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2008 OECD Environmental Outlook - How much will it cost to address today's key environmental problems?

05-Mar-2008

"Solutions to the key environmental challenges are available, achievable and affordable, especially when compared to the expected economic growth and the costs and consequences of inaction", OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria said at the worldwide launch of the 2008 OECD Environmental Outlook in Oslo, hosted by Norway's Prime Minister, Jens Stoltenberg.

OECD Environmental Outlook to 2030

27-Feb-2008

The OECD will launch the Environmental Outlook to 2030 with the participation of the Secretary-General together with the Norwegian Prime Minister and Environment Minister on 5 March.

Cost of tackling climate change should be shared more fairly, says OECD Secretary-General

12-Dec-2007

Most of the action to address climate change will need to take place in developing countries, but developed countries should shoulder much of the cost, said OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría today in a speech at the United Nations Climate Conference in Bali.

OECD launches programme to test the safety of manufactured nanomaterials

10-Dec-2007

OECD member countries, as well as some non-member economies and other stakeholders, are pooling expertise and funding to test the human health and environmental safety effects of a number of nanomaterials.

OECD participation in UN Climate Change conference in Bali

06-Dec-2007

The OECD was present in several ways at the UN Climate Change Conference in Bali, Indonesia, from 3-14 December 2007. To find out more, just click on the title.

Climate change could triple population at risk from coastal flooding by 2070, finds OECD

04-Dec-2007

The impact of climate change and urban development could more than triple the number of people around the world exposed to coastal flooding by 2070, according to a new report by the OECD, co-authored by experts from academia and the private sector.

OECD's Amano calls for greater use of economic instruments and policies to address climate change

19-Oct-2007

In his address at Italy's National Conference on Climate Change, Rome, 12 September 2007, OECD Deputy Secretary General emphasized that climate policies should be based on the wide spread use of market-based instruments. He also noted that such policies need to be better integrated with other development objectives, and highlighted the need for greater investment in climate change adaptation in low-income countries.

Etat des lieux des progrès accomplis dans la prise en compte de l'adaptation au changement climatique dans les activitiés de coopération pour le développement

19-Oct-2007

Ce document contribue au suivi de la "Déclaration sur la prise en compte de l’adaptation au changement climatique dans la coopération pour le développement" en visant à offrir une vue d’ensemble des grandes tendances qui se dégagent en ce qui concerne les progrès accomplis et à mettre l’accent sur les approches novatrices adoptées par les agences de coopération pour le développement et les institutions financières internationales (IFI), ainsi que sur les problèmes qu’elles rencontrent pour prendre en compte l’adaptation au changement climatique dans leurs activités.

OECD urges former Soviet States to accelerate environmental reforms

10-Oct-2007

In Russia 47 million people are exposed to high concentrations of nitrous dioxide. Half the population in rural Tajikistan, and one-third in Moldova, lack access to clean water. Leaded petrol is sold legally in Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.

Revised Guidance for Grouping of Chemicals is now available

27-Sep-2007

The approach described in this guidance document is to consider closely related chemicals as a group, or category, rather than as individual chemicals. In the category approach, not every chemical needs to be tested for every endpoint. Rather, the overall data for that category must prove adequate to support a hazard assessment. The overall data set must allow the estimation of the hazard for the untested endpoints.




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