Climate change
Aligning Policies for a Low-carbon Economy
Published on July 03, 2015
This report produced in co-operation with the International Energy Agency (IEA), the International Transport Forum (ITF) and the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) identifies the misalignments between climate change objectives and policy and regulatory frameworks across a range of policy domains (investment, taxation, innovation and skills, trade, and adaptation) and activities at the heart of climate policy (electricity, urban mobility and rural land use).
Outside of countries’ core climate policies, many of the regulatory features of today’s economies have been built around the availability of fossil fuels and without any regard for the greenhouse gas emissions stemming from human activities. This report makes a diagnosis of these contradictions and points to means of solving them to support a more effective transition of all countries to a low-carbon economy.
SUMMARIESavailable in 25 languages
| English | Aligning Policies for a Low-carbon Economy (Summary in English) | |
| French | Aligning Policies for a Low-carbon Economy (Summary in French) Aligner les politiques pour une économie bas-carbone | |
| Spanish | Aligning Policies for a Low-carbon Economy (Summary in Spanish) Convergencia de políticas públicas para una economía con emisiones bajas de carbono | |
| German | Aligning Policies for a Low-carbon Economy (Summary in German) Abstimmung von Politikmaßnahmen für eine CO2-arme Wirtschaft | |
| Japanese | Aligning Policies for a Low-carbon Economy (Summary in Japanese) 低炭素経済のための政策調整 | |
| Italian | Aligning Policies for a Low-carbon Economy (Summary in Italian) Allineamento delle politiche per un’economia a basso contenuto di carbonio. | |
| Chinese | Aligning Policies for a Low-carbon Economy (Summary in Chinese) 调整政策，发展低碳经济 | |
| Czech | Aligning Policies for a Low-carbon Economy (Summary in Czech) Sladění politik pro nízkouhlíkové hospodářství | |
| Danish | Aligning Policies for a Low-carbon Economy (Summary in Danish) Tilpasning af politikker for en lavemissionsøkonomi | |
| Dutch | Aligning Policies for a Low-carbon Economy (Summary in Dutch) De beleidsbepalingen voor een koolstofarme economie uitlijnen | |
| Estonian | Aligning Policies for a Low-carbon Economy (Summary in Estonian) Vähese CO2 heitega majandust kooskõlastavad määrused | |
| Finnish | Aligning Policies for a Low-carbon Economy (Summary in Finnish) Toimintaohjelmien yhtenäinen linjaus vähähiilisen talouden hyväksi | |
| Greek | Aligning Policies for a Low-carbon Economy (Summary in Greek) Ευθυγράμμιση των πολιτικών για την ανάπτυξη μίας οικονομίας χαμηλών εκπομπών άνθρακα | |
| Hebrew | Aligning Policies for a Low-carbon Economy (Summary in Hebrew) Aligning Policies for a Low-carbon Economy | |
| Hungarian | Aligning Policies for a Low-carbon Economy (Summary in Hungarian) Politikák összehangolása az alacsony széndioxid-kibocsátású gazdaságért | |
| Icelandic | Aligning Policies for a Low-carbon Economy (Summary in Icelandic) Samræming stefnumiða í átt að lágkoltvísýringshagkerfis | |
| Korean | Aligning Policies for a Low-carbon Economy (Summary in Korean) 저탄소 경제를 위한 정책조화 | |
| Norwegian | Aligning Policies for a Low-carbon Economy (Summary in Norwegian) Politikktilpasning for en lavkarbonøkonomi | |
| Polish | Aligning Policies for a Low-carbon Economy (Summary in Polish) Dostosowanie polityki do celów gospodarki niskoemisyjnej | |
| Portuguese | Aligning Policies for a Low-carbon Economy (Summary in Portuguese) Políticas alinhadas para uma economia de baixo teor de carbono | |
| Russian | Aligning Policies for a Low-carbon Economy (Summary in Russian) Выравнивание политики для экономики с низким содержанием углерода | |
| Slovak | Aligning Policies for a Low-carbon Economy (Summary in Slovak) Zosúladenie politík pre nízkouhlíkové hospodárstvo | |
| Slovene | Aligning Policies for a Low-carbon Economy (Summary in Slovenian) Usklajevanje politik za nizkoogljično gospodarstvo | |
| Swedish | Aligning Policies for a Low-carbon Economy (Summary in Swedish) En mer sammanhållen politik för en koldioxidsnål ekonomi | |
| Turkish | Aligning Policies for a Low-carbon Economy (Summary in Turkish) Düşük-Karbon Ekonomisine Yönelik Politikaların Uyumlaştırılması |
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| Foreword and acknowledgements | |||||||||||
| Preface | |||||||||||
| Executive summary | |||||||||||
| Core climate policies and the case for policy alignment | |||||||||||
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Reforming cross-cutting policies5 chapters available
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Aligning policies in specific activities3 chapters available
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A SYNTHESIS In May 2014, ministers and representatives of OECD member countries and the European Union gathered at the Ministerial Council Meeting invited the OECD to work with the International Energy Agency (IEA), the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) and the International Transport Forum (ITF) “to continue to support the UNFCCC [United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change] negotiations and to examine how to better align policies across different areas for a successful economic transition of all countries to sustainable low-carbon and climate-resilient economies and report to the 2015 OECD Ministerial Council Meeting.” The report "Aligning Policies for a Low-Carbon Economy" responds to that request by identifying where existing policy and regulatory frameworks are at odds with climate policy, i.e. where existing policies may make climate policy less effective than it could be otherwise. This is a synthesis of the four organisations’ initial diagnosis of where and how existing policy and regulatory frameworks may not be aligned with a low-carbon economy. The synthesis is available in English, in French, in German and in Chinese. |
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EVENTS
- OECD at #COP 22 and COP22 Programme of side events, Marrakech | 7 November - 18 November 2016
- COP22 side events
SPEECHES
- Making the Paris Agreement a Reality, Remarks by Angel Gurría, at Petersberg Climate Dialogue, Berlin, 2016
- Putting a price on carbon: Building on the foundation for a greener economy, by Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General, COP21 Business Dialogue, Elysée Palace, France, 2016
- Pathway to a low-carbon economy: Remarks at OECD-University of Cambridge COP21 side event, , by Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General, 2015
Reports and background papers
- Transition to a Low-carbon Economy: Public Goals and Corporate Practices, OECD
- ESAP Electricity Security Advisory Panel, IEA
- Shifting towards Low Carbon Mobility System & Policy Strategies for Vehicle Electrification, ITF
- Nuclear Energy and Renewables: System Effects in Low-carbon Electricity Systems, NEA
FURTHER READING
- Energy Transition after the Paris Agreement: Policy and Corporate Challenges
- The Role of Public Procurement in Low-carbon Innovation
- Divestment and Stranded Assets in the Low-carbon Transition
- We must change faster than the climate, Simon Upton, Director, OECD Environment Directorate, OECD Forum 2015
- Climate and carbon: Aligning prices and policies
- Adaptation to climate change
- Financing climate change action
- Investment for green growth
- OECD work on climate change and on greening transport
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