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Terms for addition based on high priority indicators

Mark Jensen edited this page Nov 17, 2015 · 18 revisions

The SDGIO Working Group, UNEP and FAO together with national institutions will be submitting a set of core definitions for SDG data and statistics to the UN System Data Catalogue. The purpose of this page is to centralize information for discussion regarding the request for prompt addition of terms related to a subset of proposed indicators.

Summary of Proposed Indicators from Second meeting of IAEG-SDG.

Table of needed SDGIO terms and relevant indicators from Ludgarde and Jacquie.

The plain list is followed by a subset of terms identified as immediate candidates for addition. They are presented in a table with columns for notes, relevant indicators, potential sources and draft definitions.


Plain List of Terms

  • employed / unemployed
  • formal / informal
  • education
  • basic / essential services
  • heath care
  • social protection
  • agricultural
  • household
  • affordable
  • medicine
  • sustainable
  • rural
  • urban
  • access
  • ownership
  • secure rights
  • rights bearer
  • safe
  • ambient water quality
  • risk
  • established
  • operational
  • energy
  • intensity
  • carbon emissions
  • slum
  • informal settlement
  • inadequate housing
  • land consumption
  • waste
  • waste generation
  • recycling
  • net permanent loss

###Candidates for Addition###

Term Indicators Notes Potential Source Draft Definition
employed 1.1.1, 1.3.1, 8.2.1, 8.3.1, 8.5.1, 8.5.2 employee = human and bearer of employee role http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ERO_0000787
education 4.3.1, 12.8.1 educational curricula / institution
health care service 1.4.1, 1.a.2 health care process http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OGMS_0000096
sustainable numerous sustainability, sustainable basis
agricultural household 2.4.3 ENVO?
medicine 3.b.1 drug role http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_23888 or http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBI_0000040
inadequate housing 11.1.1
slum 11.1.1
informal settlement 11.1.1
rural 4.5.1, 9.1.1
urban 4.5.1, 11.1.1, 11.6.1
ownership 5.a.1, 5.a.2 land ownership
rights bearer 10.3.1 equal rights, human rights
safe 6.3.1, 6.6.1, 6.2.1 safely treated and managed
ambient water quality 6.3.2 not presenting risk
operational 6.b.1 see targets 8.b, 13.a, 17.8, cf 'established'
land consumption 11.3.1
recycling 12.5.1 recycling rate, material recycled
waste 11.6.1, 12.4.1, 12.4.2 Term in ontology (ENVO), no definition, probably a role, material not used in production or consumption http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002264 A role that is realized in some production or consumption process wherein the bearer is discarded or not utilized.
energy intensity 7.3.1
carbon emissions 9.4.1