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Korea needs to put green growth vision into action

Korea has improved access to environmental services and become a world leader in climate change mitigation technology.

Webinar: Behavioural Insights - Changing Human Behaviour for Green Growth

The GGKP held a webinar on 8 March to explore evidence-based research on how behavioural science can further resource efficiency and sustainable consumption. Watch the webinar recording.

Estonia should reduce its oil shale reliance for greener growth

Estonia needs to move faster to reduce its dependence on oil shale so it can advance towards a greener economy and reduce air pollution and waste generation, according to a new OECD report.

Green Growth and Sustainable Development: Key OECD documents

This page includes key reports and brochures on green growth. Latest releases: Boosting Skills for Greener Jobs in Flanders, Belguim; Urban Green Growth in Dynamic Asia; Green Growth in Bandung, Indonesia; Environmentally Adjusted Multifactor Productivity: Methodology and Empirical results for OECD and G20 countries; and Land Cover and Land Use Indicators - Review of available data.

Call for Papers: Fifth Green Growth Knowledge Platform (GGKP) Annual Conference on Sustainable Infrastructure

The Fifth GGKP Annual Conference will be hosted by the World Bank on the topic of sustainable infrastructure, to stimulate research on these issues and foster interdisciplinary dialogue where relevant.The scientific committee therefore calls for contributions on any aspect of the infrastructure agenda, particularly for developing countries, with a focus on sustainability. Deadline for preliminary versions by 15 June 2017.

Boosting Skills for Greener Jobs in Flanders, Belgium

The Rebound Effect in Road Transport: A Meta-analysis of Empirical Studies - Environment Working Paper

The rebound effect is the phenomenon underlying the disproportionality between energy efficiency improvements and observed energy savings. This paper presents a meta-analysis of 76 primary studies and 1138 estimates of the direct rebound effect in road transport to synthesise past work and inform ongoing discussions about the determinants and magnitude of the rebound effect.

OECD Green Growth Newsletter

Read our latest December edition and all previous issues of the newsletter. The December issue draws your attention to the OECD work on Mainstreaming Biodiversity, highlights recent Green Growth news such as the launch of GGKP’s BIG-E Database and Georgia’s adherence to the OECD Green Growth Declaration. It also highlights the OECD’s most recent publications.

Biodiversity Offsets - Effective Design and Implementation

Green talks: LIVE - Moving towards mainstreaming biodiversity

Global biodiversity is on the decline with a further 10% of terrestrial biodiversity projected to be lost by 2050. OECD expert Katia Karousakis explored the benefits of biodiversity and the need for more effective mainstreaming. Presentation now available.