OECD participated in COP15 Copenhagen Climate Change Talks

COP15 in Copenhagen was a crucial step in the international effort to address climate change. The OECD actively participated in this conference in several ways, including through an OECD side event,  participation in other side events, a media briefing, an official statement, and a publications stand.

OECD Key Messages for COP15

• Tackling Climate Change and Growing the Economy: Key messages and recommendations from recent OECD work
• Cost-effective Actions to Tackle Climate Change
• Factoids from The Economics of Climate Change book
• Financing Climate Change Action, Supporting Technology Transfer and Development
• Integrating Climate Change Adaptation in Development Co-operation
• Scaled-up Market Mechanisms – What is Needed to Move Forward?
• Measurable, Reportable and Verifiable Mitigation Actions and Support: A Summary
• What are donors doing to help developing countries address climate change?
• Cities and Climate Change: Key Messages

More links to ongoing OECD work on climate change are provided below (see Related Documents).

Programme

Wednesday 16 December

• 9:00 - Copenhagen Climate Summit for Mayors, Copenhagen City Hall. OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría gave a keynote speech on creating public/private partnerships to fund ‘green’ projects, based on the findings of the new OECD work, Competitive Cities and Climate Change.
  
  
• 14:00 - 14:30: Media briefing "Economic Growth Can be Green"  by OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría. Tackling Climate Change and Growing the Economy: Key messages and recommendations from recent OECD work (downloadable 4 pg brochure).
  

Thursday 17 December

• 18:15 - 19:45: OECD side event chaired by OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría: "How can we build a sound economic foundation for the post-2012 international climate framework?"  
  Click here to download the agenda (in pdf).
  A sound economic footing is essential for a cost-effective and ambitious post-2012 climate agreement. Ministers and senior OECD officials discussed how to minimise the costs of action, how to generate the necessary financing and investment flows, and the incentives for ambitious action by all. Mr Gurría highlighted a new OECD publication that pulls together two years of work overseen by finance and environment ministries on The Economics of Climate Change Mitigation: Policies and Options for Global Action Beyond 2012.
  

Practical Information

Publications stand: Our publications stand displayed dozens of reports and publications for the entire two weeks of the conference (7-18 December). Overview of OECD work on climate change (brochure in pdf).

Useful web links:

• UN Framework Convention on Climate Change official site: http://unfccc.int/2860.php
• Denmark (host country) official web site: http://en.cop15.dk/
• IISD Linkages daily reports on the Talks: http://www.iisd.ca/climate/cop15/
• International Energy Agency activities at COP15.
• OECD work on Green Growth
• OECD portal on climate change: www.oecd.org/env/cc