OECD side events at UN Climate Change sessions in Bonn, March-April 2009

07-avr.-2009

OECD held two side events at the UN Climate Change sessions in Bonn. The first, on 31 March, addressed critical questions for the post-2012 climate framework, including mitigation support and finance, and how to ensure mitigation actions can be “measured, reported, and verified”. The second side-event, on 7 April, looked at critical issues for reaching a post-2012 climate deal, including carbon leakage concerns, incentives for action by all major emitters, and the role of sectoral approaches in the carbon market. New analysis by OECD and IEA was presented at the side events.

Economic Aspects of Adaptation to Climate Change: Integrated Assessment Modelling of Adaptation Costs and Benefits

03-avr.-2009

Efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions need to move hand in hand with policies and incentives to adapt to the impacts of climate change. This report seeks to inform critical questions with regard to policy mixes of investments in adaptation and mitigation, and how they might vary over time. Adaptation cost curves are estimated for the world, as well as for specific regions. The policy simulations presented in this report show that the costs of inaction are high, and thus it is important to start acting on both mitigation and adaptation now.

The 23rd issue of the Environment, Health and Safety News has been issued

31-mars-2009

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.

OECD Database on Research into the Safety of Manufactured Nanomaterials Public Launch on 1st April 2009

31-mars-2009

As part of the OECD activities to promote international co-operation in addressing human health and environmental safety aspects of manufactured nanomaterials, the OECD has developed a global resource which details research projects that address safety issues of manufactured nanomaterials. This database holds details of completed, current and planned research projects on safety, which are to be updated and managed electronically by delegations to the OECD Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials. It builds on the work of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

Launch of the OECD Report “Managing Water for All: an OECD Perspective on Pricing and Financing”

18-mars-2009

One billion people cannot get clean drinking water and 2.5 billion lack access to basic sanitation which cause 1.5 million preventable child deaths per year. While addressing the emergency of the current crisis, we must not forget that water is the most essential good and we should find new and innovative approaches to allow everyone access to water and sanitation, according to the OECD Secretary-General.

The Financial and Economic Crisis and Water

18-mars-2009

The current crisis provides an impetus to push forward difficult reform, an opportunity that should not be wasted for the water sector, according to Angel Gurría. He affirmed that there were huge opportunities for job-creating and “shovel ready” investments in the water sector, particularly for water saving and the rehabilitation of networks, which require relatively short design and construction planning, compared to other types of infrastructure.

Expert Meeting “Reform of Administrative Fines for Environmental Offences in EECCA Countries” Tallinn, Estonia, 19-20 March 2009

13-mars-2009

The meeting of experts from  Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia(EECCA) and OECD countries served to exchange experiences and discuss different approaches to reforming administrative monetary penalties as a key enforcement tool in EECCA, as well the draft guidance document prepared by the EAP Task Force Secretariat.

Comment rendre le commerce des déchets valorisables économiquement efficace et dans le respect de l'environnement : un Manuel d'application pour les pays de l'OCDE

02-mars-2009

Ce manuel aide les gouvernements nationaux et les autorités compétentes à mettre en œuvre le système de contrôle de l’OCDE des mouvements transfrontières de déchets destinés à des opérations de valorisation prévu par l’acte du Conseil de l'OCDE C(2001)107/FINAL. Il aide également les entreprises privées à importer et exporter les déchets recyclables d’une manière économiquement efficace et dans le respect de l'environnement.

Household Behaviour and the Environment: Reviewing the Evidence (Disponible en anglais uniquement)

16-févr.-2009

Sur la base d'une revue d’études empiriques, cette publication analyse les facteurs qui déterminent le comportement environnemental dans cinq domaines clés dans lesquels les ménages exercent des pressions sur l'environnement : l'utilisation de l'énergie, les transports, la production de déchets, la consommation de nourriture et d'eau.  L'étude élargit le champ d'application des analyses précédentes en examinant l'effet de divers types d'instruments de politique de l’environnement et en tenant compte des différences de comportement entre les ménages (âge, revenus, éducation).

Limitation des risques de changement climatique par la réduction du trafic de véhicules légers

11-févr.-2009

Ce document est une contribution au Forum mondial de l'OCDE/FIT sur le développement durable : transport et environnement dans une économie en voie de mondialisation qui s’est tenu à Guadalajara, Mexique, du 10 au 12 novembre 2008 (www.oecd.org/env/transport/gfsd). Il étudie les possibilités pour limiter les risques de changement climatique en réduisant le trafic de véhicules légers.