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The Roundtable on Financing Water

‌The Roundtable on Financing Water is a global public-private platform established by the OECD, the World Water Council and the Netherlands. It draws upon political leadership and technical expertise, with the ambition of facilitating increased financing of investments that contribute to water security and sustainable growth. The Green Talks video recording on Financing Water is now online.

Green Talks LIVE

The OECD Green Talks Live webinar series brings world experts together on pressing environmental issues for a global audience. These free webinars are open to the general public and participants are welcome to pose questions during the Q&A segment. Missed the Green Talks? Watch the video recordings online.

Private climate finance: Research Collaborative

The Research Collaborative serves as a platform for researchers, finance providers and governments to share information about and discuss progress towards improved tracking of private finance for climate action, including publicly-mobilised private finance. It conducts and co-ordinates work to explore data sources and methodologies.

Financing Climate Futures: Rethinking Infrastructure

The OECD, UN Environment and World Bank Group have joined forces under a new initiative that aims to help countries deliver on the objective of making financial flows consistent with a pathway towards low emissions and climate-resilient development.

Climate Change Expert Group (CCXG)

The CCXG is a group of government delegates and experts from OECD and other industrialised countries. Its aim is to promote dialogue on and enhance understanding of technical issues in the international climate change negotiations.

Rethinking Urban Sprawl - Moving Towards Sustainable Cities

Spatial Planning INstruments and the Environment (SPINE)

This work consists of a series of spatially explicit empirical analyses of the relationships between land use patterns, socioeconomic outcomes, environmental pressures, and the use of specific policy instruments.

Charlevoix G7 Leaders’ Summit: G7 and Outreach Leaders Working Session

The preservation of our oceans is indispensable for addressing many of the challenges facing the planet: from food security and climate change to energy provision, and even improved medical care through advanced marine biotechnology.

Integrating Climate Change into Institutional Investment: Challenges and Opportunities

The OECD, through its Centre on Green Finance and Investment, is undertaking new work to identify emerging practices and key challenges faced by institutional investors to integrate climate-related factors into their investment decisions and portfolio allocation. Save the date: OECD Workshop on Integrating Climate Change into Institutional Investment on 8 June.

Economic valuation in 1-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) regulation - Environment Working Paper

This paper gives an overview of economic assessments of the benefits of the control of 1-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone, an organic solvent, used in a number of sectors. Health risks associated with the manufacture of NMP include the risk of stillbirth and developmental retardation to pregnant workers, as well as a variety of chronic and acute effects, including respiratory effects.