Water - The right price can encourage efficiency and investment

Climate change and over-use of water will mean that nearly one in every two people will live in water-stressed areas by 2030. Households, industry and agriculture will increasingly compete for water, leaving little to sustain ecosystems.

Towards Global Carbon Pricing: Direct and Indirect Linking of Carbon Markets - Environment Working Paper No. 20

Emissions trading systems (ETS) can play a major role in a cost-effective climate policy framework. This working paper shows that the potential gains to be reaped are so large, that substantial efforts in this domain are warranted.

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Buying and Cancelling Allowances as an Alternative to Offsets for the Voluntary Market: A Preliminary Review of Issues and Options - Environment Working Paper No. 21

This working paper explores scenarios under which, as an alternative to offsets, voluntary buyers could instead buy and cancel allowances from compliance markets.

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Voluntary Carbon Markets: How can they serve climate policies - Environment Working Paper No. 19

This working paper aims to examine how voluntary carbon markets can provide a valuable contribution to strengthening domestic and international climate policies.

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Climate policy and technological innovation and transfer: an overview of trends and recent empirical results

Technological innovation can lower the cost of achieving environmental objectives. As such, understanding the linkages between environmental policy and technological innovation in achieving environmental objectives is important.

Integrating climate change adaptation into development planning: A practice-oriented training based on the OECD Policy Guidance

Links to the training package to accompany the training sessions organised by the OECD Climate Change Task Team.

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Tools and Approaches to Support Improved Medium-Term Budget Planning for the Water Supply and Sanitation Sector in EECCA countries

Final report to the donor

Key principles, tools and approaches to improve mid-term budget planning for water supply and sanitation in EECCA

Recent work in Moldova and the Kyrgyz Republic proved that addressing this general challenge requires different tools and actions and different levels of effort, depending on country-specific situation.

Capacity Development for Environmental Management in Moldova: Drivers, links to planning and methods of assessment

The paper is based on a desk review, discussions with stakeholders, and joint work with the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of the Republic of Moldova on drafting the so-called "Institutional Development Plan".

Costs and Effectiveness of the Copenhagen Pledges: Assessing global greenhouse gas emissions targets and actions for 2020

Many countries have pledged targets or actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the Copenhagen Accord. New OECD analysis shows that these pledges go towards but are not ambitious enough to limit long-term temperature rise to 2°C.