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18-Dec-2007
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the World Bank have agreed to step up their co-operation in a number of key areas, including efforts to promote sustainable and inclusive growth in emerging economies, the economics of climate change, aid for trade, innovation and the design of comprehensive country frameworks for investment.
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12-Dec-2007
Most of the action to address climate change will need to take place in developing countries, but developed countries should shoulder much of the cost, said OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría today in a speech at the United Nations Climate Conference in Bali.
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10-Dec-2007
The 2007 edition provides an account of the actions the adhering governments have taken over the 12 months to June 2007 to enhance the contribution of the Guidelines to the improved functioning of the global economy. It also contains the results of the 2007 OECD Roundtable on Corporate Responsibility which focused on the OECD Guidelines and the financial sector.
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06-Dec-2007
The OECD was present in several ways at the UN Climate Change Conference in Bali, Indonesia, from 3-14 December 2007. To find out more, just click on the title.
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04-Dec-2007
The impact of climate change and urban development could more than triple the number of people around the world exposed to coastal flooding by 2070, according to a new report by the OECD, co-authored by experts from academia and the private sector.
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30-Nov-2007
These conference proceedings analyse the social issues and policy challenges that arise from fisheries adjustment policies, and how OECD member countries are meeting those challenges.
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Two new reports available for the OECD VERHI project
26-Nov-2007
Two reports prepared in the context of the OECD project on valuation of environment-related health impacts for children (VERHI) have just been released:
- The Summary of Focus Group Discussions and Other Preparatory Work for the VERHI Project
- The Use of Evaluation Tools in Policy-making and Health Implications for Children
To download pdf formats of these documents, please visit www.oecd.org/env/social/envhealth/verhi
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25-Oct-2007
Factoring climate concerns into development projects is a pressing need for aid recipients and a sound strategy for international donors. This report surveys 26 bilateral and 10 multilateral donors to track trends and highlight innovative approaches used by them to incorporate climate risks into their activities. The report concludes that international donors have made significant progress in recognizing the importance of climate risks in their development co-operation policies. Translating such concerns into operational practices, however, remains a difficult challenge.
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OECD's Amano calls for greater use of economic instruments and policies to address climate change
19-Oct-2007
In his address at Italy's National Conference on Climate Change, Rome, 12 September 2007, OECD Deputy Secretary General emphasized that climate policies should be based on the wide spread use of market-based instruments. He also noted that such policies need to be better integrated with other development objectives, and highlighted the need for greater investment in climate change adaptation in low-income countries.
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19-Oct-2007
Ce document contribue au suivi de la "Déclaration sur la prise en compte de l’adaptation au changement climatique dans la coopération pour le développement" en visant à offrir une vue d’ensemble des grandes tendances qui se dégagent en ce qui concerne les progrès accomplis et à mettre l’accent sur les approches novatrices adoptées par les agences de coopération pour le développement et les institutions financières internationales (IFI), ainsi que sur les problèmes qu’elles rencontrent pour prendre en compte l’adaptation au changement climatique dans leurs activités.
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Events
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Proceedings from an OECD Expert Meeting, Kyoto, Japan, May, 2003. The Meeting papers discuss the development of land conservation indicators for policy purposes.
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from 16-Oct-2003 to 18-Oct-2003
The meeting in Kiev was the fifth annual gathering of enforcement officers and environmental policy makers from environmental authorities in the region of Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA). The main result of the meeting were the endorsement of the draft Work Programme of the Network for the period 2003-2006 and the new Term of Reference for the Network.
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from 03-Nov-2003 to 04-Nov-2003
Responding to growing worldwide interest in developing and applying environmental compliance and enforcement indicators, the OECD and the INECE organised, on 3rd and 4th November, 2003 in Paris, a workshop which assisted enforcement agencies in designing enforcement and compliance indicators and using them for agencies’ performance assessment.
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from 03-Nov-2003 to 04-Nov-2003
This meeting was held in Paris on 3-4 November 2003 and was a follow-up to the previous Workshop on Environmentally Harmful Subsidies held on 7-8 November 2002. The meeting gathered experts to address the issues of reforming environmentally harmful subsidies in the agriculture, fisheries, water, transport and energy sectors, particularly the question of obstacles to subsidy reform.
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from 19-Apr-2004 to 20-Apr-2004
The OECD's Committee for Fisheries has hosted a workshop on IUU fishing activities on 19-20 April 2004.
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Proceedings from an OECD Expert Meeting, Ottawa, Canada, October, 2002. The Meeting papers discuss the development of indicators that track the state and trends in agriculture's soil organic carbon.
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Proceedings from an OECD Expert Meeting, Rome, Italy, March, 2003. The Meeting papers discuss the development of soil erosion and soil biodiversity indicators for policy purposes.
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