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Impacts of environmental policy instruments on technological change

08-Feb-2007

This paper, written by Prof. Herman Vollebergh, Department of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, provides a review of the literature on impacts of environmental policy instruments on technological change. 

OECD Guidelines for the Testing of Chemicals Now Available Free of Charge

06-Feb-2007

The OECD Guidelines for the Testing of Chemicals, key tools for governments and industry worldwide to assess the safety of chemical products, are now available free of charge.

SECTION 5: Other Test Guidelines

02-Feb-2007

This section encompasses all Test Guidelines which do not fall within the four sections: Section 1: Physical-Chemical Properties (series 100); Section 2: Effects on Biotic Systems (series 200); Section 3: Degradation and Accumulation (series 300); and Section 4: Health Effects (series 400).

Joint Meeting Statement supporting SAICM

01-Feb-2007

The OECD Joint Meeting of the Chemicals Committee and Working Party on Chemicals, Pesticides and Biotechnology has expressed its support of the objectives of the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) in a public Statement endorsed on 1 February 2007.
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Improving recycling markets

09-Jan-2007

Recycling markets are growing, but market failures and barriers are constraining some markets of secondary materials such as used oil, tyres and plastics. This report presents the case for the use of  'industrial' policies which address such market failures and barriers.

OECD warns climate change is threatening Europe's skiing trade

13-Dec-2006

Many regions in the Alps had the warmest November on record, delaying the arrival of snow by several weeks and worrying ski operators. As the first flurries are coating Alpine slopes, questions arise: was this balmy autumn an exception or a harbinger of the effects of climate change? How sensitive are the Alps to climate change?  

Tenth Meeting of the EECCA Environmental Finance Network

08-Dec-2006

The EAP Task Force is preparing the tenth annual meeting of the EECCA Environmental Finance Network. The meeting will be held on 22-23 February 2007 at the OECD Headquarters in Paris.

Results of the 2006 Survey on Production and use of PFOS, PFAS, PFOA, PFCA, their Related Substances and Products/Mixtures Containing these Substances

07-Dec-2006

This paper summarises the responses to the 2006 questionnaire.  Responses received from OECD member countries, non-OECD countries, European Commission and some companies manufacturing these chemicals have been included in this paper

Wengen 2006 Workshop - Adaptation to the impacts of climate change in the European Alps

01-Dec-2006

A workshop on adaptation to the impacts of climate change in the European Alps was co-organized by the OECD, the University of Fribourg, and the EU- Ensembles project and took place in Wengen, Switzerland on October 4-6, 2006. About fifty experts and representatives from governments, NGOs, and the private sector participated to this event. Adaptation within the sectors of winter tourism, agriculture and ecosystems, natural hazards management, and water resource management were addressed during the workshop. 

Current Developments/ Activities on the Safety of Manufactured Nanomaterials: Tour de Table at the 1st Meeting of the Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials, London, United Kingdom, 26-27 October 2006

29-Nov-2006

This document provides information on current or planned activities related to the safety of manufactured nanomaterials in OECD member countries.  This information was provided as written reports by delegations who participated in the 1st Meeting of OECD's Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials (WPMN).  There are also written reports on relevant current activities in other International Organisations such as the UNESCO and the ISO. Additional information on the programme of work of the WPMN can be found in here  .




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