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In line with the Environmental Outlook and Environmental Strategy, OECD is extending its analysis of environmental-social linkages. By complementing its work on the environmental-economic interface, OECD aims to strike a better balance among the three main dimensions of sustainable development.
Current OECD analysis addresses the following issues:
· Distributional Effects of Environmental Policies
· Environment and Employment
· Environment and Health
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07-Apr-2008
How much does the environment affect human health? Are air pollution and tainted water shortening our lives and those of our children? These questions have aroused increasing interest in recent years, particularly since the adoption of Agenda 21 at the UN Conference on Environment and Development, which drew the attention of policy makers to the links between health and the environment.
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Two new reports available for the OECD VERHI project
26-Nov-2007
Two reports prepared in the context of the OECD project on valuation of environment-related health impacts for children (VERHI) have just been released:
- The Summary of Focus Group Discussions and Other Preparatory Work for the VERHI Project
- The Use of Evaluation Tools in Policy-making and Health Implications for Children
To download pdf formats of these documents, please visit www.oecd.org/env/social/envhealth/verhi
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New reports available for the OECD project on valuation of environment-related health impacts for children (VERHI)
20-Sep-2007
Leading academics in the valuation field have prepared methodological reports to help guide the VERHI research consortium in further development of the project. To download pdf formats of these documents, please visit www.oecd.org/env/social/envhealth/verhi
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20-Jun-2006
Is it true that environmental policies hit the pockets of poorer households harder than those of wealthier ones? And that the poor receive less of the benefit of such policies as they are more likely to live closer to industry or hazardous waste treatment plants and further from parks or the countryside? This is a widespread perception, and in many cases one that is supported by the available evidence.
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14-Mar-2006
This publication is a milestone in the analysis of the distributional impacts of environmental policy, building upon existing literature to simultaneously examine disparities in the distribution of environmental impacts and in the distribution of financial effects amongst households.
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