The OECD has been working on climate change economics and policy since the late 1980s. It works closely with governments to help them identify and implement least-cost policies to reduce GHG emissions and thereby limit global warming, as well as to integrate adaptation to climate change into all relevant sectors and policy areas. In the wake of the economic crisis, the OECD is also looking at how measures that governments are taking to spur economic growth can best be formulated so that they support – and do not work against – the objectives of moving towards a green, low-carbon economy. Given the global nature of climate change, the OECD is in a unique position to assist countries put climate policy on a solid economic footing consistent with frameworks for development. A Printable colour brochure is also available.

ECONOMIC AND POLICY ANALYSIS ON CLIMATE CHANGE

• Economics of Climate Change Mitigation
• Carbon Markets
• Adaptation to Climate Change (color pdf brochure)
• Post-2012 Framework:
  • Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV); MRV of Finance
  • Financing Climate Change Action
  • Low Emission Development Strategies
  • Reducing Emissions from Deforestation (REDD) 
  • Scaling Up Market Mechanisms (formerly Sectoral Mechanisms)
• Benefits of Climate Change Policies

 

CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES ON CLIMATE CHANGE

• Cities and Climate Change
• Development Co-operation
• Empowering Consumers
• Employment and Local Development
• Financing Climate Change Action
• Taxation / Economic Instruments
• Technological Innovation
• Trade, Investment 

 

SECTOR-SPECIFIC ANALYSIS

• Agriculture
• Energy / Electricity
• Fisheries
• Tourism 
• Transport
• Waste
• Water and Climate Change

 

FORA FOR DISCUSSION

• Climate Change Expert Group on the UNFCCC
• DAC Network on Environment and Development Co-operation 
• UNFCCC Climate Change conferences
  

RECENT MAJOR PUBLICATIONS

• Cities and Climate Change
• Transition to a Low-carbon Economy: Public Goals and Corporate Practices
• The Economics of Adapting Fisheries to Climate Change
• The Economics of Climate Change Mitigation: Policies and Options for Global Action Beyond 2012
• Integrating Climate Change Adaptation into Development Co-operation: Policy Guidance

 

Related links:

IEA work on Climate Change

OECD work on Green Growth

OECD work on Biodiversity

OECD work on fossil fuel subsidies
International Transportation Forum (ITF)

 

Permanent url: www.oecd.org/env/cc/policyissues

 

 

Related Documents

 

OECD's Recent Work on Climate Change

OECD work on green growth

OECD and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change

OECD Environment Working Papers

Global Forum on Environment (GFENV)