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12-Oct-2009
This paper, prepared by Rana Roy, Consulting Economist, London, UK, addresses the scope for CO2-based differentiation in motor vehicle taxes, both under conditions of equilibrium and in the context of the current global recession.
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09-Oct-2009
This paper was prepared by Ralf Martin, London School of Economics, and Ulrich Wagner, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, as a contribution to the project on Taxation, Innovation and the Environment. It presents an econometric study of impacts of the Climate Change Levy in the United Kingdom on fuel use and innovation.
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25-Sep-2009
In his remarks to the informal ministerial meeting on climate change, Mr. Gurría, OECD Secretary-General, underlined that the difficult part is working out what exactly is a “fair share” of GHG mitigation in order to reach a successful agreement in Copenhagen.
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25-Sep-2009
Welcoming the adoption of the Framework for Strong, Sustainable and Balanced Growth by G20 leaders gathered in Pittsburgh for the G20 summit, OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría said new sources of jobs and growth needed for the global economy to effect a sustained recovery, will only emerge if the right structural policies are adopted by the world’s leading global economies.
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17-Sep-2009
This paper was prepared by Ralf Martin, London School of Economics, and Ulrich Wagner, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, as a contribution to the project on Taxation, Innovation and the Environment. It presents a survey of firms’ responses to public incentives for energy innovation. A companion paper by the same authors, Econometric analysis of the impacts of the UK Climate Change Levy and Climate Change Agreements on firms’ fuel use and innovation activity, is available at www.oecd.org/env/taxes.
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11-Sep-2009
Ten new Test Guidelines and six updated Test Guidelines have been adopted by Council on 7 September 2009.
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Events
OECD Published Pov and LRTP Screening Tool
OECD published the "Pov and LRTP Screening Tool" which has been developed with the aim of using multimedia models for estimating overall persistence (Pov) and long-range transport potential (LRTP) of organic chemicals at a screening level in the context of PBTs/POPs assessments. The Tool calculates metrics of Pov and LRTP from a multimedia chemical fate model, and provides a graphical presentation of the results.
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from 12-May-2008 to 13-May-2008
The Fourth Joint Meeting of the EU Water Initiative EECCA Working Group and the EAP Task Force Water Network was held on the 12-13th of May 2008, in Bucharest, Romania with the Romanian Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development hosting the event.
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Ministers to Discuss Environment and Global Competitiveness
from 28-Apr-2008 to 29-Apr-2008
Environment Ministers from OECD countries as well as from Chile, Estonia, Israel, Russia, Slovenia – countries that are candidates for OECD membership – and Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and South Africa have been invited to discuss cost-effective environmental policies that also bring economic and social benefits.
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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.
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from 10-Jun-2008 to 01-Jan-2009
The first 2008 International Transport Forum on "Transport and Energy: the Challenge of Climate Change" was held in Leipzig from 28 – 30 May. Almost 900 participants from all 51 International Transport Forum Member Countries, Observers and India came to Leipzig for the Forum. More than 100 journalists from 12 countries covered the event.
Ministers of Transport from the Forum and OECD Member Countries also met and issued a set of Key Messages on Transport and Climate Change.
Click for Key Messages, videos, photos and other output from the Forum
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on 05-Mar-2008
The OECD's Environmental Outlook to 2030 says that global efforts to tackle the main environmental challenges - climate change, biodiversity loss, water scarcity and risks to human health - are achievable and affordable.
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from 23-Apr-2008 to 25-Apr-2008
The conference explored how improved resource efficiency can reduce negative environmental impacts of resource exploitation, transportation, use and disposal, while at the same time securing adequate supplies of materials to sustain economic growth. It focussed on economic efficiency and environmental effectiveness of resource use, as well as the related development and governance aspects.
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on 04-Apr-2006
Economic growth and development are intricately linked to the sound management of environmental resources. It is the poorest countries and the poorest people who rely most heavily on environmental resources, and are therefore most affected by their degradation. This Ministerial meeting provided a timely opportunity to discuss the two-way relationship between poverty and environmental degradation and the scope for win-win approaches to address them.
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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.
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from 27-Jun-2007 to 30-Jun-2007
How can societies better measure their progress or setbacks? The question lies at the heart of a long-term OECD project to explore how the effective use of information can benefit democracy, empower individual citizens and stimulate a global debate on what progress means. See the webcast available at www.oecd.org/oecdworldforum/webcast
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