The 29th meeting of the London Group on Environmental Accounting, a group of experts from national statistical agencies and international organisations, took place in Pretoria, South Africa, from 11 to 14 September.

Stefan Giljum and Stephan Lutter held a presentation in the session on “Input-output models”, reporting on the state of play in developing global multi-regional input-output databases and experiences from consulting the OECD on developing comprehensive material flow-based indicators.

The presentation entitled “Towards harmonised global input-output databases for calculating footprint indicators” can be downloaded here.

For more information about the London Group meeting including background documents from the OECD process click here.