8-December-2008
English
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."
10-October-2008
English
Given that the majority of the world’s population lives in cities accounting for 60 to 80 percent of emissions, cities are key actors in our efforts to achieve long-term sustainable solutions to the global climate change challenge, according to Mr. Gurría.
8-octobre-2008
Français
Ce document de travail décrit une méthologie afin d'évaluer les impacts économiques du changement climatique en ville, en s'appuyant sur l'augmentation du niveau de la mer et des orages.
2-October-2008
English
In the lead-up to joining the European Union, Hungary made significant progress in reducing air and water pollution and protecting its nature and biodiversity, according to Mr. Gurría. However, he recommended that Hungary redouble its efforts, in order to further reduce pollution and use energy and raw materials more efficiently.
11-juillet-2008
Français
L’OCDE organise un séminaire parlementaire de haut niveau sur le thème « Changement climatique » qui se tiendra au siège de l’OCDE à Paris le jeudi 2 octobre 2008 de 9h00 à 17h00.Le changement climatique nous confronte à la nécessité d’agir « tout de suite ». Il concerne aussi bien l’environnement que l’économie mondiale. Les températures mondiales vont continuer à s’élever, à moins d’une réduction sensible des émissions de gaz à
23-June-2008
English
Adaptation to climate change is now widely recognized as an equally important and complementary response to greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation. Adaptation measures are increasingly being put in place in both developing and developed countries, and by bot
20-June-2008
English
OECD Side Event at SB28 sessions, 10 June 2008
10-juin-2008
Français
Ce document de travail propose une estimation de l’exposition des villes portuaires aux inondations côtières, dues aux marées de tempête, et aux vents forts, s'intéressant aux effets du changement climatique sur l’exposition de chacune de ces villes à l’horizon des années 2070.
10-June-2008
English
In his speech delivered at the Conference of Montreal, Angel Gurría underlined that growing pressures from agriculture, energy production and industries were imperilling our water resources. He affirmed that all countries - OECD and developing countries alike – need to introduce urgently policy reforms and scale-up best practices to avoid dire consequences.
3-June-2008
English
At the opening session of the OECD Forum 2008, Angel Gurría underlined that the overall effectiveness of actions against climate change would be eroded without the participation of all the world’s countries. He added that while the cost of ambitious mitigation policies would be considerably lower than the cost of inaction, they would still not be inexpensive.The OECD can help, through finding least-cost policy instruments designed to