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16-Sep-2008
Selon le Secrétaire général de l’OCDE, les coûts liés à une réduction ambitieuse des émissions de gaz à effet de serre seraient vraisemblablement plus élevés que prévus mais resteraient bien en deçà du prix à payer en cas d’inaction.
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16-Sep-2008
Speaking to the Energy Leaders Summit in London today, OECD Secretary-General A. Gurría warned that the cost of ambitious emissions reductions will be higher than previously estimated. He noted, however, that it is still more affordable than the costs and consequences of inaction. He stressed that we need to use the right mix of policies, including putting a price on greenhouse gas emissions and developing new low-carbon technologies.
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15-Sep-2008
De nombreux gouvernements des pays de l’OCDE ont tenu pour acquis qu’il y aurait toujours suffisamment d’eau. Pour M. Gurría, cela n’est plus vrai et la nécessité d’assurer l’accès à l’eau mettra à l’épreuve notre aptitude à agir ensemble (disponible en anglais et en espagnol).
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15-Sep-2008
The conference brought together environmental policy and enforcement officials, as well as industry representatives and non-government experts to exchange experiences on the good practices and trends in environmental compliance assurance in OECD countries and major emerging economies. Conference participants discussed the results of a two-year OECD comparative study of compliance promotion, monitoring, and enforcement instruments in six OECD member countries and two major emerging economies.
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09-Sep-2008
New documents published in the Series on Testing and Assessments :
•Retrospective Performance assessment of the TG 426
•Report of the Validation Peer Review for the Amphibian Metamorphosis Assay
•Report of the Validation Peer Review for the 21-Day Fish Endocrine Screening Assay
•DRP on Fish Life-Cycle Tests
•Guidance Document on Mammalian Reproductive Toxicity Testing and Assessment
•Background Review Document on the Hershberger Assay
•DRP on Metabolism
•Several Validation Reports
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05-Sep-2008
All waste, whether domestically generated or subject to export and import, should be managed in an environmentally sound manner to protect human health and the environment. To meet this objective and ensure fair competition between waste management enterprises throughout the OECD area, a Recommendation on ESM has been adopted by member countries. This Guidance Manual includes detailed explanation on some policy recommendations aimed at governments and on the criteria to be applied by waste management facilities to ensure a level playing field of high environmental standards. (Dec. 2007)
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23-Jul-2008
This document intends to provide a “snapshot” of how OECD countries have developed and run their PRTR programmes. It shows the similarities and differences across countries in their requirements to collect and display high quality data, which is required for an effective PRTR system. It also presents compliance and regulatory requirements, the development of guidance material, and emerging issues and challenges for the future.
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23-Jul-2008
The International Workshop on Documentary Standards for Measurement and Characterisation in Nanotechnologies was held 26-28 February 2008 at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg (USA), in co-ordination with ISO, IEC, NIST and the OECD. The participants discussed the development, efficacy, harmonisation and uptake of documentary standards broadly relevant to the field of measurement and characterisation for nanotechnologies. The final report of this meeting can be viewed by clicking on the link.
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Publication of the Report of the OECD Pesticide Risk Reduction Steering Group Seminar on Risk Reduction through Better Worker Safety and Training
22-Jul-2008
This report presents the results of an OECD seminar on ways to achieve pesticide risk reduction through worker safety and training. The seminar was hosted by Czech State Phytosanitary Administration, in Brno, Czech Republic, on 21 March 2007. It was chaired by Dr. Wolfgang Zornbach of the German Federal Ministry of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture.
ENV/JM/MONO(2008)9 Part 1
ENV/JM/MONO(2008)9 Part 2
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