OECD/IEA seminar on climate change with non-Annex I countries, May 2008

20-mai-2008

The 2008 Annex I Expert Group seminar with non-Annex I countries took place 5-6 May 2008 in Paris and included 140 participants from 47 delegations. The seminar focussed on four main climate change topics: (i) exploring different mitigation options; (ii) reducing emission from deforestation (REDD) – structuring mechanisms for environmental performance; (iii) how to boost clean technology innovation diffusion and transfer in the near to medium term; and (iv) adaptation in the post-2012 framework.

ICGB Newsletter No. 19 Published

19-mai-2008

A new issue of the OECD Biotechnology Update has been published. This newsletter provides up-to-date information on the diverse activities at OECD related to biotechnology.

Business and Environment

13-mai-2008

Government ministers from around the world met at OECD headquarters in Paris to talk about crunch issues for the environment. One of the most important: getting business more involved in greening the economy.

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All countries must act on climate change

13-mai-2008

Slowing down the consequences of climate change is not only possible but also economically feasible. Taking actions now and doing so together would be cheaper for all economies, less than 0.1% of GDP per year from now until 2050. (Video clip in Spanish).
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Revision of OECD Monograph Guidance Document (Rev 3)

29-avr.-2008

Section 4.1.1 of the OECD Monograph Guidance Document has been revised to include text which specifies that Regulatory Authorities should not use the contents of a Monograph from another country as a basis for their regulatory decisions unless the data package upon which a particular Monograph was based has been provided to the Authority, or the owner of the data has granted permission for use of the summary evaluation in a Monograph in lieu of the data.

Current Developments/ Activities in Manufactured Nanomaterials, Paris, France, 28-30 November 2007

18-avr.-2008

This document provides information on current/planned activities related to the safety of manufactured nanomaterials in OECD member and non-member countries.  Information was provided by delegations who participated in the 3rd Meeting of OECD's Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials.  There are also reports on relevant current activities in some International Organisations.

L'OCDE encourage l'Australie à renforcer ses efforts sur l'environnement

19-mars-2008

Ce nouveau rapport de l'OCDE accueille les progrès de l'Australie à traiter les questions environnementales ces dernières années, mais il l'encourage à aller encore plus loin pour "reverdir" son économie et répondre aux défis environnementaux du changement climatique et de l'eau.  

Environmentally Harmful Subsidies in the Transport Sector

13-mars-2008

This report discusses environmentally harmful subsidies in the transport sector, with the aim of helping policy-makers better understand the broad literature available on this issue.

Nanotechnologies at the OECD

26-févr.-2008

The OECD has prepared an overview of its work on nanotechnologies for Forum VI of the Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety (IFCS).  This event will be held in Dakar, Senegal, 15-19 September 2008.   The document, "Nanotechnologies at the OECD", is available in English, French  and Russian.

International Symposium on the Risk Assessment of Manufactured Nanomaterials

22-févr.-2008

The OECD will take part in an thhis symposium which will be held on 23 April 2007 in Tokyo, Japan. A two-day OECD WPMN meeting - OECD Workshop on the Sponsorship Programme for the Testing of Manufactured Nanomaterials - will follow this event to discuss the sponsorship programme for the testing of manufactured nanomaterials.