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News & Events
News
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05-Dec-2011
The Environment, Health and Safety News is a newsletter issued approximately every eight months. Its purpose is to provide an update on the main events and activities of the OECD Environment, Health and Safety Programme. Information on new publications arising from the Programme as well as dates and venues of upcoming events and meetings are given.
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05-Dec-2011
Le bulletin de la Division Environnement, Santé et Sécurité (EHS) est publié approximativement tous les huit mois. Il a pour but de fournir une mise à jour des événements et des activités du programme de l’OCDE sur l’environnement, la santé et la sécurité. Des Informations sont fournies concernant de nouvelles publications ainsi que les dates et les lieux des prochains événements et réunions.
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01-Dec-2011
Rising global energy demand and the need to drastically cut carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions require a transformation in the way we produce, deliver and consume energy, according to a new joint report from the OECD and IEA.
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24-Nov-2011
According to OECD’s latest analysis, global greenhouse gas emissions are projected to double in the next 40 years. This would result in a 3-6 degree increase of the average global temperature by the end of the century unless governments take decisive action.
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21-Nov-2011
This OECD workshop brought together leaders from business and government to exchange experience on how to better utilise climate and investment policies to mobilise private capital to support low-carbon and climate-resilient infrastructure and development. Key focusses of the workshop were to examine the opportunities and challenges of infrastructure investment and identify innovative financial instruments to leverage limited public finance
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17-Nov-2011
On November 10, OECD/IEA held a workshop to share experiences of existing methodologies to track private sector flows for climate change and how they could be reinforced. The workshop also explored the integration of climate change flows from multilateral development banks into the OECD DAC Creditor Reporting System. The discussions highlighted the complexity of climate finance flows and the difficulty of separating the political and technical aspects of measuring them. Ongoing OECD/IEA work will examine the progress that can be made in the absence of political decisions.
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10-Nov-2011
As the Slovak Republic strives to increase productivity and competitiveness in the recovery from the financial crisis, the OECD Environmental Performance Review of the Slovak Republic recommends that it strengthen environmental policies and institutions, promoting green growth to help achieve its economic goals.
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08-Nov-2011
In recent years Israel has strengthened its environmental policies and now should develop a green growth plan that combines environmental, economic and social policies.
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08-Nov-2011
A Consensus Document on Compositional Considerations for New Varieties of Sugarcane (Saccharum ssp. hybrids), number 23 in the Series on Safety of Novel Foods and Feeds, is now available online. It contains information on the key nutrients, anti-nutrients and toxicants of food and feed obtained from this grass crop. Sugarcane is grown in tropical and sub-tropical regions in more than 100 countries and the sugar produced from it is commonly consumed all over the world.
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Events
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on 23-Apr-2009
On April 23, a fist Steering Group Meeting under the EUWI National Policy Dialogue in the water supply and sanitation sector of Ukraine was held. This meeting was focused on impact of decentralization and measures to cope with over fragmentation in the water sector.
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on 24-Apr-2009
The dissemination workshop on “Strengthening financial planning and management for WSS in central government, municipalities and utilities of EECCA countries” was held in Kiev, Ukraine on 24 April 2009. The meeting was a capacity development and dissemination workshop where good practices and approaches to improve the financial management of the water sector have been presented. These outputs have been developed in the framework of the EAP Task Force and supported by a TACIS grant.
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on 10-Jun-2009
The main objective of the workshop was to discuss in detail the scope of a survey on the experience of countries of Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA) with integrating the environmental sector into medium-term budgeting processes. The workshop was organised on 10 June 2009, in Chisinau (Moldova), back-to-back with the annual meeting of the Regulatory Environmental Programme Implementation Network.
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from 11-Jun-2009 to 12-Jun-2009
Environmental liability regimes and approaches and criteria to assess administrative fines were in the focus of discussions at the annual meeting of the Regulatory Environmental Programme Implementation Network. This meeting took place on 11-12 June 2009 in Chisinau, Moldova. The Network was established back in 1999 and brings together environmental experts from Eastern Europe, Caucasus, and Central Asia (EECCA).
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from 01-Dec-2008 to 12-Dec-2008
The impact of climate change on our environment, our economies and our security is the defining issue of our era. OECD is at the forefront of climate change analysis, promoting environmentally and economically rational policies related to adaptation, mitigation, technology, financing and development. The OECD was present in several ways at the UN Climate Change Conference.
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from 23-Oct-2008 to 24-Oct-2008
The next meeting of the EAP Task Force took place on 23-24 October 2008 in Astana, Kazakhstan. The main purpose of the meeting was to discuss progress in implementing the the EAP Task Force's Programme of Work, and priority areas of work for 2009 and beyond. The meeting started with a special session on how the challenge of institutional development of Environment Ministries in the region could be addressed, drawing on new approaches being employed by development cooperation agencies in OECD countries.
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from 23-Oct-2008 to 24-Oct-2008
Ежегодная Встреча СРГ ПДООС, 23-24 октября 2008 г., Астана (Казахстан) Следующая встреча СРГ ПДООС состоится 23-24 октября 2008 г. в Астане (Казахстан). Главной целью встречи будет обсуждение прогресса в реализации Рабочей программы СРГ ПДООС и приоритетных направлений работы на 2009 г. и последующие годы. Встреча начнется со специального заседания, на котором будет обсуждаться, как решить задачу институционального развития министерств охраны окружающей среды в регионе с использованием новых подходов, применяемых организациями сотрудничества в целях развития стран ОЭСР.
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from 12-May-2008 to 13-May-2008
The Fourth Joint Meeting of the EU Water Initiative EECCA Working Group and the EAP Task Force Water Network was held on the 12-13th of May 2008, in Bucharest, Romania with the Romanian Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development hosting the event.
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Fourth Joint Meeting of the EU Water Initiative EECCA Working Group and the EAP Task Force Water Network
from 12-May-2008 to 13-May-2008
The Fourth Joint Meeting of the EU Water Initiative EECCA Working Group and the EAP Task Force Water Network will be held on the 12th-13th of May 2008, in Bucharest, Romania with the the Romanian Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development.
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from 23-Apr-2008 to 25-Apr-2008
The conference explored how improved resource efficiency can reduce negative environmental impacts of resource exploitation, transportation, use and disposal, while at the same time securing adequate supplies of materials to sustain economic growth. It focussed on economic efficiency and environmental effectiveness of resource use, as well as the related development and governance aspects.
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