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28-May-2010
Green growth provides opportunities for new green industries, jobs and technologies. The Interim Report of the Green Growth Strategy provides some first insights into how countries can achieve greener growth, and discusses what steps countries have already taken, as well as some of the barriers to transition. It also proposes a framework for green growth strategies to help ensure an efficient shift to more sustainable economies.
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16-Apr-2010
France's Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Bruno Le Maire, has called for the development of the aquaculture sector to be a priority in facing the challenge of food security. Mr Le Maire made his remarks as he opened a workshop on aquaculture policy at OECD headquarters in Paris.
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16-Mar-2010
Farmers will have to produce more food with less water, mainly because of growing pressures from urbanisation, industrialisation and climate change. Effective water resource management is essential. This report shows the trends and outlook for water use in agriculture and recommends what countries should be doing and why.
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04-Mar-2010
Much of the current policy debate on adaptation to climate change has focussed on estimating costs, funding, and the international institutional architecture for financing. There is however little emphasis so far on delivery mechanisms to channel these resources at the sub-national level, particularly to target the poor, who are often the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. It is in this context that microfinance merits a closer look. This paper offers the first empirical assessment of the linkages between microfinance supported activities and adaptation to climate change.
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10-Feb-2010
The OECD’s objective is to help its member countries prepare for the future by supporting them with sound policy analysis and options to achieve climate change goals in an environmentally-effective and economically-efficient manner. A number of projects are underway to implement this across several OECD Directorates and in the specialised agencies associated with the OECD, such as the IEA and the NEA. This document highlights this work.
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03-Feb-2010
After the Copenhagen Accord, the world needs to find an ambitious and legally-binding global agreement on climate change in Mexico, said Mr Gurría during a workshop on climate change organised by the European Union. He added that the EU should continue to play a leading role for the negotiations.
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23-Dec-2009
“Though far from perfect, the Copenhagen Accord is a hard-fought political agreement. With most countries likely to sign, it is a breakthrough towards collective international action to limit global emissions and help build cleaner, more resilient economies”, said OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría.
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