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Policy Brief: Addressing International Competitiveness in a World of Non-uniform Carbon Pricing: Lessons from a decade of OECD analysis

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Policy Brief: Summary of OECD/IEA analyses for COP-16: Scaled-up Market Mechanisms – What is Needed to Move Forward?

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Flood Risks, Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Benefits in Mumbai: An Initial Assessment of Socio-Economic Consequences of Present and Climate Change Induced Flood Risks and of Possible Adaptation Options - Environment Working Paper No. 27

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