News & Events

OECD Factbook 2010

05-Aug-2010

OECD Factbook is the best-selling, annual title from the OECD.  It provides a global overview of today’s major economic, social and environmental indicators, in a range of user-friendly formats.

New and updated Test Guidelines

03-Aug-2010

Ten new or updated Test Guidelines have been adopted by Council on 22 July 2010.

Biotechnology Update No.20

07-Jul-2010

Biotechnology Update No.20   

The new issue of the Newsletter prepared by the OECD Internal Co-ordination Group for Biotechnology (ICGB) is now available. It provides up-to-date information on OECD activities related to biotechnology. It is mainly intended for delegates to OECD meetings already familiar with certain aspects of the work, but is expected to be also informative for the wider biotech community.

Key principles, tools and approaches to improve mid-term budget planning for water supply and sanitation in EECCA

29-Jun-2010

The implementation of a feasible Finance Strategy (FS)/Strategic Financial Plan (SFP) is even a bigger challenge than just developing it, as it requires a number of measures to integrate the FS/SFP into the policy framework, foremost into the country development strategy (equivalent of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper, PRSP), regional and WSS sector development strategies (if exist) and the budget process, i.e. the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and annual budgets. Read more..

OECD assesses costs and effectiveness of emission pledges from Copenhagen Acccord

11-Jun-2010

Many countries have pledged targets or actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the Copenhagen Accord. New OECD analysis shows that these pledges go towards but are not ambitious enough to limit long-term temperature rise to 2°C. While not cheap, the costs of these pledges are limited compared to expected economic growth. Ambitious global action to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions is not only necessary, but also economically rational. Using market-based instruments to implement the pledges also has the potential to generate sizable fiscal revenues.

OECD Environmental Risk Assessment Toolkit

02-Jun-2010

The first version of the OECD Environmental Risk Assessment Toolkit is now available. This Toolkit describes the work flow of environmental risk assessment and management with links to relevant OECD products that can be used in each step of the work flow. This Toolkit provides support for capacity building to relevant stakeholders by improving the access and use of various tools and guidance on risk assessment and management of chemicals developed under the OECD Environment, Health and Safety Programme.

(Q)SAR Application Toolbox: Public Discussion Forum on the Internet

28-May-2010

An internet-based public discussion forum for users of the OECD (Q)SAR Application Toolbox is now available. The (Q)SAR Application Toolbox is a software application intended to be used by governments, industry and other stakeholders to fill gaps in (eco)toxicity data needed for assessing the hazards of chemicals. On this discussion forum, users of the Toolbox can exchange experience with using the software (tips and tricks), seek guidance, exchange databases, exchange user defined profilers and QSARs, and make suggestions for improvements.

Ireland : OECD releases Environmental Performance Review

17-May-2010

OECD’s Environmental Performance Review of Ireland recommends strengthening efforts to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, charging households for consumption of water, and encouraging public participation in environmental decision-making.

Environmental Performance Review: Luxembourg (2010)

26-Mar-2010

A new OECD report  analyses Luxembourg’s environmental performance. It makes 41 recommendations. The report will be presented at a news conference in Luxembourg on 31 March 2010 by OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría.