Directories and Databases for Chemicals and Biosafety

To help users find the information that they seek, this is a list of directories and databases on Chemical Safety and Biosafety at the OECD, along with a brief desciption.

eChemPortal: Global Portal to Information on Chemical Substances

An internet gateway providing direct free access to information on the properties of chemicals as well as to hazard and risk assessments.

An Economic Projection to 2050: The OECD "ENV-Linkages" Model Baseline - Environment Working Paper No. 41

This document describes economic baseline projections to 2050 for several world regions. It describes how socio-economic drivers are used to create a consistent projection of economic activity for the coming decades, applying the general framework of “conditional convergence”.

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• OECD Environment Working Papers

Employment Impacts of Climate Change Mitigation Policies in OECD: A General-Equilibrium Perspective - Environment Working Paper No. 32

This working paper first analyses the direct negative economic effects of the emissions restrictions on GDP and examines labour sectoral reallocations in a framework where labour markets are perfectly flexible.

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• OECD Environment Working Papers

Durban Climate Change Conference

The UN Conference (28 November-9 December 2011) involved OECD experts to focus on green growth and climate change, adaptation and mitigation, carbon accounting, improving transparency (“MRV”), climate finance and technology.

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• OECD Environmental Outlook to 2050 in the International Press

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• Conférence des Nations Unies sur le changement climatique, Doha (COP18)

Environment: Climate change aid up to USD 22.9 billion in 2010, says OECD’s Gurría

New data show that the member countries of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) allocated up to USD 22.9 billion, or 15% of total official development assistance (ODA), to climate change mitigation and adaptation in developing countries in 2010.

Council Decisions on GLP

This page details the Council Decisions related to Good Laboratory Practice. The OECD Principles of GLP set out managerial concepts covering the organisation of test facilities and the conditions under which pre-clinical safety studies are executed.

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• OECD Series on Principles of Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and Compliance Monitoring
• Working Group on Good Laboratory Practice (GLP)
• Links to National Web Sites on Good Laboratory Practice

Green Group: One who does not look ahead always remains behind

Foreign ministers of the so-called Green Group, among which Slovenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Samuel Žbogar, urged to take a step forward in international climate negotiations in a joint letter.

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• Durban Climate Change Conference

Environment: Transforming the energy sector to deliver greener growth

Rising global energy demand and the need to drastically cut carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions require a transformation in the way we produce, deliver and consume energy, according to a new joint report from the OECD and IEA.

Private Sector Engagement in Adaptation to Climate Change: Approaches to Managing Climate Risks - Environment Working Paper No. 39

This paper examines the private sector's progress in adapting to climate change by considering information from sixteen case studies, drawn from a range of industries across the private sector.

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• OECD Environment Working Papers