The economics of climate change mitigation: policies and options for the future

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23-Dec-2008

Jean-Marc Burniaux, Jean Chateau, Romain Duval and Stéphanie Jamet

Considering the costs and risks of inaction, ambitious action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is economically rational.

An Overview of the OECD ENV-Linkages Model

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18-Dec-2008

Jean-Marc Burniaux and Jean Chateau

This model has been developed by the Environment Directorate of the OECD Secretariat in order to assess the economic impact of abating Greenhouse Gases using several different economic instruments.

Assessing Climate Change Impacts, Sea Level Rise and Storm Surge Risk in Port Citites: A Case Study on Copenhagen

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08-Oct-2008

This study illustrates a methodology to assess economic impacts of climate change at city scale, focusing on sea level rise and storm surge (see colour version in pdf format).

A taxonomy of instruments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and their interactions

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19-Sep-2008

Romain Duval

This paper reviews alternative (national and international) climate change mitigation policy instruments and interactions across them.

Major Challenges for Fishery Policy Reform: A Political Economy Perspective

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12-Sep-2008

This is a key note presentation made by Professor Jon G. Sutinen at the Jubilee 100th Session of the Committee of Fisheries on 29 October 2007.

Modernising Canada’s agricultural policies

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05-Aug-2008

Peter Jarrett and Shuji Kobayakawa

The agricultural sector in Canada is relatively large, compared to those in most other G7 countries. In recent years, the federal and provincial governments have undertaken a number of sectoral reforms to meet the competitiveness and environmental challenges that it faces.

Ranking Port Cities with High Exposure and Vulnerability to Climate Extremities: Exposure Estimates

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10-Jul-2008

This assessment investigates how climate change is likely to impact each port city’s exposure to coastal flooding by the 2070s, alongside subsidence and population growth and urbanisation.

Achieving sustainability of the energy sector in Canada

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30-Jun-2008

Annabelle Mourougane

Energy represents a major sustainable development challenge for Canada. Eventually the main challenge will be to curb greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs), despite the rapid expansion of high emitting sectors.

Reforming housing and regional policies in Korea

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23-May-2008

Randall S. Jones and Tadashi Yokoyama

The Korean government has introduced five policy packages since August 2005 to stabilise house prices, mainly due to concerns about possible spill-overs from the capital region to other parts of the country.

OECD Working Papers on International Investment

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11-Dec-2006

The working paper series on international investment – including policies and trends and the broader implications of multinational enterprise – is designed to make available to a wide readership selected ...