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Environmental Performance Reviews: Turkey (2008)

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Front-Runners' Experience on Sustainable Materials Management (SMM)

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Environmental compliance assurance: Trends and good practices

The key objectives of the conference were to exchange experiences on the good practices and trends in environmental compliance assurance in OECD countries and major emerging economies based on the draft project report; and agree on a limited number of emerging compliance assurance issues.

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While political will is necessary to tackle climate change, financial measures are needed to keep down the cost of action. According to Angel Gurría, "Ministers of Finance share a common responsibility to help shape cost-effective policies to respond to climate change."

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