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28-Aug-2009
Financing climate change is one of the key issues that needs to be resolved for a successful international climate agreement, and is a topic for G20 finance ministers to discuss in London in September. OECD works with government representatives from finance ministries, environment ministries and development co-operation agencies on several of the key issues relating to a post-2012 financial architecture.
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15-Jun-2009
Speaking at the International Economic Forum of the Americas, Mr. Gurria called on all countries to use the economic crisis as an opportunity to promote ‘green’ growth. Collective action and bold political will, he said, will be necessary to draft environmentally sound stimulus packages, reduce emissions, foster green innovation, and work towards a successful UN Climate Change Conference at the end of the year.
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05-Jun-2009
The OECD-IEA "Annex I Expert Group" released 3 new analytical reports on the post-2012 climate change framework currently being negotiated by the UN in the lead-up to COP15 Copenhagen: a) “Greenhouse gas mitigation actions: Measurement Reporting & Verification issues and options”; b) “Linking Mitigation Actions with Mitigation Support in Developing Countries: A Conceptual Framework”; and c) "Sectoral Approaches and the Carbon Market" considers the carbon market aspects of sectoral approaches to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in developing countries.
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05-Jun-2009
The OECD actively participated in the UN "Climate Change Talks Bonn" held 1-12 June 2009. On 9 June, the OECD side event "Building a global carbon market: how to achieve cost-effective GHG reductions and generate financing" took place. On 8 June it held a side event on "Building bridges: NAMAs, registries and mitigation support in the post-2012 framework" with panelists from the UK, Saudi Arabia, Korea, the European Commission, Australia, OECD and IEA.
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28-Apr-2009
Climate change is a fact of life. We need to act urgently if we are to avoid an irreversible build-up of greenhouse gases and global warming at a potentially huge cost to the economy and society worldwide. The economics of climate change lie at the epicentre of any viable solution. This publication summarises recent OECD analyses, including on the role of technological innovation and the impacts of policies to address carbon leakage. It provides arguments to help explain why postponing decisions is short-sighted.
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13-Oct-2008
Given that the majority of the world’s population lives in cities accounting for 60 to 80 percent of emissions, cities are key actors in our efforts to achieve long-term sustainable solutions to the global climate change challenge, according to Mr. Gurría.
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30-Sep-2008
Nuclear energy has been used to produce electricity for more than half a
century. It currently provides about 15% of the world’s supply and 22% in OECD
countries.
The oil crisis of the early 1970s provoked a surge in nuclear power plant orders
and construction, but as oil prices stabilised and even dropped, and enough
electricity generating plants came into service to meet demand, orders tailed
off. Accidents at Three Mile Island in the United States (1979) and at Chernobyl
in Ukraine (1986) also raised serious questions in the public mind about nuclear
safety.
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11-Jul-2008
Ce nouvel ouvrage fournit une évaluation critique des coûts et des bénéfices de l’adaptation dans des secteurs clés sensibles au changement climatique ainsi qu’une évaluation multisectorielle au niveau national et mondial. cette analyse oriente le débat sur le potentiel et les limites des instruments économiques – par exemple, assurance et partage des risques, marchés et tarification de biens et services environnementaux, partenariats public-privé – visant à encourager les activités d’adaptation. Url friendly : www.oecd.org/env/cc/adaptationeco .
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12-Jun-2008
The OECD hosted a side event at the 28th Sessions of the subsidiary bodies to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (SB-28) in Bonn on June 10th. The theme was the "Economics of Adaptation and Mitigation", and it was organised in two parts: first, the launch of the new book "Economic Aspects of Adaptation to Climate Change: Costs, Benefits and Policy Instruments" ; the second half featured the OECD Environmental Oultook to 2030 and Cities and Climate Change: the case of global port cities. Click on this title to access presentations.
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03-Jun-2008
Remarks by Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General, at the Opening session of the OECD Forum 2008, OECD International Conference Centre, Paris, 3 June, 2008.
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IEA at COP 15
For over a decade, the IEA has been providing analyses on the energy dimension of climate change and the energy implications of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its Kyoto Protocol.
IEA at COP 15
NEA Books
Using the most current data and statistics available, the NEO provides projections up to 2050 to consider growth scenarios and potential implications on the future use of nuclear energy.
Nuclear Energy Outlook
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