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The Environment Directorate provides governments with the analytical basis to develop policies that are effective and economically efficient, including through country performance reviews, data collection, policy analysis, projections and modelling, and the development of common approaches (read more).
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10-May-2012
The SPIN database contains information on chemical substances from the Nordic product registers (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden). The types of information are: exposure assessments, use patterns, industrial chemicals and volumes. The Nordic SPIN database includes an Exposure Toolbox. The Use Index enables to search for general indicative exposure of human beings and the environment from different chemicals and uses. With the SPIN database, over 25000 records have been added in eChemPortal.
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from 29-Mar-2012 to 30-Mar-2012
OECD Environment Ministers met on 29-30 March 2012 in Paris under the theme of Making Green Growth Deliver. They discussed future priorities for action based on the OECD Environmental Outlook to 2050, which makes a strong case for green growth policies.
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20-Mar-2012
This paper examines the effect of multilateral energy technology initiatives, so called "Implementing Agreements", on international research collaboration in seven important climate change mitigation technologies.
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15-Mar-2012
As countries struggle with the immediate challenges of stretched public finances and high unemployment, they must not neglect the longer term. Action needs to be taken now to prevent irreversible damage to the environment.
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13-Mar-2012
(Quantitative) Structure-Activity Relationships or (Q)SARs are methods for estimating properties of a chemical from its molecular structure. The QSAR Toolbox is a software intended to be used by governments, the chemical industry and other stakeholders to apply (Q)SARs to fill data gaps needed for assessing the hazards of chemicals. This updated version 2.3 contains a number of new functionalities, new databases and bug fixes. The release is part of a collaboration between OECD and the European Chemicals Agency.
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