News & Events

News and Events at the International Energy Agency and the Nuclear Energy Agency can be found at their respective websites www.iea.org and www.nea.fr.

News

OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) News

21-Jul-2008

NEA press releases are available on the Agency's main website, www.nea.fr. Archives are also available.

Aspects économiques de l'adaptation au changement climatique : Coûts, bénéfices et instruments économiques

11-Jul-2008

Ce nouvel ouvrage fournit une évaluation critique des coûts et des bénéfices de l’adaptation dans des secteurs clés sensibles au changement climatique ainsi qu’une évaluation multisectorielle au niveau national et mondial. cette analyse oriente le débat sur le potentiel et les limites des instruments économiques – par exemple, assurance et partage des risques, marchés et tarification de biens et services environnementaux, partenariats public-privé – visant à encourager les activités d’adaptation. Url friendly : www.oecd.org/env/cc/adaptationeco .

Energy Balances of OECD Countries, 2005-2006

08-Jul-2008

This volume contains data on the supply and consumption of coal, oil, gas, electricity, heat, renewables and waste presented as comprehensive energy balances expressed in million tonnes of oil equivalent.

Energy Statistics of OECD Countries

08-Jul-2008

This volume contains data on energy supply and consumption in original units for coal, oil, gas, electricity, heat, renewables and waste.

Energy in the Western Balkans - The Path to Reform and Reconstruction

08-Jul-2008

The Western Balkans – composed of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo – is a complex region facing significant energy challenges.

OECD side event at 28th sessions of the UNFCCC (SB28) in Bonn

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.


Events

International Energy Agency (IEA) Events and Workshops

Click on the above link to view all IEA Events and Workshops

Infrastructure Project meeting on Transcontinental Infrastructure Needs to 2030: Ports, Airports, Rail Corridors, Oil and Gas Pipelines

on 18-Nov-2008

The IFP has recently completed a Futures Project on Infrastructure Needs to 2030 (2005-2007) which covered telecoms, water, electricity and surface transport, but did not include ports, airports and other major infrastructures crossing or connecting continents. This meeting will present the key elements of a new planned infrastructure project on Transcontinental Infrastructure Needs to 2030: Ports, Airports, Rail Corridors, Oil and Gas Pipelines...
For information, please find attached the options for further work document and the agenda of the meeting (also available in Japanese ).

OECD Forum 2008: Special session on "Financing Infrastructure" chaired by Michael Oborne (Programme)

from 03-Jun-2008 to 04-Jun-2008

On 4 June, Michael Oborne, Director of the IFP, chaired a session on "Financing Infrastructure" composed of Messrs. Agustín Carstens, Secretary of Finance and Public Credit, Mexico; Andrew Hunter, Head, Macquarie Europe; Richard Lavergne, Secretary-General, Observatoire de l’énergie, France; Pierre Lortie, Senior Business Advisor, Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP (Montreal), Canada; Hamish McRae, Associate Editor, The Independent, United Kingdom. Don't miss the speeches and the pictures of the session.

Ask the economists: Environment - what price a clean planet?

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.

OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Events

from 21-Jul-2008 to 18-Sep-2010

The conferences and symposia listed at www.nea.fr/html/general/conferences.html are either organised by the NEA or by national or international bodies for which NEA co-sponsorship or co-operation has been granted.

OECD Forum 2007: special session dedicated to Infrastructure (Programme)

on 15-May-2007

The OECD Forum 2007 "Innovation, Growth & Equity" took place in Paris on 14-15 May. Michael Oborne, Director of the IFP, chaired a session on "Infrastructure to 2030: Growth, Innovation and Finance" on 15 May. The press release is available here .
For more information about the Forum, visit the OECD Forum website.

OECD Work on G8 Priorities for 2006 Summit

from 15-Jul-2006 to 17-Jul-2006

This year's G8 Summit took place in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The top priorities laid down by President Vladimir Putin were global energy security, education and fighting infectious diseases. Go here for OECD work on these and other issues discussed at the 2006 Summit.

Experts' Meeting on Global Infrastructure Needs: Prospects and Implications for Public and Private Actors

The one-day Experts’ Meeting on future Global Infrastructure Needs took place at OECD Headquarters on 1st October 2004.  It was organised by the OECD’s International Futures Programme (IFP), and brought together 45 high-level government officials and business executives involved in various infrastructure-related activities. 

First meeting of the Steering Group on Global Infrastructure Needs: Prospects and Implications for Public and Private Actors

on 03-Jun-2005

The first meeting of the Steering Group on Future Global Infrastructure Needs took place at OECD Headquarters on 3rd June 2005.  It was organised by the OECD’s International Futures Programme (IFP), and brought together 25 high-level government officials and business executives involved in various infrastructure-related activities.
For more information please contact Mr. Pierre-Alain Schieb at pierre-alain.schieb@oecd.org



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