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04-oct.-2005
This book explores the interface between environmental and social elements of water pricing policies in OECD countries.
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27-sept.-2005
This report proposes an overview of the current programmes designed to elaborate children's environmental health indicators. It also examines their consistency with OECD guidelines on the development and measurement of indicators, in order to determine their usefulness to OECD Member countries.
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27-sept.-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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27-sept.-2005
A comprehensive review of funding of environmental assurance systems is now available. It has been carried out to respond to enforcement officials' request for support to develop financial strategies and management regimes for enforcement agencies that follow the principles of effectiveness and efficiency. The review covers the application of cost-recovery, polluter pays, and other sound principles of public policies together with better mechanisms for cost assessment, improving financial management and budget allocations, as well as increasing efficiency of enforcement activities.
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26-sept.-2005
The Joint Meeting of the Chemicals Committee and Working Party on Chemicals, Pesticides and Biotechnology will be holding a Workshop on the Safety of Manufactured Nanomaterials at the end of the year. This event is being hosted by the United States in December 2005, in Washington, D.C. This Workshop is a follow up of the special session on the “potential implications of manufactured nanomaterials for human health and environmental safety ”, which was held the 7th June 2005.
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26-sept.-2005
The 38th Joint Meeting of the Chemicals Committee and Working Party on Chemicals, Pesticides and Biotechnology held a special session on the “potential implications of manufactured nanomaterials for human health and environmental safety”. The objective was to begin to identify human health and environmental safety issues associated with manufactured nanomaterials, which the Joint Meeting should address in the future.
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31-août-2005
Le rapport "Integrated Management Systems (IMS) - Potential Safety Benefits Achievable from Integrated Management of Safety, Health, Environment and Quality (SHE&Q)" (en anglais uniquement) est publié dans la série sur les accidents chimiques.
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01-juil.-2005
The Joint Meeting of the Chemicals Committee and Working Party on Chemicals, Pesticides and Biotechnology endorsed an outreach strategy developed in accordance with the Council Resolution concerning the participation of non-members in the work of subsidiary bodies of the organisation [C(2004)132/Final].
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24-juin-2005
The Consensus Document on Compositional Considerations for New Varieties of Alfalfa and Other Temperate Forage Legumes has now been published.
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New paper from the Annex I Expert Group on the UNFCCC
16-juin-2005
The AIXG has just released an important new study on climate change: "Approaches for Future International Co-operation ", by Cédric Philibert (International Energy Agency), was published on 14 June. This paper provides a repertory of approaches for future international co-operation in climate change mitigation, based on the literature. Most options presented suggest various forms of agreements on policies and measures, and technology-focused approaches. All are building blocks for the reader to consider a much broader set of options by combining them in various ways.
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