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CO2 emissions from fuel combustion

This table includes data on CO2 emissions from fuel combustion data in million tonnes and covers 2000-2007.

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OECD Environmental Outlook to 2050: The Consequences of Inaction

“What will the next four decades bring?” Based on joint modelling by the OECD and the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL), this outlook looks forward to the year 2050 to find out what demographic and economic trends might mean for the environment.

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OECD at Rio+20

OECD’s contribution to the Rio+20 Conference will focus on how to promote greener economies in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication.

Environment Ministerial 2012

Environment Ministers reviewed the implementation of the Environmental Strategy, discussed priorities based on the Environmental Outlook to 2050 which is a strong case for green growth policies and adopted a policy statement as input to Rio+20 UN Conference.

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World Water Day: March 22

Without new policies, by 2050, freshwater availability will be further strained, with 2.3 billion more people than today projected to be living in river basins experiencing severe water stress.

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Green growth

The crisis convinced many countries that a different kind of economic growth is needed, which takes into account environmental, social and technological considerations.

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40th Anniversary of the OECD Chemicals Programme

2011 was the 40th anniversary of work on chemical safety at OECD. Since its establishment in 1971 the work has grown into the Environment, Health and Safety programme (EHS), now including chemicals, pesticides and biotechnology.

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