01

Date (Revision)

Citation identifier

https://www.mica-project.eu/ / MICA_B3-90

MICA WP3 2018-11-03T15:16:00 Record extracted from Batch 3 spreadsheet

Other citation details

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Purpose

The Global Material Flows database is now being used by many countries for policy planning and to monitor SDG objectives, enabling countries to assess their resource demand over time and their performance in resource productivity.

Previously, sustainability policy decision-making relied on a small set of economic indicators, such as GDP, employment and trade balance, which did not capture the complexity of sustainability issues. Now, governments are using satellite accounts for natural resource use side by side with economic accounts.

The new data in the Global Material Flows database is also informing policy-makers about emerging issues, such as import dependency of resources or increased consumption. Furthermore, they are using the data and indicators in policy statements and setting targets based on actual past trends as well as monitoring the progress of policy initiatives such as environmental taxes and regulations.

Perhaps most importantly, indicators are being used to monitor countries' progress against improvements in resource productivity and success in sustainable management of natural resources.

Historical information is also used to develop scenarios for future global demand of metals, minerals, biomass and fossil fuels. These scenarios provide information to policy makers, business leaders and investors to show the potential benefits of policies that aim to reduce resource use and increase human wellbeing

Status

On going

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
United Nations Environment (UNEP)			Resource provider

Maintenance and update frequency

Annually

dataCentre

• MICA

• MET4TECH

MICA ontology (TemporalScheme)

• Mixture of historic (up to 2005) and recent (2006 onwards)

MICA ontology (DataScheme)

• Statistical data / Electronic (Statistical data) (e.g. web portals)

Keywords

• Requirement for data generation: Other (please specify) or unknown

Keywords

• Method of data or information generation: Academic research

GEMET Concepts

• Exports

GEMET Concepts

• Geochemical

GEMET Concepts

• Imports

GEMET Concepts

• Monitoring environmental risk

GEMET Concepts

• Reserves

GEMET Concepts

• Resources

GEMET Concepts

• Sciences dealing with the composition, structure, origin of the Earth's rocks

MICA ontology (DomainScheme)

• Aggregate indicators

MICA ontology (DomainScheme)

• Indicators

MICA ontology (MethodsScheme)

• Material Flow Accounting

Access constraints

Other restrictions

Use constraints

Other restrictions

Language

English

Topic category

• Geoscientific information
• Economy

Geographic identifier

World; with individual countries listed

Hierarchy level

Series

Other

Series (e.g. a collection of maps from a single source)

Statement

Organisation source implies that information should be of good quality

Metadata

File identifier

a8664ee4-4887-4034-bd2b-0f66e34609d2 XML

Metadata language

English

Character set

MD_CharacterSetCode_utf8

Hierarchy level

Series

Hierarchy level name

series

Date stamp

2024-11-11

Metadata standard name

ISO19115

Metadata standard version

2003/Cor.1:2006

Metadata author

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
British Geological Survey		enquiries@bgs.ac.uk	Point of contact