Environmental Indicators and Outlooks

High quality environmental information is indispensable for responsive and cost-effective policies. The OECD provides leadership in the development of indicators to measure countries' environmental performance and provides harmonised data on environmental progress in OECD countries. It advises on methodologies for environmental indicators and accounting systems; it issues recommendations that help countries improve their environmental information systems and produce reliable environmental data.

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OECD Factbook 2009 focuses on inequality

08-Apr-2009

How equitable is access to health and education in OECD countries?  How wide are the differences in economic performance between regions? To what extent do government benefits and taxes reduce poverty?

2008 OECD Environmental Outlook - How much will it cost to address today's key environmental problems?

05-Mar-2008

"Solutions to the key environmental challenges are available, achievable and affordable, especially when compared to the expected economic growth and the costs and consequences of inaction", OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria said at the worldwide launch of the 2008 OECD Environmental Outlook in Oslo, hosted by Norway's Prime Minister, Jens Stoltenberg.

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