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30-Jun-2008
Energy represents a major sustainable development challenge for Canada. Efforts should be concentrated on designing and implementing an emissions trading scheme compatible with corresponding systems abroad. Effective and efficient systems of regulation and taxation are essential to facilitate the timely realisation of energy supply plans.
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26-Jun-2008
At their Meeting in May 2008, the DAC High-Level Meeting endorsed a Statement of Progress on Integrating Climate Change Adaptation into Development Co-operation. The Statement aims to highlight the progress achieved by DAC donors in integrating climate change adaptation into their operations and outlines key challenges for the future. It will be brought to the attention of participants in the G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit in July 2008.
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26-Jun-2008
At their Meeting in May 2008, the DAC High-Level Meeting endorsed a Policy Statement on Strategic Environmental Assessment. The Statement highlights the progress achieved by donors and developing country partners in applying strategic environmental assessment approaches, as called for by "The Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness", and outlines key challenges for the future.
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16-Jun-2008
This is the fourth volume of the OECD series Environmental Indicators for Agriculture.
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12-Jun-2008
The OECD hosted a side event at the 28th Sessions of the subsidiary bodies to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (SB-28) in Bonn on June 10th. The theme was the "Economics of Adaptation and Mitigation", and it was organised in two parts: first, the launch of the new book "Economic Aspects of Adaptation to Climate Change: Costs, Benefits and Policy Instruments" ; the second half featured the OECD Environmental Oultook to 2030 and Cities and Climate Change: the case of global port cities. Click on this title to access presentations.
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11-Jun-2008
Achieving sustainable exploitation of its plentiful energy sources is one of the key challenges Canada will face in the years to come. Indeed, the economy relies considerably on energy based activities whose development has been encouraged by government policies. At the same time, the production and consumption of energy is responsible for the bulk of the country’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
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11-Jun-2008
When they are applied in a practical setting, environmentally related taxes and tradable permit systems often differ from simple text-book recommendations that only focus on economic efficiency. This note, prepared by Prof. Stephen Smith of University College, London, contains both a theoretical discussion of “real-world” constraints on policy formulation, and an empirical discussion of the Climate Change Levy vs. the domestic greenhouse gas trading system in the UK, as well as of the Landfill tax vs. the Landfill allowance trading system applied in the same country.
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10-Jun-2008
As ongoing corporate bribery investigations and scandals make headlines around the world, Transparency International (TI) has published a working paper on the OECD’s Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, a set of social, labour, environmental and anti-corruption standards for transnational companies. This working paper explains the Guidelines and their relevance in fighting corruption in the private sector. Case studies illustrate recent instances when civil society has filed complaints in different countries related to bribery and other violations.
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10-Jun-2008
Environmental regulators and inspectors from twelve countries of Eastern Europe, Caucasus, and Central Asia and their counterparts from OECD countries, NGOs and industry will gather in Tashkent to share experience and decide on their joint actions in 2008-2011.
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Events
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from 24-Jun-2008 to 25-Jun-2008
Professor John G. Ruggie, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Business and Human Rights, delivered the keynote presentation on the occasion of the 8th annual meeting of National Contact Points in Paris on 24 June 2008.
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from 17-Jun-2008 to 19-Jun-2008
Environmental regulators and inspectors from twelve countries of Eastern Europe, Caucasus, and Central Asia and their counterparts from OECD countries, NGOs and industry will gather in Tashkent to share experience and decide on their joint actions in 2008-2011.
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from 26-Apr-2006 to 27-Apr-2006
OECD Workshop on Distributive Issues Related to Biodiversity, held 26-27 April 2006 in Oaxaca, Mexico.
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from 05-May-2008 to 16-May-2008
La contribution de l'OCDE à la Commission des Nations Unies sur le Développement Durable promouvoit la cohérence des politiques pour une agriculture durable en termes économiques (réforme des subventions), politiques environnementales (gestion des ressources durables) et dimensions sociales (sécurité alimentaire).
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from 23-Jun-2008 to 24-Jun-2008
Jointly organised by OECD and ILO, this conference was devoted to the theme of "Employment and Industrial Relations: Promoting Responsible Business Conduct in a Globalising Economy". Discussions focused on wider dissemination of good corporate labour practices and better understanding and use of the OECD and ILO instruments.
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from 19-Mar-2008 to 27-Mar-2008
What needs to be done and who should pay to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and tackle climate change? Read the questions and answers from the online debate on this issue that took place on Thursday 27 March 2008.
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on 21-Feb-2008
What benefits would the Internet bring to the developing world? And what impact would the arrival of several billion new users have on the Internet as we know it today? Click here to read the questions and answers from this online debate with OECD economist Sam Paltridge.
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