Instrument Mixes Addressing Household Waste

21-févr.-2007

A broad OECD project has analysed the environmental effectiveness and economic efficiency of instrument mixes addressing selected environmental issues. In this connection, case studies of the instrument mixes addressing household waste have been prepared. This report discusses the preference given to incineration over landfilling in these two countries (and at the EU level), and points to a considerable overlap between the instruments applied in both countries.

New OECD Environmental Outlook to 2030 -- due out early 2008

19-févr.-2007

OECD is developing a new OECD Environmental Outlook to 2030. It will update and extend the projections from the 2001 Outlook, focus on new and emerging issues, and provide detailed analysis of specific policies. OECD is working closely with other Organisations producing environment-related Outlooks.

Proposed System of Surface Water Quality Standards for Moldova

16-févr.-2007

The purpose of this report is to analyse the current Moldovan system of surface water quality standards and develop a proposal for an improved system, using relevant EU Directives as a benchmark and considering Moldova’s obligations under various international agreements. This new system of Surface Water Quality Standards (SWQS) will be discussed it in a series of stakeholder workshops in Moldova

Impacts of environmental policy instruments on technological change

08-févr.-2007

This paper, written by Prof. Herman Vollebergh, Department of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, provides a review of the literature on impacts of environmental policy instruments on technological change. 

The 18th Addendum to the OECD Guidelines for the Testing of Chemicals was adopted in January 2007:

05-févr.-2007

Section 2: Effects on Biotic Systems
224  Determination of the Inhibition of the Activity of Anaerobic Bacteria – Reduction of Gas Production from anaerobically digesting (sewage) sludge

 Section 5: Other Test Guidelines Part A: Pesticide Residue Chemistry 
 Introduction to Section 5
 501  Metabolism in Crops
 502  Metabolism in Rotational Crops
 503  Metabolism in Livestock
 504  Residues in Rotational Crops (Limited Field Studies)
 505  Residues in Livestock

Les Lignes directrices de l’OCDE pour les essais de produits chimiques désormais disponibles gratuitement

31-janv.-2007

Toutes les Lignes directrices de l’OCDE pour les essais de produits chimiques sont désormais disponibles gratuitement et accessibles sur SourceOCDE et la Librairie en ligne de l'OCDE.

Improving recycling markets

09-janv.-2007

Recycling markets are growing, but market failures and barriers are constraining some markets of secondary materials such as used oil, tyres and plastics. This report presents the case for the use of  'industrial' policies which address such market failures and barriers.

Renewable Energy and Environmental Taxes

20-déc.-2006

The high price of some new non-polluting energy technologies makes it hard for them to compete with traditional energy sources. To curb industrial pollution, many OECD countries have introduced pollution taxes. (Video also available in Spanish).
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A new landscape of water and sanitation operators in developing countries

01-déc.-2006

This informative press note summarises the key policy conclusions of the OECD Global Forum on Sustainable Development / World Bank “Public-Private Partnership in Water Supply and Sanitation - Recent Trends and New Opportunities” Paris, 29-30 November 2006. Visit the event's web page for more information .

Wengen 2006 Workshop - Adaptation to the impacts of climate change in the European Alps

01-déc.-2006

A workshop on adaptation to the impacts of climate change in the European Alps was co-organized by the OECD, the University of Fribourg, and the EU- Ensembles project and took place in Wengen, Switzerland on October 4-6, 2006. About fifty experts and representatives from governments, NGOs, and the private sector participated to this event. Adaptation within the sectors of winter tourism, agriculture and ecosystems, natural hazards management, and water resource management were addressed during the workshop.