London Group and insist that the standard- setting process involve participants representing a spectrum of viewpoints, countries, and interested stakeholders. An opportunity exists for research institutes to take a lead in identifying the financial resources needed to facilitate a broader standardsetting process, and to elicit a full range of voices to build a consensus on methodology. РFinally, and perhaps most importantly, the more countries institutionalize construction of environmental accounts, the greater the momentum for more of the same. РStill, building accounts—like developing any timeseries statistics—will not happen overnight. Their construction will require sustained institutional and mitment to ensure that the investment lasts long enough to yield results. But the experiences