Environmental accounts as a statistical system describe interactions between the economy, private households and the environment.

Environmental accounts are mentioned as a requirement in the directions for the EU on environmental indicators and green national accounting. Their aim is to better depict the interaction between society and environment.

International practices for the preparation of environmental accounts are based on the System of Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounts (SEEA) which consists of a variety of environmental satellite accounts.

SEEA and the environmental accounts can contribute data and information to the monitoring of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).

The results, data and indicators of the environmental accounts are used in various subject areas, some of which are presented here in more detail.

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