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16-Apr-2007
A recent report reviews and assesses the extent of the implementation of green public procurement policies in OECD member countries.
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29-Mar-2007
This document presents case studies of instrument mixes used to address emissions to air of mercury in Norway, Sweden and the United States.
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26-Feb-2007
This document presents case studies of instruments used to address non-point sources of water pollution in Denmark, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and in the Chesapeake Bay area of the United States.
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08-Feb-2007
This paper, written by Prof. Herman Vollebergh, Department of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, provides a review of the literature on impacts of environmental policy instruments on technological change.
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20-Dec-2006
The high price of some new non-polluting energy technologies makes it hard for them to compete with traditional energy sources. To curb industrial pollution, many OECD countries have introduced pollution taxes. (Video also available in Spanish).
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01-Mar-2006
By placing responsibility for a product's end-of-life environmental impacts on the original producer, EPR policies are expected to enhance design changes to products. Design for Environment (DfE), while reducing waste management costs, should improve product recyclability and reusability, downsize products and reduce material usage. This report discusses the 'Design for the Environment' impacts of EPR policies and investigates the extent to which these policies can contribute to DfE improvements.
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24-Feb-2006
Carrying out cost benefit analysis (CBA) is a key condition for deploying economically efficient environmental policies. This requires putting a money value on the benefits of these policies. Over the last decade, environmental CBA has evolved considerably. This book presents an in-depth assessment of the most recent conceptual and methodological developments.
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28-Nov-2005
This report was prepared by the Norwegian consultancy firm ECON Analyse as part of a broader work on "the political economy of environmentally related taxes".
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28-Nov-2005
This report was prepared by Damien Demailly and Philippe Quirion of the research institute CIRED, France, and has benefited from a deep collaboration with the Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS – Joint Research Centre – European Commission).
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03-Mar-2005
Extended Producer Responsibility is a policy approach where the responsibility of producers for their products is extended to include the social costs of waste management. This document, prepared by Prof. Stephen Smith, proposes a framework for analysing the costs and benefits of such programmes.
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