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The impact of climate change on our environment, our economies and our security is one of the defining issues of our era. The OECD is at the forefront of climate change analysis, promoting environmentally and economically rational policies related to adaptation, mitigation, technology, financing and development. Click here for an overview of OECD's recent work on climate change (free brochure) and the OECD work on climate change listed by policy area.
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on 06-Feb-2012
"Mobilizing Private Investment in Low-Carbon, Climate-Resilient (LCCR) Infrastructure" brought together several renowned experts to share experience and gather empirical evidence about financial and market barriers to LCCR infrastructure investment, with an aim to help project leaders access policies, instruments and practices designed to overcome LCCR investment barriers.
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13-Dec-2011
Private Sector Engagement in Adaptation to Climate Change: Approaches to Managing Climate Risks analyses how businesses are managing their climate vulnerabilities, new business opportunities arising due to climate change, factors which affect companies’ engagement, and ways in which governments can encourage adaptation. Monitoring and Evaluation for Adaptation: Lessons from Development Co-operation Agencies assesses frameworks used by development co-operation agencies to monitor and evaluate their adaptation initiatives, and shares lessons learned on the choice and use of indicators.
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06-Dec-2011
New data show that the member countries of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) allocated up to USD 22.9 billion, or 15% of total official development assistance (ODA), to climate change mitigation and adaptation in developing countries in 2010.
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24-Nov-2011
According to OECD’s latest analysis, global greenhouse gas emissions are projected to double in the next 40 years. This would result in a 3-6 degree increase of the average global temperature by the end of the century unless governments take decisive action.
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21-Nov-2011
This OECD workshop brought together leaders from business and government to exchange experience on how to better utilise climate and investment policies to mobilise private capital to support low-carbon and climate-resilient infrastructure and development. Key focusses of the workshop were to examine the opportunities and challenges of infrastructure investment and identify innovative financial instruments to leverage limited public finance
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17-Nov-2011
On November 10, OECD/IEA held a workshop to share experiences of existing methodologies to track private sector flows for climate change and how they could be reinforced. The workshop also explored the integration of climate change flows from multilateral development banks into the OECD DAC Creditor Reporting System. The discussions highlighted the complexity of climate finance flows and the difficulty of separating the political and technical aspects of measuring them. Ongoing OECD/IEA work will examine the progress that can be made in the absence of political decisions.
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14-Oct-2011
Undertaken jointly by the OECD Tourism Committee and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), this report analyses policies and issues related to climate change adaptation and mitigation in the tourism sector. It provides policy recommendations and identifies priority areas to be included in a framework for action in the area of climate change and tourism.
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04-Oct-2011
Governments and taxpayers spent about half a trillion US dollars last year supporting the production and consumption of fossil fuels. Removing inefficient subsidies would raise national revenues and reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, according to OECD and IEA analyses.
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The Economics of Climate Change Mitigation: Policies and Options for Global Action Beyond 2012
