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While bringing economic benefits, transport activity causes many negative environmental impacts. These include greenhouse gas emissions, local air pollution, water pollution, negative impacts on bio-diversity due to pollution and habitat losses, etc. This page presents work OECD is doing on policies that can counteract the negative environmental impacts of transport activity.
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22-Feb-2011
This book examines the environmental impacts of international maritime transport, and looks more in detail at the impacts stemming from near-port shipping activities, the handling of the goods in the ports and from the distribution of the goods to the surrounding regions. It focuses on five ports: Los Angeles and Long Beach, California, the United States; Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Port MetroVancouver, Canada; and Busan, Korea.
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07-Feb-2011
This brochure highlights the OECD work on Environment for 2011-2012, covering green growth, climate change, biodiversity, water, eco-innovation, chemical and bio-safety, resource efficiency.
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