RT Report
T1 Sustainability Indicators: A Scientific Assessment - SCOPE 67
A1 Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment, 
A2 Hák, Tomá
A2 Moldan, Bedrich
A2 Dahl, Arthur Lyon
K1 sustainable development
K1 development indicator
K1 environmental impact assessment
K1 environmental indicator
K1 natural resource
K1 economic growth
K1 health
PB Island Press
SN 978-1-59726-130-2
YR 2007
FD 2007
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/30299
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/30299
NO This report presents a scientific assessment of sustainability indicators developed to support decision making on environmental and development issues. It situates the work within international policy processes, including efforts following the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, where the need for indicators to monitor sustainable development was established. The document brings together contributions from scientific, governmental, and institutional stakeholders to review existing indicator frameworks, methodologies, and applications across social, economic, and environmental domains. It examines conceptual approaches, aggregation methods, and measurement challenges, and compiles a wide range of indicators used in practice. The report emphasises interdisciplinary analysis and evaluates how indicators capture complex system interactions and inform policy and management processes.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 18, 2026