11-June-2001
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The environmental progress seen in the 1980s for most OECD countries was consolidated and further enhanced during the 1990s, from lower emissions of many air pollutants to better protection of endangered species. Moreover, the policies that led t...
16-May-2001
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Environment Ministers or their representatives from the 30 OECD countries met in Paris today. They adopted the "OECD Environmental Strategy for the First Decade of the 21st Century", committing to specific national actions over the next ten years...
14-May-2001
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Common environmental objectives in most OECD countries include clean air, clean water, reductions in toxic emissions and household waste and the conservation of natural resources. From prohibitions and technical standards to tradable permits, tax...
23-April-2001
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In current prices and exchange rates total net ODA flows declined from $56.4 billion in 1999 to $53.1 billion in 2000 (see Table 1 and Chart 1) -- a fall of 6.0 per cent. But most of this drop was due to lower exchange rates for most currencies a...
29-March-2001
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In order to prevent irreversible damage to our environment over the next 20 years, governments need urgently to take action to change their policies in a number of clearly identifiable areas. This is the key message of OECD's Environmental Outloo...
6-February-2001
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Although much of the world has enjoyed an economic boom for almost a decade, one person in five across the globe still lives on less than $1 a day. A commitment to halve world poverty by 2015 is now the top priority of international development c...