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01-mars-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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28-févr.-2006
OECD’s Environment Policy Committee (EPOC) adopted a new Strategic Vision in February 2006. It highlights the purpose of EPOC’s work – to work towards ensuring global economic growth that is environmentally sustainable – and indicates the key priorities for the work.
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24-févr.-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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22-févr.-2006
This OECD book proposes an in depth analysis of the main methodological difficulties associated with estimating the social value of a reduction in environmental health risks to children.
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02-févr.-2006
The purpose of this case study document is to identify the similarities and differences between the emission estimation methods used in Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTRs) and Emission Scenario Documents (ESDs). The applicability of PRTR methods to the risk assessments intended by ESDs is also evaluated. Pulp and paper manufacture and textile wet processing are focused on in this document.
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02-févr.-2006
This document summarises the outcome from a Policy Dialogue on Exposure Assessment held in June 2005 in Paris. Meeting documents developed from information submitted by member countries are attached. While this document is a synopsis of current activities and not necessarily comprehensive, it is expected to provide an "entry level" discussion of exposure assessment approaches across OECD.
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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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New Report on "Economic Valuation of Environmental Health Risks to Children"
27-oct.-2005
27 October 2005
The report proposes an in-depth analysis of the main methodological difficulties associated with estimating the social value of a reduction in risk to children. It also underlines key policy implications and inputs for further research.
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