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The Government of Israel and the OECD are co-organising an international conference on "Joining Forces to Develop Smart, Cost-Effective Urban Water Utilities: Policy, Economics, Environment, Regulation and Technologies" to be held on 23 October 2013 in Tel Aviv.
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Without new policies, by 2050, freshwater availability will be further strained, with 2.3 billion more people than today projected to be living in river basins experiencing severe water stress. OECD Secretary-General makes the case for action on wastewater management and water quality this week.
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15-March-2013
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This flyer provides an update on the water project's areas of work and forthcoming publications for 2013-2014.
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Biodiversity is fundamental to sustaining life, providing critical ecosystem services, such as food security, water purification, nutrient cycling, and climate regulation, that are essential to support human well-being and economic growth.
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15-February-2013
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Presentation for the CGDD-OECD Seminar on the assessment of ecosystem services and its use for public policies.
A one-day seminar organised jointly by the OECD and the General Commission for Sustainable Development (Commissariat général au Développement durable -CGDD). The objective of the seminar was to examine the link between assessment of ecosystem services and the design and enforcement of public policies at national and local levels.
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List of Policy Briefs and Working Papers related to biodiversity and water.
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29-October-2012
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This flyer provides an overview of work to develop biodiversity policies that are environmentally-effective, economically-efficient and distributionally-equitable.
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Is there life on Mars? -article by Julia Laplane, OECD
The eleventh meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity was held in Hyderabad, India (COP11, from 8 to 19 October 2012).
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