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Recent phenomenal growth in energy and transport use has led to more pollution, resource depletion, congestion, and an increase in greenhouse gas emissions, which all contribute to climate change. The OECD analyses policies and their impacts on the environment and the economy.
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13-May-2008
Slowing down the consequences of climate change is not only possible but also economically feasible. Taking actions now and doing so together would be cheaper for all economies, about 1% of GDP per year from now until 2050. (Video clip in Spanish).
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from 28-May-2008 to 30-May-2008
The International Transport Forum will bring together Ministers, key industry actors, top researchers as well as high level representatives of NGOs and civil society from around the world to debate on how the sector can best reduce its impacts on global warming.
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13-May-2008
Government ministers from around the world met at OECD headquarters in Paris to talk about crunch issues for the environment. One of the most important: getting business more involved in greening the economy.
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02-May-2008
The International Transport Forum’s second online debate has been created with the purpose of stimulating discussion, opinion and suggestions from both experts and others on the following questions: What aims and objectives should Ministers have for the transport sector? What is the role of technology in reducing transport CO2 emissions? How can best technology be introduced?
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22-Apr-2008
The “worst-case” scenario, set out in the 2008 OECD Environmental Outlook, should be enough to grab anyone’s full attention. Fortunately, there is a far brighter prospect the OECD can foresee, which the world’s environment ministers will focus on at the important OECD ministerial conference in April. Read the OECD Observer editorial by Secretary-General Angel Gurría.
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01-Apr-2008
In his remarks delivered at the European Commission Seminar on Climate Change, M. Gurría spoke of the lead role taken by the European Union in agreeing ambitious climate goals and of the OECD support to policy makers in identifying, developing, and implementing effective and least-cost policies to tackle climate change.
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13-Mar-2008
This report discusses environmentally harmful subsidies in the transport sector, with the aim of helping policy-makers better understand the broad literature available on this issue.
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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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