Mobilising financial resources - boosting energy investment and carbon finance in Africa

from 11-Nov-2009 to 12-Nov-2009

African ministers and business leaders will meet in Johannesburg, South Africa on 11-12 November to discuss how African countries can exit the financial crisis and build stronger and more sustainable economies at the NEPAD-OECD ministerial and roundtable.

OECD Conference on the Economics of Climate Change

on 18-Sep-2009

The Conference aimed to bring together high level experts, government decision-makers and representatives from civil society to discuss how climate change mitigation and adaptation can best be tackled in an economically efficient manner, including by ensuring sufficient incentives for participation by all.

Challenges for Agricultural Research, conference 6-8 April

from 06-Apr-2009 to 08-Apr-2009

Faced with uncertain economic prospects, governments must find forward-looking solutions to secure food resources, conserve fuel and protect the environment.  Scientists and policymakers will meet in Prague to discuss the latest findings in research on animal cloning, food safety and pest control, among others.

OECD Workshop on Distributive Issues Related to Biodiversity

from 26-Apr-2006 to 27-Apr-2006

OECD Workshop on Distributive Issues Related to Biodiversity, held 26-27 April 2006 in Oaxaca, Mexico.

EAP Task Force met in Paris on 7-8 February 2008

from 07-Feb-2008 to 08-Feb-2008

The annual meeting of the EAP Task Force - first after the 6th "Enviroment for Europe" Ministerial Conference, held in October 2007 in Belgrade (Serbia), took place in Paris at the OECD Conference Centre on 7 and 8 February. High-level officials from environment ministries of OECD and non-member economies discussed the new programme of work and budget of the EAP Task Force for 2008, and elected the new co-Chairs and Bureau of the Task Force.

Atelier sur les méthodologies d'évaluation de la durabilité

from 14-Jan-2008 to 15-Jan-2008

Cet atelier réunira des experts éminents pour examiner comment conduire l'évaluation de la durabilité et ses relations avec d'autres types d'évaluations des politiques.

Veuillez trouver ici l'agenda.

Conducting Sustainability Assessments

from 14-Jan-2008 to 15-Jan-2008

A publication (and related workshop) review the state-of-the-art in assessing the economic, environmental and social impacts of policies and programmes.

OECD Annual Meeting of Sustainable Development Experts

from 08-Oct-2007 to 09-Oct-2007

Sustainable development experts from government ministries in OECD capitals met on 8-9 October 2007 in Paris to discuss a range of topics including: 1) how to promote sustainable consumption and production, 2) how to overcome obstacles to implementing national sustainable development strategies, and 3) how to formulate sustainable and coherent development policies. They also developed ways to further mainstream sustainable development perspectives in OECD studies and country reviews.

Agri-Environmental Indicators Workshop

The main objective of the Workshop, held in Washington D.C., 19-21 March 2007, was to get a good idea as to which indicators and elements in the agri-environmental policy inventory are valued and used by policy makers, and to chart out a practical way forward to implement in a concrete way this work area in the OECD so that it is relevant to Member countries. 

OECD welcomes the new report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on Mitigation

on 04-May-2007

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) today released the Summary for Policy Makers of its Working Group III report on the Mitigation of Climate Change. The OECD welcomes this important study, which highlights that there is significant room to cost-effectively reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. OECD experts have actively contributed to the development of the IPCC assessment and the OECD is working to support countries to advance policies that will realise this potential in a way that is least-cost.