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30-Jan-2012
This policy guidance outlines a number of steps to be considered when building capacity for greening national development planning, national budgetary processes and key economic sector strategies.
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12-Dec-2011
A new webpage “Schedule of Assessments” has been created on eChemPortal to lead to existing scheduling information of national/regional and international assessments notified to the OECD by OECD member countries and stakeholders. The links are provided with the aim to assist in avoiding duplication across national/regional programmes in the area of chemical assessment.
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06-Dec-2011
New data show that the member countries of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) allocated up to USD 22.9 billion, or 15% of total official development assistance (ODA), to climate change mitigation and adaptation in developing countries in 2010.
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05-Dec-2011
The Environment, Health and Safety News is a newsletter issued approximately every eight months. Its purpose is to provide an update on the main events and activities of the OECD Environment, Health and Safety Programme. Information on new publications arising from the Programme as well as dates and venues of upcoming events and meetings are given.
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24-Nov-2011
According to OECD’s latest analysis, global greenhouse gas emissions are projected to double in the next 40 years. This would result in a 3-6 degree increase of the average global temperature by the end of the century unless governments take decisive action.
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21-Nov-2011
This OECD workshop brought together leaders from business and government to exchange experience on how to better utilise climate and investment policies to mobilise private capital to support low-carbon and climate-resilient infrastructure and development. Key focusses of the workshop were to examine the opportunities and challenges of infrastructure investment and identify innovative financial instruments to leverage limited public finance
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10-Nov-2011
As the Slovak Republic strives to increase productivity and competitiveness in the recovery from the financial crisis, the OECD Environmental Performance Review of the Slovak Republic recommends that it strengthen environmental policies and institutions, promoting green growth to help achieve its economic goals.
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08-Nov-2011
In recent years Israel has strengthened its environmental policies and now should develop a green growth plan that combines environmental, economic and social policies.
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08-Nov-2011
A Consensus Document on Compositional Considerations for New Varieties of Sugarcane (Saccharum ssp. hybrids), number 23 in the Series on Safety of Novel Foods and Feeds, is now available online. It contains information on the key nutrients, anti-nutrients and toxicants of food and feed obtained from this grass crop. Sugarcane is grown in tropical and sub-tropical regions in more than 100 countries and the sugar produced from it is commonly consumed all over the world.
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