Workshop on Opportunities and Challenges of Fisheries Globalisation

Presentations and session details from an OECD workshop held in Paris on 16-17 April 2007.

Impacts of environmental policy instruments on technological change

This report surveys the empirical (economic) literature, asking whether there indeed is any evidence of different effects on the rate and direction of technological change associated with different environmental policy instruments.

Policy Brief: The Political Economy of Environmentally Related Taxes

Preserving the environment is high on the agenda for both governments and society. Governments in OECD countries are using a variety of instruments to change environmentally harmful behaviour, and taxes have proved a useful string to their bow. Using taxes to achieve an environmental objective, such as reducing emissions of a particular pollutant, is efficient from an economic point of view and offers flexibility to adapt for those

Workshop on Opportunities and Challenges of Fisheries Globalisation

Information on the Workshop on Opportunities and Challenges of Fisheries Globalisation, hosted by OECD and FAO, held in Paris on 16-17 April 2007

Renewable Energy and Environmental Taxes

The high price of some new non-polluting energy technologies makes it hard for them to compete with traditional energy sources. To curb industrial pollution, many OECD countries have intrduced poollution taxes.

Agricultural and Fisheries Policies in Mexico -- Recent Achievements, Continuing the Reform Agenda

This report analyses the effects of Mexico’s ambitious reforms to agricultural and fisheries policies since 1990 and makes recommendations for further reforms.

Applying Strategic Environmental Assessment: Good Practice Guidance for Development Co-operation

This guidance explains the benefits of using strategic environmental assessment in development co-operation and sets out key steps for its application based on recent experiences.

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OECD-World Bank Global Forum on Sustainable Development

The OECD Global Forum on Sustainable Development, in cooperation with the World Bank and Agence Française de Développement, will discuss how governments in developing countries can work with local private water companies to provide affordable safe water and basic sanitation.

Decoupling the Environmental Impacts of Transport from Economic Growth

Transport activity continues to cause large adverse impacts on the environment, human health and the economy. But is a negative impact of transport on the environment a necessary consequence of economic growth?

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Financial Support to Fisheries: Implications for Sustainable Development

A report exploring the range of economic, environmental and social effects of financial support to the fisheries sector in OECD member countries.

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