Regional Training Workshop on Measuring Energy for Sustainable Development

Climate change is one of the most pressing issues in the Asia-Pacific region. Yet emissions from fuel combustion in the region (and globally) continue to trend upwards due to increased demand for energy. In addition, households and businesses are faced with frequent price shocks in many energy commodities. High quality, consistent data on energy is critically needed to inform effective pathways for addressing issues around energy use and availability, climate change mitigation and just energy transitions.

National statistical offices (NSOs) and ministries of energy of countries in the region have responded to these needs by compiling basic energy statistics, energy balances and energy accounts. However, there continues to be a need to strengthen the capacities of NSOs and ministries of energy to produce and disseminate energy information to better meet the needs of users for high quality integrated data on energy and its relationship to the broader economy and climate change.

The workshop, organized by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) and the United Nations Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP), with the support of the Office of the Director-General for Policy Planning on Statistical Policy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of the Government of Japan, aims to further build capacities in the region for the compilation of energy information in support of energy and climate change policies.