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06-avr.-2007
Climate change presents great challenges to society by raising the risk of negative impacts on human society, the economy, and the Earth. The IPCC today released the Summary for Policy Makers of its Working Group II Report on Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. The OECD welcomes this important study, which underscores the need for strengthened policy to limit the impacts of climate change.
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30-mars-2007
"Working Together to Respond to Climate Change": Seminar of the Annex I Expert Group on the UNFCCC, was held on 19 & 20 March 2007 at IEA Headquarters, Paris. It focused on four areas of discussion: national approaches to adaptation and the role of the international community; overcoming short- and long-term barriers to Clean Development Mechanism project development; technology and energy efficiency; and sectoral approaches and incentives.
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29-mars-2007
This document presents case studies of instrument mixes used to address emissions to air of mercury in Norway, Sweden and the United States.
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27-mars-2007
An OECD project has been launched on the valuation of environment-related health impacts for children. An original survey instrument will be applied in three OECD countries (United Kingdom, Italy and the Czech Republic). This survey will be developed to provide estimates of WTP for risk reductions to adult and child populations which will allow for cross-country comparisons.
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14-mars-2007
For the last 30 years, analysis of the inner workings of the firm has been largely absent from economic assessments of environmental policy. Recent work has highlighted the importance of understanding a firm’s commercial motivations, decision-making procedures and organizational structure when designing and implementing public environmental policies. Environmental Policy and Corporate Behaviour responds to this need, investigating the many internal challenges faced by firms seeking to implement new policies and achieve significant and long-lasting environmental progress.
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12-mars-2007
Le rapport fournit des recommandations fondées sur des éléments concrets pour améliorer la coordination politique entre environnement et santé. Des études de cas ont été menées au canada, en France et au Royaume-Uni afin de mieux comprendre quel est le niveau de coordination effectif.
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26-févr.-2007
This document presents case studies of instruments used to address non-point sources of water pollution in Denmark, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and in the Chesapeake Bay area of the United States.
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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.
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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
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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.
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