National Workshop on the Energy and Air Emissions Accounts

Energy is an important input in the production of goods, including food, and is used by households for transportation and heating. Given its importance to wellbeing, managing energy resources and energy supply and use are areas of priority in many countries, including India. To support the development and implementation of energy related policies for improved wellbeing, it is helpful to have integrated information and data on energy.  

This workshop will focus on energy statistics and accounts, as well as some important energy aggregates and indicators (including SDGs). The energy accounts are based on the System for Environmental-Economic Accounting-Energy (SEEA-Energy) which is a multi-purpose conceptual framework for organizing energy-related statistics. SEEA-Energy is part of the System of Environmental Economic Accounting (SEEA) which provides the agreed upon statistical framework for measuring the relationship between the environment and the economy. It is comprised of two complimentary international statistical standards: the SEEA Central Framework (SEEA CF) and the SEEA Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA EA).  

It supports analysis of the role of energy within the economy, the state of energy inputs and various energy-related transactions of environmental interest. It is fully consistent with the SEEA Central Framework and follows an accounting structure similar to the System of National Accounts (SNA). By doing so, the SEEA-Energy allows data compilers to develop indicators and conduct analysis on the economy-environment nexus, with a focus on energy.