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09-Jan-2007
Recycling markets are growing, but market failures and barriers are constraining some markets of secondary materials such as used oil, tyres and plastics. This report presents the case for the use of 'industrial' policies which address such market failures and barriers.
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13-Dec-2006
Many regions in the Alps had the warmest November on record, delaying the arrival of snow by several weeks and worrying ski operators. As the first flurries are coating Alpine slopes, questions arise: was this balmy autumn an exception or a harbinger of the effects of climate change? How sensitive are the Alps to climate change?
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08-Dec-2006
The EAP Task Force is preparing the tenth annual meeting of the EECCA Environmental Finance Network. The meeting will be held on 22-23 February 2007 at the OECD Headquarters in Paris.
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07-Dec-2006
This paper summarises the responses to the 2006 questionnaire. Responses received from OECD member countries, non-OECD countries, European Commission and some companies manufacturing these chemicals have been included in this paper
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01-Dec-2006
A workshop on adaptation to the impacts of climate change in the European Alps was co-organized by the OECD, the University of Fribourg, and the EU- Ensembles project and took place in Wengen, Switzerland on October 4-6, 2006. About fifty experts and representatives from governments, NGOs, and the private sector participated to this event. Adaptation within the sectors of winter tourism, agriculture and ecosystems, natural hazards management, and water resource management were addressed during the workshop.
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29-Nov-2006
This document provides information on current or planned activities related to the safety of manufactured nanomaterials in OECD member countries. This information was provided as written reports by delegations who participated in the 1st Meeting of OECD's Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials (WPMN). There are also written reports on relevant current activities in other International Organisations such as the UNESCO and the ISO. Additional information on the programme of work of the WPMN can be found in here .
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27-Nov-2006
Public environmental expenditure programmes play a key role in environmental finance in most OECD member and non-member countries. This report presents different institutional options for managing such programmes, with a focus on the water sector in four OECD countries, namely: Austria, Belgium (the Region of Flanders), France and Germany. The analysis uses the Good Practices for Public Environmental Expenditure Management, a performance review framework, developed by the OECD.
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10-Nov-2006
Seven new studies on climate change, produced under the auspices of the Annex I Expert Group, were launched at a side event at COP12 Nairobi: "Adaptation, Technology and Mechanisms: Recent Work from the Annex I Expert Group on the UNFCCC" was held on Monday 13 November. These papers are available on this very web site: www.oecd.org/env/aixg. The OECD also had an exhibit stand at this major annual UN conference.
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09-Nov-2006
Representatives of OECD member countries and China met in Beijing to review China's environmental performance, in the first official meeting of a formal OECD Committee to take place in China. A speech by OECD's Deputy Secretary-General, Kiyo Akasaka, on this occasion is also available. Agreed conclusions and recommendations will be reflected in the OECD Environmental Performance Review of China to be released in Spring 2007.
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