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'''Global sustainability statistics''' are benchmarks for measuring the status of sustainability parameters. The following agencies provide baseline data for sustainability governance. They are just one form of data used for [[Social:Sustainability accounting|sustainability accounting]] and are valuable for assessing trends and measuring progress.

'''This list provides sources of statistics at the ''global'' level of governance only.'''

* '''General lists'''
** Meadows, D.H., Randers, J. & Meadows, D.L. 2004. ''[[The Limits to Growth|Limits to growth: the 30-year update]].'' Chelsea Green Publishing Company, White River Junction, USA.
** ''The CIAs World Fact Book''<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070612211804/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/profileguide.html The CIAs World Fact Book]. Basic country information.</ref>
** ''[[Organization:World Data Center|World Data Center]]''<ref>[http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/wdc/index.jsp World Data Centre] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509155443/http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/wdc/index.jsp |date=2008-05-09 }}. Columbia University’s CIESIN hosted by NASA’s Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC), provides global environmental and socioeconomic data. CIESIN’s WDC is one of 51 data centers of the World Data Center system of the International Council for Science (ICSU).The CIESIN WDC, established in 1995, was the first WDC to focus on data at the intersection of the natural and social sciences</ref>
** ''United Nations Environmental Indicators''<ref>[http://unstats.un.org/unsd/environment/qindicators.htm United Nations Environmental Indicators]</ref> Also publications on [[Environmental statistics|environmental statistics]] and statistical methods.
*** Water (water resources, water supply industry, waste water)
*** Air pollution (SO<sub>2</sub> & NO<sub>x</sub>), 
*** Climate change (greenhouse gas emissions; by sector(absolute & percentage); CO<sub>2</sub> emissions; CH<sub>4</sub> & N<sub>2</sub>O emissions)
*** Waste (municipal waste collection, treatment, hazardous waste)
*** Land use (total land area by country, forest area by country, agricultural area by country).
** ''European Commission (Eurostat)''<ref>[http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page?_pageid=1090,30070682,1090_33076576&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL Statistics division of the European Commission - figures on trade, transport, energy etc.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061211082238/http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page?_pageid=1090,30070682,1090_33076576&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL |date=2006-12-11 }}</ref>
* '''Biodiversity'''
** Groombridge, B & Jenkins, M.D. 2002. ''World Atlas of Biodiversity.'' UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre<ref>[http://www.unep-wcmc.org/ World Conservation Monitoring Centre]</ref>
* '''Energy'''
** ''BP Statistical Review of World Energy''<ref>[http://www.bp.com/statisticalreview Statistical Review of World Energy with interactive charting tool and data from 1965]</ref>
** ''The [[Organization:International Energy Agency|International Energy Agency]]''. Key World Energy Statistics<ref>[http://www.iea.org The International Energy Agency]. Key World Energy Statistics</ref>
** ''UN Energy Statistics Database''<ref>[http://data.un.org/Browse.aspx?d=EDATA UN Energy Statistics Database]</ref>
* '''Fisheries'''
** ''UN Food and Agriculture Organization''<ref>[http://www.fao.org/docrep/ State of the World's Fisheries and Aquaculture]</ref>
* '''Forests'''
** ''UN Food and Agriculture Organization''<ref>[http://www.fao.org/forestry/ State of the World's Forests and Forest Resource Assessment]</ref>
* '''Fertilizer'''
** ''International Fertilizer Industry Association''<ref>[http://www.fertilizer.org/ifa International Fertilizer Industry Association]</ref>
* '''Food and agriculture'''
** ''UN Food and Agriculture Organization. [[Organization:Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database|FAOSTAT]]''<ref>[http://faostat.fao.org FAO]. FAOSTAT provides data relating to food and agriculture, trade, consumption and resources. FAOSTAT contains data for 200 countries and more than 200 primary products and inputs. The national version of FAOSTAT, CountryStat, is being implemented in about 20 countries and three regions. It offers a two-way bridge amongst sub national, national, regional and international statistics on food and agriculture</ref>
* '''Population'''
** ''United Nations Population Division''<ref>[http://esa.un.org/unpp United Nations Population Division] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100107202521/http://esa.un.org/unpp/ |date=2010-01-07 }}</ref>
** ''United Nations Database''<ref>[http://data.un.org/Browse.aspx?d=EDATA United Nations Database]</ref> 
** ''Population Reference Bureau''<ref>[http://www.prb.org Population Reference Bureau]</ref>
** ''American Association for Advancement of Science''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://atlas.aaas.org/ |title=AAAS Atlas of Population and Environment |access-date=2020-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110309092803/http://atlas.aaas.org/ |archive-date=2011-03-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* '''Water'''
** ''[[Organization:International Water Management Institute|International Water Management Institute]]''<ref>[http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org International Water Management Institute]</ref>
** ''[[Organization:Stockholm International Water Institute|Stockholm International Water Institute]]''<ref>[http://www.siwi.org Stockholm International Water Institute]</ref>
** ''United Nations Environmental Program''<ref>[http://www.unep.org/themes/freshwater United Nations Environmental Program]</ref>
** ''Global Runoff Data Centre''<ref>[http://www.ikse.de/servlet/is/987/?lang=en Global Runoff Data Centre] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20070618110734/http://www.ikse.de/servlet/is/987/?lang=en |date=2007-06-18 }}</ref>

== See also ==
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* [[Social:Sustainability accounting|Sustainability accounting]]
* [[Social:Sustainability science|Sustainability science]]
* Sustainability governance
* [[Earth:Sustainability|Sustainability]] 
* [[Sustainable development]]
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==References==
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