27-September-2018
English
The regional component of the EU Water Initiative (EUWI) focuses on Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA). It supports work of the European Neighbourhood Policy and of the EU-Central Asia Platform for Environment and Water Cooperation, and helps to promote the progressive approximation to EU water policies, particularly to the EU Water Framework Directive, in EECCA countries.
25-septembre-2018
Français
Trois ans après la prise d’engagements à la COP21, à Paris, l’écrasante majorité des pays n’a pas adopté les mesures qui s’imposent pour contenir la montée des risques climatiques. Alors que les émissions sont reparties à la hausse, les gouvernements des pays de l’OCDE doivent réellement passer à l’acte pour placer leurs économies sur une trajectoire bas-carbone et cesser d’investir dans des infrastructures émettrices de carbone.
25-September-2018
English
On 25 September 2018 in New York, the OECD, UN Environment and the World Bank Group hosted a high-level panel discussion on their joint initiative “Financing Climate Futures: Rethinking Infrastructure”. The project is being undertaken with the support of the German Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety.
25-September-2018
English
I am delighted to be here this evening to kick off the launch of the joint OECD, World Bank and UN Environment initiative Financing Climate Futures: Rethinking Infrastructure.
18-September-2018
English
This Policy Paper comprises an Issue Brief and Background Report prepared by the OECD for the G7 Environment, Energy and Oceans Ministers (19-21 September 2018, Canada). It outlines the rising risks faced by coastal communities, which are being exacerbated by climate change; and shows how governments can harness innovation to help improve resilience and emphasises the need for close engagement with coastal communities.
18-September-2018
English
This Policy Paper comprises the Background Report prepared by the OECD for the G7 Environment, Energy and Oceans Ministers (19-21 September, Canada). It provides an overview of current plastics production and use, the environmental impacts that this is generating and identifies the reasons for currently low plastics recycling rates, as well as what can be done about it.
18-septembre-2018
Français
D’après un nouveau rapport de l’OCDE, s’ils veulent respecter les engagements qu’ils ont pris dans le cadre de l’Accord de Paris pour réduire les émissions et ralentir le changement climatique, les gouvernements doivent augmenter les prix du carbone beaucoup plus vite.
13-September-2018
English
The OECD is investigating the trends of environmental provisions in Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) and their effects on the environment since 2005. Recent work focuses on how governments actually implement these environmental commitments and whether they have had an impact on environmental endpoints and on how to incorporate environmental objectives across these agreements for better policy coherence.
13-septembre-2018
Français
Ce rapport vise à déterminer si l'inclusion de dispositions environnementales dans les ACR a contribué à l'amélioration de la qualité de l'environnement pour les Parties de ces accords à l’aide d’une analyse empiriques. Trois indicateurs sont considérés comme un indicateur de la qualité de l'environnement: les concentrations de particules en suspension inférieures à 2,5 microns, de dioxyde de soufre et d'oxydes d'azote.
12-September-2018
English
12 September 2018, San Francisco - Cities and regions are critical financial actors in the global response to climate change, and particularly in the infrastructure. This expert panel will discuss how national and sub-national governments, as well as private actors, can scale up subnational financial flows to transition to low-carbon, resilient and inclusive cities, presenting the findings from OECD and World Bank studies.