11-September-2013
English
Competitiveness and carbon leakage issues have been some of the main concerns in the implementation and discussions of climate policies. This paper examines the macroeconomic and sectoral competitiveness and carbon leakage impacts associated with a range of stylised mitigation policy scenarios.
22-August-2013
English
Climate change combined with rapid population increases, economic growth and land subsidence could lead to a more than 9-fold increase in the global risk of floods in large port cities between now and 2050.
28-June-2013
English
The overall financial architecture of a global climate agreement can help to ensure that national and international systems for tracking and matching climate support are efficient and effective. Recent OECD work focuses on tracking financial flows to support climate action.
24-June-2013
English
Climate change mitigation and sustainability are the key rationales for increasing the share of renewable energy. Yet definitions of renewable energy used by policy-makers are so broad that subsidy regimes and other policies to promote renewable energy are able to result in highly negative climate, environmental and human impacts.
11-June-2013
English
This new data visualisation tool brings over 40 different climate-related data sets to life by using animated plots for the period 1990-2010.
22-May-2013
English
As stretched public finances provide limited opportunities for public investments, it is critical for governments from advanced, emerging and developing countries to engage the private sector now to scale-up investment in transport infrastructure, said OECD Secretary-General.
15-May-2013
English, PDF, 2,454kb
This brochure provides an overview of recent and ongoing OECD work on adaptation to climate change, which is organised around three pillars: i) mainstreaming adaptation in development co-operation; ii) economic aspects of adaptation; and iii) adaptation in developed countries.
24-April-2013
English
Expert Workshop on Climate Resilience and Economic Growth in Developing Countries, 24 April 2013
19-avril-2013
Français
Depuis 1997, les Pays-Bas ont en vigueur un mécanisme de déduction fiscale pour encourager les investissements dans les technologies d’économie d’énergie et dans la production durable d’énergie. Ce dispositif permet de réduire la mise de fonds initiale des entreprises qui investissent dans les technologies les plus récentes d’économie d’énergie ou de l’énergie durable.
12-avril-2013
Français
Depuis la publication de la première stratégie nationale d’adaptation par un pays de l’OCDE en 2005, les activités de planification nationale d’adaptation au changement climatique se sont multipliées. Le présent document propose un panorama de ces activités dans les différents pays de l’OCDE et met en exergue un certain nombre d’enseignements nouveaux qui se dégagent de leurs expériences.