Environmental Outlooks, Principles and Strategies

OECD released a pioneering Environmental Outlook in 2001, providing economy-based projections of environmental pressures and conditions to 2020. The report identifies policy packages to address the most pressing concerns and analyses their potential effects and costs.

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Major world economies aim for "green growth" as the way out of the crisis

25-Jun-2009

The world’s main economies are looking to “green growth” as the way forward out of the current crisis, opening up new prospects for climate-change negotiations ahead of the COP15 meeting in Copenhagen in December. Ministers from 40 countries, representing 80% of the world economy, discussed the crisis and where next at the OECD's annual ministerial meeting in Paris.

2008 OECD Environmental Outlook - How much will it cost to address today's key environmental problems?

05-Mar-2008

"Solutions to the key environmental challenges are available, achievable and affordable, especially when compared to the expected economic growth and the costs and consequences of inaction", OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria said at the worldwide launch of the 2008 OECD Environmental Outlook in Oslo, hosted by Norway's Prime Minister, Jens Stoltenberg.

OECD Environmental Outlook to 2030:How much will it cost to fix the environment? - Wednesday 5 March, Oslo

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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