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from 04-Jun-2008 to 05-Jun-2008
The economic impact of climate change, rising food prices and a broad range of other trade, growth and development issues will be discussed at the OECD’s annual ministerial meeting in Paris on 4-5 June 2008. France, represented by Christine Lagarde, Minister for the Economy, Industry and Employment, will chair the meeting, with Mexico and Switzerland as Vice-Chairs.
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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.
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from 29-Nov-2006 to 30-Nov-2006
This event is taking place in the framework of the Global Forum on Sustainable Development on the topic of Public Private Partnerships in the Water Supply and Sanitation Sector and it is organised by the OECD with support from the World Bank and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD).
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on 04-Apr-2006
OECD Development and Environment Ministries and Agencies joined forces to launch a process to work in partnership with developing countries to integrate environmental factors efficiently into national development policies and poverty reduction strategies. The outcomes of the meeting were an agreed framework for common action, as well as a concrete agenda for integrating climate change adaptation into development co-operation.
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Global Infrastructure Needs: Prospects and Implications for Public and Private Actors
from 12-Dec-2006 to 13-Dec-2006
The last OECD Futures project meeting on Global Infrastructure Needs took place at the OECD on the 12th and 13th December 2006. For more information, please contact Mr. Pierre-Alain Schieb at Pierre-Alain.Schieb@oecd.org or Anita Gibson at Anita.Gibson@oecd.org.
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from 26-Apr-2006 to 28-Apr-2006
The Second Joint Meeting of the EU Water Initiative EECCA Working Group and the EAP Task Force Environmental Finance and Water Networks was held on the 26-28th of April 2006, in Almaty, Kazakhstan with the support of the Ministry of Environment of Kazakhstan and of Central Asia Regional Environment Centre.
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from 27-Mar-2006 to 28-Mar-2006
This March 2006 event focused on such pressing climate change themes as: Adaptation, the Clean Development Mechanism, Sectoral Crediting agreements and Technology Collaboration. Several developing countries participated and gave presentations.
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Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Sector (RWSS) in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA)
from 19-Apr-2005 to 20-Apr-2005
The EAP Task Force and the REC Caucasus co-organized a workshop on Rural Water Supply and Sanitation in Tbilisi, Georgia on 19th – 20th of April, 2005.
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from 11-Nov-2004 to 12-Nov-2004
The Global Forum on Sustainable Development: Development and Climate Change addressed key issues relating to mainstreaming responses to climate change into economic development planning policies. It focused on mainstreaming adaptation to climate change within developing countries, within donor portfolios on development assistance, and within OECD domestic contexts.
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from 17-Jun-2004 to 18-Jun-2004
This workshop gathered views from OECD member countries on material flows and related measurement tools. It was held in Helsinki, Finland and was attended by more than 50 participants, including national delegates, international experts and observers from industry and environmental NGOs.
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