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Cities and Carbon Market Finance: Taking Stock of Cities’ Experience with Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Joint Implementation (JI) - Environment Working Paper No. 2916-Dec-2010 Christa Clapp, Alexia Leseur, Olivier Sartor, Gregory Briner, Jan Corfee-Morlot This working paper reviews 10 in–depth case studies of urban projects proposed and operating within the realm of Joint Implementation (JI) and the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol. Environment Working Paper No. 29. Also available:Related documents: |
United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 16)10-Dec-2010 Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General At COP16, Angel Gurría stated that "Green and Growth go well together and can become a win-win outcome for advanced, emerging and developing countries. (...) Cancun should; Cancun must; Cancun can!" Related documents: |
Budget deficits: What governments are doing10-Dec-2010 Public finances are under pressure around the world. We asked finance ministers from a range of countries: “What actions is your government taking to bolster public finances, while upholding growth and services?” Also available: |
Climate change: COP16 Cancún10-Dec-2010 The UN Climate Change Conference was held in Cancún, Mexico (COP16, 29 Nov-10 Dec 2010). What were the actions taken? For OECD experts involved at Cancún, policy focused on financing, market solutions and technological change. |
Fighting Climate Change – What would be our legacy?09-Dec-2010 Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría declared that "We need a legacy of action in which we take concerted action to mitigate and build sufficient climate resilience to accommodate a further 2 to 3 billion people plus rising living standards across the world." Related documents: |
Tackling climate change: How to ensure the necessary finance flows09-Dec-2010 Angel Gurría,OECD Secretary-General In his remarks, A. Gurría said that countries need to be ambitious in taking unilateral actions and that a cost-effective approach to reducing emissions could cost just a fraction of a percentage point ... Related documents: |
Regulatory Reform in OECD Countries: Reports by Country08-Dec-2010 The unique OECD peer review process has helped improve public policy. It assesses how countries manage the design, adoption and enforcement of regulations according to a conceptual framework. It ensures comparability while taking account of institutional and cultural differences across countries. Also available: |
Middle class in Latin America economically vulnerable03-Dec-2010 Even though the growing middle class in Latin America is becoming an engine of economic progress, it remains economically vulnerable when compared with high income OECD countries, according to the OECD Development Centre’s Latin American Economic Outlook 2010. Also available:Related documents: |
Dispute Resolution: Country Mutual Agreement Procedure Statistics for 2008 and 200925-Nov-2010 As part of its ongoing work on the mutual agreement procedure (MAP) under tax treaties, the OECD makes available to the public annual statistics on the MAP caseloads of member countries and of certain non-OECD economies. MAP statistics have now been released for 2008 and 2009. Also available:Related documents: |
Successful Practices and Policies to Promote Regulatory Reform and Entrepreneurship at the Sub-national Level15-Nov-2010 The OECD and Mexico’s Ministry of Economy are carrying out a regulatory reform programme to improve the competitiveness of its states. Multi-level regulatory governance is an important component of the regulatory reform agenda. |