OECD Observer - Green tax potential

One area where governments have been looking to raise revenues is green taxes. And with good reason. Taxes can provide a clear incentive to reduce environmental damage.

OECD Observer - New growth doesn't have to cost the earth

WWF's 2010 Living Planet Report demonstrates that we are currently using 50% more resources than earth can provide. If we allow current trends to continue, by 2030 we will need two planets to support us. It's clear that 'business-as-usual' is not the pathway to a prosperous future.

OECD Observer - 50 years of reconciling the economy, nature and society

The OECD's capacity for change, inspired more by professional pathfinding than by politics, has transformed it into a multi-disciplinary policy innovator that can continue to build signposts for the future.

Interaction of Policies for Renewable Energy and Climate

This paper explores the relationships between climate policy and renewable energy policy instruments.

OECD Observer - City Growth

There is growth potential in agriculture, and not just in the countryside. In fact, encouraging large-scale urbal agriculture would plant the seeds of new growth and improve people's lives as well.

OECD Observer - Tapping new sources of growth

The OECD's capacity for change, inspired more by professional pathfinding than by politics, has transformed it into a multi-disciplinary policy innovator that can continue to build signposts for the future.

Fisheries Policy Reform: National Experiences

Fisheries reform is driven by economic forces, not environmental crisis. Policy makers must involve all stakeholders in supporting and sustaining reforms, as seen in these case studies of Iceland, Korea, Mexico, Norway and New Zealand.

Environmental Impacts of International Shipping: The Role of Ports

This book examines the environmental impacts of international maritime transport, and looks more in detail at the impacts stemming from near-port shipping activities, the handling of the goods in the ports and from the distribution of the goods to the surrounding regions.

A new era of global co-operation

The G20 helped steer the world through the worst of the economic storm; now it must show it can set in motion a new governance for the post-crisis world. That's a task our organisation stands ready to help with, says the OECD's G20 Sherpa, Gabriela Ramos.

Enhancing the cost-effectiveness of climate change mitigation policies in Sweden

Sweden has developed an extensive and sound policy framework to limit greenhouse gas emissions.

Related Documents

• Economic Survey of Sweden 2011