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OECD urges New Zealand to improve water and waste management

05-Apr-2007

New Zealand has improved its environmental performance over the past decade, but should reinforce water and waste management, energy efficiency and climate protection efforts.

Environmental Performance Reviews: Belgium (2007) - OECD publishes the Environmental Performance Review...

26-Mar-2007

A new OECD report assessing Belgium’s environmental performance notes that the country has made good progress with its environmental policies but says further effort is needed in the agriculture, energy and transport sectors as well as tax policies. The report makes 47 specific recommendations.

Environmental Performance Reviews: China (2006) - OECD discusses China's environmental performance ...

09-Nov-2006

Representatives of OECD member countries and China met in Beijing to review China's environmental performance, in the first official meeting of a formal  OECD Committee to take place in China. A speech  by OECD's Deputy Secretary-General, Kiyo Akasaka, on this occasion is also available. Agreed conclusions and recommendations will be reflected in the OECD Environmental Performance Review of China to be released in Spring 2007.

OECD urges Korea to do more to protect the environment

21-Sep-2006

Korea should use energy more efficiently and control green house gas emissions more effectively, according to a new OECD report. While the OECD welcomes Korea’s significant progress in tackling environmental challenges over the past decade, it notes that further steps are needed in the interests both of international environmental cooperation and Korea’s economic development.

Environmental Performance Reviews: United States (2006) - A new OECD review...

10-Jan-2006

A new OECD review of environmental policy in the US recommends more efficient use of energy and water as a way to safeguard economic prosperity while protecting the environment and human health. Despite progress in some areas over the past decade, more effort is needed in others. The OECD recommends that the US play a more proactive role in dealing with global environmental concerns.  It evaluates the ways in which the US manages air quality, water resources and biodiversity and how it integrates environmental concerns...




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