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02-Feb-2012
This new publication presents a major meta-analysis of 'value of a statistical life' (VSL) estimates derived from surveys where people around the world have been asked about their willingness to pay for small reduction in mortality risks, and gives guidance on how such estimates could be used in policy assessments.
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02-Feb-2012
Our policy guidance proposes a long-term cyclical approach to enhance capacity for greening development – an important missing link in efforts towards greening development. The guidance outlines several steps to building national capacity for greener planning, budgetary processes and key economic sector strategies. Although partner countries should own these processes, development assistance providers should also strengthen their own capacity to effectively support partner countries.
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31-Jan-2012
A carbon intensive energy system in the Czech Republic contributes to one of the highest ratios of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to GDP in the OECD.
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30-Jan-2012
This policy guidance outlines a number of steps to be considered when building capacity for greening national development planning, national budgetary processes and key economic sector strategies.
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26-Jan-2012
Denmark has ambitious energy and climate objectives. Better exploiting interactions with EU and international policies and improving policies to support green technologies would help to achieving them in a cost-effective manner.
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24-Jan-2012
While the level of greenhouse gas emissions is low in Switzerland, meeting emission reduction targets with the existing policies will be difficult. This survey discusses how Switzerland could reduce greenhouse gas emissions in a more cost effective way.
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12-Jan-2012
After the 2012 call for applications, 10 conferences and 32 international research fellowships have been retained by the Co-operative Research Programme for funding.
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11-Jan-2012
The OECD conducts work to provide governments with the analytical basis to develop biodiversity policies that are environmentally-effective, economically-efficient and distributionally-equitable. Within this context, the OECD Working Group on Economic Aspects of Biodiversity (WGEAB) has, for more than a decade, focused on valuation of biodiversity and ecosystem services, and the use of economic instruments, incentive measures and the creation of markets for the sustainable use and conservation of biological diversity.
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13-Dec-2011
Private Sector Engagement in Adaptation to Climate Change: Approaches to Managing Climate Risks analyses how businesses are managing their climate vulnerabilities, new business opportunities arising due to climate change, factors which affect companies’ engagement, and ways in which governments can encourage adaptation. Monitoring and Evaluation for Adaptation: Lessons from Development Co-operation Agencies assesses frameworks used by development co-operation agencies to monitor and evaluate their adaptation initiatives, and shares lessons learned on the choice and use of indicators.
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12-Dec-2011
The 2011 open forum session of the Governing Body of the Co-operative Research Programme was dedicated to Agricultural Knowledge Systems (AKS). There was a presentation on Intellectual Property Rights issues in AKS and Country Case Studies on the evolution of science and innovation in New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
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on 06-Feb-2012
"Mobilizing Private Investment in Low-Carbon, Climate-Resilient (LCCR) Infrastructure" brought together several renowned experts to share experience and gather empirical evidence about financial and market barriers to LCCR infrastructure investment, with an aim to help project leaders access policies, instruments and practices designed to overcome LCCR investment barriers.
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from 19-Jan-2012 to 20-Jan-2012
Firms and entrepreneurs are exploring green business opportunities increasingly based on systemic thinking and radical innovations with the aim of capturing and creating value from new business models. Both the OECD and Nordic Innovation (NI) are currently conducting business case studies on business model-based eco-innovation. This workshop, which was held in Copenhagen, showcased good practices from these studies and showed enhanced understanding of the role that new business models play, as well as establishing a network of experts and innovators in this area.
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from 19-Sep-2011 to 21-Sep-2011
This Global on Environment/CCXG seminar brought together experts from a wide range of countries and organisations to discuss issues related to carbon markets and measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) of climate change actions and finance. The seminar focussed on four specific topics of relevance to the ongoing climate change negotiations: (i) international assessment and review (IAR) and international consultations and analysis (ICA); (ii) setting baselines; (iii) MRV of finance; and (iv) managing greenhouse gas units from multiple market mechanisms.
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from 21-Sep-2011 to 23-Sep-2011
This Conference took place in Astana (Kazakhstan) on 21-23 September 2011 and covered two main themes: 1) sustainable management of water and water-related ecosystems and 2) greening the economy: mainstreaming the environment into economic development.
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from 20-Jun-2011 to 22-Jun-2011
Governments are devoting more awareness and effort to monitoring and evaluating their agri-environmental policies. This workshop will evaluate measures that improve agriculture’s environmental performance, including incentives for farmers to deliver public goods such as farmland biodiversity.
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from 14-Oct-2010 to 15-Oct-2010
The annual EAP Task Force meeting was held on 14-15 October 2010 in Almaty. The main purpose of the meeting was to review progress achieved in the implementation of the EAP Task Force's Work Programme in 2010 and
to discuss work proposed to be carried out in 2011.
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from 08-Nov-2010 to 09-Nov-2010
The annual REPIN meeting was organised by the OECD/EAP Task Force Secretariat and hosted by the State Environmental Service of Latvia on 8-9 November 2010 in Riga. The meeting was attended by government officials and experts from most of the EECCA countries as well as from Estonia, Latvia and Poland. Representatives of the European Commission, the Regional Environmental Centres (RECs) of Russia and the Caucasus, as well as the Working Group of Environmental Auditing under the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) and the NGO community were also present.
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from 10-Feb-2011 to 11-Feb-2011
The Workshop reviewed the first draft of the Strategy's Synthesis Report and sought feedback to ensure that it is a genuinely useful tool to support countries' transition to greener economies. Policymakers and experts across member and partner countries, as well as a range of stakeholders from international organisations, business, and civil society attended the workshop.
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from 29-Nov-2010 to 10-Dec-2010
The UN Climate Change Conference was held in Cancún (COP16, 29 Nov-10 Dec 2010). What were the actions taken? For OECD experts involved in Cancún, policy focused on financing, market solutions and technological change.
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from 19-Oct-2010 to 20-Oct-2010
OECD is co-organizing a regional workshop on "Climate Change Finance and Aid Effectiveness: A country-led approach to strengthening the design of climate change financing modalities" in Bangkok, 19-20 October 2010.
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