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20-Sep-2011
On 7-8 September 2011, the OECD organized a workshop in Paris on metals specificities in environmental risk assessment. Concepts of bioavailability, effects assessments, fate and bioaccumulation specific to metals were presented with illustrative examples. Participants generally agreed with proposed concepts and formulated recommendations for further work. A report will be available in a few weeks.
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13-Sep-2011
This report on “Resource Productivity in the G8 and the OECD” responds to a request by G8 Environment Ministers at their meeting in Kobe in May 2008 and presents an interim evaluation of progress in the last three years. It was published in May 2011.
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12-Sep-2011
The OECD recently issued the book Taxation, Innovation and the Environment. This brief presents a guide for policy makers to environmental taxation that was included in that book.
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12-Sep-2011
The OECD recently analysed the impacts of environmentally related taxes and similar instruments on innovation activity in firms and households. The key findings from this analysis are presented in this brief.
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06-Sep-2011
There are a growing number of tools available for screening climate change risks and integrating adaptation into development planning processes. Building on the experiences of users and developers, this paper assesses the extent to which tools meet users’ needs. It provides options for reducing fragmentation and duplication: these include providing common guidance on specific topics and by clarifying the diverse terminology used.
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07-Jul-2011
Three new Emission Scenario Documents (ESDs) on the releases of chemicals from the Application of Radiation Curable Coatings, Inks, and Adhesives, from the Use of Metalworking Fluids, and from Water-Based Operations at Industrial and Institutional Laundries are now available. The ESD on Coating Application via Spray-Painting in the Automotive Refinishing Industry from 2004 was revised. ESDs describe methods for estimating emissions of chemicals from various industry sectors and/or from uses of chemicals. Including these new documents, OECD has so far published 27 ESDs.
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05-Jul-2011
This document contains the report of a survey carried out in 2009 by the OECD Expert Group on Minor Uses (EGMU), a sub-group of the Working Group on Pesticides, on “Efficacy & Crop Safety Data Requirements & Guidelines for the Registration of Pesticide Minor Uses”. The aim of the survey was to provide an overview of regulatory requirements and mechanisms pertaining to minor uses in OECD member countries.
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05-Jul-2011
This document contains the report of a survey carried out in 2009 by the OECD Expert Group on Minor Uses (EGMU), a sub-group of the Working Group on Pesticides, on “Regulatory Incentives for the Registration of Pesticide Minor Uses”. The aim of the survey was to provide an overview of regulatory incentives available to enhance the registration of pesticide minor uses.
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05-Jul-2011
This document provides guidance to national regulatory authorities in providing greater incentives to encourage applicants (manufacturers/registrants) to register agricultural pesticides (including both synthetically and naturally derived products) for minor uses. This document is based upon the results of a survey conducted in 2009 by the OECD Expert Group on Minor Uses (EGMU), which detailed available incentives in OECD countries [see survey results in publication ENV/JM/MONO(2011)14].
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