Sustainable development profile of the Gironde

The sustainable development profile of the Girondin territory makes it possible to present the situation of the department with regard to sustainable development. Classically, the first possibility for such a presentation is to establish a sustainable development diagnosis of the territory. To this long, tedious, unsynthetic approach and difficult to reproduce annually, the Department of Gironde preferred an alternative: use synthetic indicators of sustainable development. These are indicators that make it possible to visualise, in a single data, a plurality of elements (called elementary indicators). This choice makes it possible to have a simple and clear vision of sustainable development in the territory, which can be updated every year. In addition, it makes it possible to highlight the strengths, weaknesses and challenges present in the territory and to target where it seems necessary to act. Indicators, although primarily pedagogical, therefore also have operational virtues. The synthetic indicators refer to the five sustainable development goals as well as the key elements of the Agenda 21 approach. Each objective of Agenda 21 therefore has an associated synthetic indicator. The department being a precursor in this process (to our knowledge this approach is a first for a department), it was necessary to rely on existing work and work on their translation, to adapt what has been carried out elsewhere, mainly in the regions (Ile-de-France, Nord-pas-de-Calais...). Four synthetic indicators emerged from this adaptation; the Departmental Social Health Index allowing to represent the goal “Social cohesion and solidarity between territories and between generations”, the Index of human well-being for the purpose “Blossomment of all human beings”, the Index of Environmental Quality and Ecosystem Preservation referring to the goal “Preservation of biodiversity, protection of environments and resources” and the Index of vulnerability to climate change for the purpose “Climate Change Control”. For the purpose “Dynamics of development according to responsible modes of production and consumption”, it was initially planned to calculate the ecological footprint of the territory. This method makes it possible to determine whether humans consume natural resources beyond the capacity for renewal and absorption of ecosystems. Being unable to collect all the data from this indicator because they do not exist on a departmental scale, another indicator replaced it. It is the Responsible Consumption and Production Index, creation of the department. To approach governance issues, as experiments in other territories do not meet our needs, we worked, with the network of agendas 21 in the girdle, to create a new indicator. The Governance Index thus refers to the determinants of the Agenda 21 approach. This indicator, unlike the others, highlights the situation of each Girondin canton on this issue. Together, these indices make it possible to draw up a “state of play” sustainable development of the territory, placing the Department in relation to a national average or trend.吉伦特（Girondin）辖区的可持续发展概况，可为呈现该省的可持续发展现状提供支撑。 传统而言，此类现状呈现的首要路径是对辖区开展可持续发展诊断。但该方法耗时冗长、繁琐冗杂且难以综合提炼，亦无法每年复刻更新，因此吉伦特省（Department of Gironde）选择了替代方案：采用可持续发展综合指标。 这类指标可通过单一数据整合多项要素（即基础指标），实现可视化呈现。该选择可让辖区可持续发展现状的展示简洁清晰，且支持每年更新。此外，该方案能够凸显辖区内的优势、短板与现存挑战，并精准定位亟需干预的领域。尽管这类指标核心功能在于科普教学，但其同样具备实践应用价值。 本次采用的综合指标，对应可持续发展五大目标以及21世纪议程（Agenda 21）框架的核心要素，因此21世纪议程的每项目标均配有专属综合指标。 吉伦特省是该领域的先行者——据我们所知，此类方法在省级层面尚属首次——因此团队依托既有研究成果并开展译介工作，对其他地区（主要为法兰西岛大区（Ile-de-France）、北部-加来海峡大区（Nord-pas-de-Calais）等）的实践经验进行适配调整。 经适配调整后，共形成四项综合指标：一是省级社会健康指数（Departmental Social Health Index），对应“辖区间与代际间的社会凝聚与团结”目标；二是人类福祉指数（Index of human well-being），对应“全体人类蓬勃发展”目标；三是环境质量与生态保护指数（Index of Environmental Quality and Ecosystem Preservation），对应“保护生物多样性、守护环境与资源”目标；四是气候变化脆弱性指数（Index of vulnerability to climate change），对应“气候变化应对”目标。 针对“依托负责任生产与消费模式实现发展动能”这一目标，团队最初计划核算辖区生态足迹。该方法可用于判断人类对自然资源的消耗是否超出生态系统的更新与吸纳能力。但由于省级层面缺乏该指标所需的全部数据，团队转而采用另一项指标——由吉伦特省自主创设的负责任消费与生产指数（Responsible Consumption and Production Index）。 针对治理议题，由于其他辖区的实践无法满足我方需求，团队联合环域21世纪议程协作网络，全新创设了一项指标。 治理指数（Governance Index）对应21世纪议程框架的核心决定因素。与其他指标不同，该指标可清晰呈现吉伦特省内每个县在治理领域的现状。 上述所有指标可共同构建辖区可持续发展的“现状概览”，并将吉伦特省的表现与全国平均水平或发展趋势进行对标分析。