Publications & Documents

SME Policy Index: Eastern Partner Countries 2020 - Assessing the Implementation of the Small Business Act for Europe

Green Budgeting – A Compass for achieving our environmental goals Paris Collaborative on Green Budgeting & Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action

The OECD Paris Collaborative on Green Budgeting was launched at the One Planet Summit in December 2017 to provide a platform to share experiences and good practices on how best to integrate climate and broader environmental goals with the budget process.

Gender and environmental statistics

There is growing recognition of the need for a gender lens to understand the impact of environmental factors on well-being.

EU4Environment

The “European Union for Environment” Action aims to help six Eastern partner countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Republic of Moldova, Ukraine, preserve their natural capital and increase people's environmental well-being, and is structured around five topics: Greener decision-making; Circular economy and new growth opportunities; Environmental level playing field; Ecosystem services and livelihoods...

Policies, regulatory framework and enforcement for air quality management: The case of Korea - Environment Working Paper

During past years, Korea figured among the OECD countries with the highest share of population exposed to excessive PM2.5 (atmospheric particulate matter that have a diameter of less than 2.5 micrometres) concentrations and PM2.5 concentration level in Seoul is about two times higher than the WHO’s guidelines or the levels of other major cities in developed countries.

Policies, regulatory framework and enforcement for air quality management: The case of China - Environment Working Paper

Four decades of rapid economic expansion in China has generated enormous pressure on the environment, natural resources and public health. Alarming smog outbreaks during the 2010-13 period prompted the government to introduce a number of reforms to control air pollution, including a re-organisation of environmental institutions, improving the coordination and integrity of enforcement actions across levels of government...

Policies, regulatory framework and enforcement for air quality management: The case of Japan - Environment Working Paper

The pollution intensity of the Japanese economy, measured as emissions per dollar of GDP, is among the lowest within OECD countries. However, air pollution remains a significant issue. Almost 80% of the Japanese residents were exposed to an annual concentration of PM2.5 above the WHO guideline while the attainment rate of the domestic air quality standard for photochemical oxidants is below 1%.

Managing the biodiversity impacts of fertiliser and pesticide use - Trends and policies across selected OECD countries - Environment Working Paper

This paper reviews the impacts and costs of pesticide and fertiliser pollution as well as the policy responses to counter these in selected OECD countries. More specifically, the paper begins with an overview of the main biodiversity and health impacts of excess pesticide and fertiliser. In economic terms, nitrogen pollution, for example, has been estimated to cost the European Union between EUR 70 billion and EUR 320 billion per year.

Policies, regulatory framework and enforcement for air quality management: The case of Korea

Policies, regulatory framework and enforcement for air quality management: The case of Japan