Outcomes of the First Joint Meeting of the Task Force for the Implementation of the Environmental Action Programme for Central and Eastern Europe (EAP Task Force) and the Project Preparation Committee (PPC)

04-Nov-2003

The First Joint Meeting of the Task Force for the Implementation of the Environmental Action Programme for Central and Eastern Europe (EAP Task Force) and the Project Preparation Committee (PPC) was held in Paris on October 6-7, 2003. Some of the documents presented to the delegates of the Joint Meeting have now become available.

International Conference on Environmentally Sustainable Transport in the Asian Region, 23-25 March 2003, Nagoya, Japan. Proceedings.

09-Oct-2003

This was the first conference addressing the EST concept and approaches in the context of transport trends and priorities in the Asian region with a view to identifying most promising strategies for moving towards EST.

The conference was a sequel to OECD’s Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) project.  The lessons learned from the EST project and the resulting EST Guidelines served as background for this conference. 

Environmentally Harmful Subsidies: Policy Issues and Challenges

24-Sep-2003

This November 2002 Workshop identified numerous technical issues and policy challenges to pursue the reform of environmentally harmful subsidies, in particular the development of a common framework to define and measure subsidies.

External costs of transport in Central and Eastern Europe

16-Sep-2003

This is the summary brochure on External costs of transport in Central and Eastern Europe.

The full report presents the detailed results of the study including current external costs by mode of transport and by country and as well as  a number of conclusions and recommendations for policy. It also contains an estimate of projected future external costs of transport in 2010 for the CEI region as a whole. This study can serve as a basis for improving the assessment of externalities and developing strategies towards their internalisation and thus contributing to environmentally sustainable transport in the CEI region.

Harnessing Markets for Biodiversity: Towards Conservation and Sustainable Use

23-Jun-2003

This publication provides a conceptual framework for market creation in the biodiversity policy arena, as well as several examples of where the use of markets can assist policy makers and society at large in the search for more sustainable use and conservation of biodiversity.

Environmental Taxes and Competitiveness: An overview of issues, policy options, and research needs

16-Jun-2003

This paper gives an overview of issues and policy options concerning competitiveness and environmentally related taxes, and offers some suggestions on further research needs.

Forestry projects: lessons learned and implications for CDM modalities

05-Jun-2003

This paper examines how additionality, baselines and leakage have been assessed for several afforestation/reforestation (A/R) projects currently underway.

Policies to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Industry - Successful Approaches and Lessons Learned: Workshop Report

05-Jun-2003

This is the report of the Annex I Expert Group (AIXG) workshop 'Policies to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Industry – Successful Approaches and Lessons Learned' held on 2-3 December in Berlin, Germany.

Analysing the Nexus of Sustainable Development and Climate Change: An Overview

21-May-2003

This paper by Mohan Munasinghe (MIND) is a background document to the OECD Development and Climate Change Project. The analysis sketches out a broad framework to address the nexus of sustainable development and climate change.

Exploring Linkages Between Natural Resource Management and Climate Adaptation Strategies

21-May-2003

Report from the informal expert meeting on the Development and Climate Change Project held in Paris on 13-14 March 2002.