Publications & Documents

New Project on 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.

GREEN Action Task Force: Greening the Economy in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia

The OECD supports countries of Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA) to reconcile their environment and economic goals thus addressing the heavy environmental legacy of the Soviet model of development. This support is provided within the framework of the GReen Economy and ENvironment Action Programme (the GREEN Action Ptogramme).

Global Forum on Environment

SAVE THE DATE: 29-31 May 2018 - Global Forum on Plastics in a Circular Economy. The Forum is a venue that brings together international experts from member and non member economies to share experiences and explore common policy issues focusing principally on the environmental dimension of sustainable development and its linkages with economic and social policies.

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.

Strengthening Shardara Multi-Purpose Water Infrastructure in Kazakhstan

OECD action on water

The SDGs highlight the importance that the global community places on water and there is increasing demand for innovative and effective approaches to water management. With widespread competing demands on water, maintaining environmental sustainability and meeting the needs of the most vulnerable members of society must both be addressed. Find out on how the OECD provides policy guidance to OECD members and non-OECD countries.

Green Growth Indicators

Green Growth Indicators 2017 charts the progress that OECD countries and G20 economies have made since 1990. The 2017 edition places greater emphasis on productivity gains and on the role of policy action, with enriched analysis on environmentally related taxes and subsidies, technology and innovation, and international financial flows.

OECD environmental data and indicators

As international concern about global environment and sustainable development becomes more pressing, government, business and the public all need reliable and harmonised data on the environment. Read more to find OECD environmental data on a specific country and theme.

Earth observation for decision-making

The OECD is working with earth observation data providers and key partners to develop its geospatial data capacity. Earth observation data is a unique source of commensurable information; it can be combined with administrative, social and economic data at multiple scales for in-depth policy analysis.

OECD action on biodiversity and ecosystems

The OECD work on biodiversity promotes policies that are environmentally effective, economically efficient and distrubtionally equitable. OECD work on biodiversity and ecosystems also supports the work of the UN Convention on Biological Biodiversity. Find out more on how the OECD is supporting action on biodiversity.