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Indicator and data needsWEI and results from the ClimWatAdapt project andpropose some processes to improve data quality andthe collection, production and analysis of the WEI.The European Strategy for EnvironmentalAccounting (see above) also includes 'wateraccounts'. These 'water accounts' can show thelinkages between water resources and the economy.The EEA is developing a water accounting methodbased on water balances on catchment level whichmay help to monitor water use in the context ofincreased risk of droughts due to climate change(see also the EEA 2012 report mentioned above onwater efficiency).Biodiversity and ecosystemsA pan-European initiative, SEBI 2010 (StreamliningEuropean 2010 Biodiversity Indicators), waslaunched in 2004 ( 99 ). Its aim was to develop aEuropean set of biodiversity indicators to assess andinform about progress towards the European 2010targets.The work is performed in collaboration between theEEA, DG ENV of the European Commission, theEuropean Centre for Nature Conservation (ECNC),UNEP/Pan-European Biological and LandscapeDiversity Strategy (PEBLDS) Secretariat with thelead of the Czech Republic and UNEP-WCMC (theWorld Conservation Monitoring Centre).In 2010 a biodiversity assessment based on theSEBI indicators for the pan-European region waspublished ( 100 ). The technical report containingspecifications of the 26 indicators selected waspublished in 2007 ( 101 ). In 2009, the SEBI 2010indicator fact sheets were published ( 102 ).Furthermore, a number of other reports andmessages on biodiversity were published by theEEA in 2010, including a baseline study related tothe 2020 target ( 103 ).In 2011, the European Commission adopted a newEU Biodiversity Strategy which identifies 6 prioritytargets and 20 actions ( 104 ). The adoption of newbiodiversity targets at international and Europeanlevels has also required the review of the SEBIindicator set. The SEBI process has undertaken aninitial mapping of the 26 SEBI indicators againstthe Aichi and EU targets. The analysis shows thatall the SEBI indicators can be used to measureprogress against the six new EU Targets and the20 Aichi Targets. Gaps have also been identified, andfurther consideration by thematic experts on howto fill the gaps is necessary. SEBI also carried out aconsultation with EEA member countries to find outhow the indicators are being used. The revision ofthe SEBI indicator set provides opportunities for theupdating and improvement of existing indicatorsand the development of new indicators to addressgaps (e.g. ecosystems services). Regarding CC IVA,some analysis would be useful on how climatechange can be addressed in the updating of the SEBIindicator set.The EEA's ETC/ACM has analysed some of theaspects related to climate change adaptation andbiodiversity ( 105 ). The paper considered proposed'high-level' biodiversity adaptation indicatorcategories and concluded that there is a need toundertake an in-depth review of the completespectrum of EU indicators to identify those that aremost relevant for climate change adaptation andbiodiversity and where existing indicators need tobe modified or new indicators developed.Regarding ecosystem assessments, Action 5 of theEU Biodiversity Strategy foresees that: 'MemberStates, with the assistance of the Commission, willmap and assess the state of ecosystems and theirservices in their national territory by 2014, assessthe economic value of such services, and promotethe integration of these values into accounting andreporting systems at EU and national level by 2020'.Such ecosystem assessments should take CC IVAaspects into account.MarineThe EEA marine indicators are presently part of theCore Set of Indicators (CSI) and energy sets. TheMarine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD ( 106 )),adopted in 2008, has a considerable emphasis onindicators for determining good environmentalstatus, with a total of 56 indicators being identified( 99 ) See http://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/knowledge/eu2010_indicators/index_en.htm.( 100 ) See http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/assessing-biodiversity-in-europe-84.( 101 ) See http://reports.eea.europa.eu/technical_report_2007_11/en.( 102 ) See http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/progress-towards-the-european-2010-biodiversity-target-indicator-fact-sheets.( 103 ) See http://www.eea.europa.eu/themes/biodiversity.( 104 ) See http://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/biodiversity/comm2006/2020.htm.( 105 ) See http://acm.eionet.europa.eu/reports/ETCACM_TP_2011_14_CCadapt_ind_biodiv.( 106 ) See http://ec.europa.eu/environment/water/marine/ges.htm.240 Climate change, impacts and vulnerability in Europe 2012