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DAC work on environment and climate change is conducted primarily by the Network on Environment and Development Co-operation (ENVIRONET) (www.oecd.org/dac/environment).
ENVIRONET works to enhance the coherence of OECD country policies in the areas of environment and development co-operation (read more).
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on 04-Mar-2010
This meeting will focus on the use and strengthening of country systems for environmental management, in particular how to integrate environment into planning and public financial management. There will also be a special session on climate change financing and aid effectiveness.
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11-Dec-2009
Members of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) have approved a policy marker to track official development assistance (ODA) in support of climate change adaptation.
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10-Dec-2009
In the lead-up to COP15, there have been renewed calls for developed countries to assist developing countries’ efforts to reduce their greenhouse gases emissions. Recent OECD data show that in 2007 official development assistance (ODA) targeting climate change mitigation amounted to approximately USD 3.8 billion, accounting for 0,4 percent of total bilateral ODA that year.
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06-Nov-2009
The OECD hosted two side events at the Climate Change Talks in Barcelona -- the last UNFCCC sessions before COP15 Copenhagen. 1. "Financing for Enhanced Climate Change Action: Mitigation and Adaptation" was organised by climate change experts from the Environment and Development Co-operation directorates; 2. “Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and Climate Change” was co-hosted by ITU, OECD and GeSI.
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20-Aug-2009
This Policy Guidance provides essential information and advice on how to mainstream climate change adaptation into development. The objectives are to promote understanding of the implications of climate change on development, to identify appropriate approaches for integrating adaptation into development policies at national, sectoral, project levels and in urban and rural contexts and to identify practical ways for donors to support developing country partners in their efforts to reduce their vulnerability to climate change.
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