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The impact of climate change on our environment, our economies and our security is one of the defining issues of our era. The OECD is at the forefront of climate change analysis, promoting environmentally and economically rational policies related to adaptation, mitigation, technology, financing and development. Click here for an overview of OECD's recent work on climate change (free brochure) and the OECD work on climate change listed by policy area.
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from 17-Jun-2012 to 22-Jun-2012
Twenty years after the 1992 Earth Summit, countries from all around the world will once again meet in Rio de Janeiro for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. OECD’s contribution to the Rio+20 Conference will focus on how to promote greener economies in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication.
"We must ensure that 2012 becomes the year of “making it happen”", Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD.
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from 10-May-2012 to 11-May-2012
Day 1 provided national policymakers with the opportunity to discuss common challenges and successes, and ways forward. Day 2 brought in a high-profile line-up of private sector actors for a lively debate on how public policy works in partnership with the private sector to facilitate climate resilience: risk-transfer, public-private collaboration for risk management, and how the private sector can contribute to wider societal resilience.
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06-Apr-2012
Technological innovation is essential for tackling climate change, but technologies for adapting to its effects have thus far received little attention. This paper presents a first-ever case study of innovation in crop biotechnology, using patent application data for three key environmental stresses: drought, soil salinity and temperature extremes. The study finds, for example, that the number of such patents submitted globally increased twentyfold, from 10 per year in 1995 to 200 in 2007. It also exists in French translation.
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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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on 06-Feb-2012
"Mobilizing Private Investment in Low-Carbon, Climate-Resilient (LCCR) Infrastructure" brought together several renowned experts to share experience and gather empirical evidence about financial and market barriers to LCCR infrastructure investment, with an aim to help project leaders access policies, instruments and practices designed to overcome LCCR investment barriers.
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13-Dec-2011
Private Sector Engagement in Adaptation to Climate Change: Approaches to Managing Climate Risks analyses how businesses are managing their climate vulnerabilities, new business opportunities arising due to climate change, factors which affect companies’ engagement, and ways in which governments can encourage adaptation. Monitoring and Evaluation for Adaptation: Lessons from Development Co-operation Agencies assesses frameworks used by development co-operation agencies to monitor and evaluate their adaptation initiatives, and shares lessons learned on the choice and use of indicators.
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17-Nov-2011
On November 10, OECD/IEA held a workshop to share experiences of existing methodologies to track private sector flows for climate change and how they could be reinforced. The workshop also explored the integration of climate change flows from multilateral development banks into the OECD DAC Creditor Reporting System. The discussions highlighted the complexity of climate finance flows and the difficulty of separating the political and technical aspects of measuring them. Ongoing OECD/IEA work will examine the progress that can be made in the absence of political decisions.
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The Economics of Climate Change Mitigation: Policies and Options for Global Action Beyond 2012
