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23-Apr-2010
OECD Secretary-General says that living beyond our limits is accelerating global warming. He calls upon governments to increase their emissions reductions targets, commit more financing, and ensure that mitigation is measurable, reportable and verifiable. Responding to fears that carbon taxes and cap-and-trade schemes could harm competitiveness, Gurría says that these concerns are exaggerated and that sharing green technologies and international co-operation can help level the playing field.
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15-Apr-2010
This study is part of the "Taxation, Innovation and the Environment" research programme of the OECD Joint Meeting of Tax and Environment Experts. It was prepared by Alain Schoenenberger and Alexander Mack of the Swiss consultancy Eco'Diagnostic.
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07-Apr-2010
Approximately 1000 Chinese chemical names have been added to the eChemPortal index of chemical names allowing a search by chemical name in Chinese. eChemPortal - The Global Portal to Information on Chemical Substances, provides direct links to collections of information prepared for government chemical review programmes at national, regional, and international levels.
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31-Mar-2010
The OECD convened an expert workshop on Enhancing the Cost-Effectiveness of Payments for Ecosystem Services on 25th March 2010. Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) translate external non-market values of the environment into tangible financial incentives, creating a link between the providers of ecosystem services and the beneficiaries of their provision. PES programmes are proliferating across developed and developing countries to correct for a wide range of environmental challenges, and are channelling increasingly larger amounts of finance.
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29-Mar-2010
This document provides information on current/planned activities related to the safety of manufactured nanomaterials in OECD member and non-member countries that attended at the 6th meeting of OECD’s Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials (Paris France, 28-30 October 2009). There are also written reports on relevant current activities in other International Organisations such as the ISO, the FAO and the WHO.
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29-Mar-2010
The United Kingdom Coordinated Chemicals Risk Management Programme Publications output has been added as a participant in eChemPortal, offering links to Risk Evaluation Reports containing full risk assessment for the environment, including human health hazard assessment, based on all available valid data. eChemPortal, the Global Portal to Information on Chemical Substances, provides direct links to collections of information prepared for government chemical review programmes at national, regional, and international levels.
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22-Mar-2010
Carbon markets put a price on carbon and this is essential to drive necessary technological and behavioural innovation to limit climate change. OECD works with governments to analyse the design, development and implementation of greenhouse gas market instruments.
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18-Mar-2010
The result of the GHS Classification by the Japanese government has been added as a participant in eChemPortal, offering links to results of the FY2005-2006 GHS classification of approximately 1,500 chemicals by the Japanese government. eChemPortal, the Global Portal to Information on Chemical Substances, provides direct links to collections of information prepared for government chemical review programmes at national, regional, and international levels.
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