ESCoE, University College London and the Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment ran a workshop on Natural Capital Accounting on Monday 18 – Tuesday 19 August 2025 at King’s College London.
This two-day event introduced key concepts, methods, and tools to help us understand, measure, and integrate the value of nature into economic and policy decisions. Participants also got hands-on experience with a new tool currently under discussion within the UN Statistics Division (ESA CAT).
This workshop was designed for academics, statisticians and anyone interested in natural capital accounts.
Event objectives
- Gain practical skills to assess how economic activities depend on and impact nature.
- Learn how to find and work with environmental and economic data.
- Use a new tool to evaluate and improve ecosystem services accounts.
Agenda
- 09:30 - 17:00
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Classification and role of ecosystem services in national and corporate accounting frameworks
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Connecting nature’s benefits to economic sectors and activities
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Exploring existing data and classifications (e.g. CICES, ISIC)
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Revisiting SEEA frameworks (SEEA - CF and SEEA EA) and their role in assessing nature
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Learn to assess the dependency and impact of economic activity on nature
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Discover where to find the data you need
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Begin using tools to support this analysis
- 09:00 - 16:30
Topics:
- The beta version of this new assessment tool under discussion within UNSD (ESA CAT) will be presented and tested with participants to understand the key components to build or assess ecosystem services accounts
- Discuss the different uses of ecosystem accounts for policy decision making
Learning Outcomes:
- Use a step-by-step tool to assess the compatibility and readiness of your ecosystem accounts