The OECD will present its latest Environmental Performance Review of Austria on Friday, 22 May 2026. The review examines the country’s environmental achievements and challenges, with a special focus on the circular economy. It provides recommendations to help Austria further strengthen its environmental policies and outcomes.
OECD Environment Director Jaime de Bourbon de Parme will present the review’s findings alongside Austrian Minister for Agriculture and Forestry, Climate and Environmental Protection, Regions and Water Management Norbert Totschnig, followed by a Q&A.
The launch will begin at 10:30 CEST at the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Climate and Environmental Protection, Regions and Water Management (BMLUK), Stubenring 1, 1010 Vienna.
To register to attend the launch in-person, journalists should send an email to Kathrin Angerer at kathrin.angerer@bmluk.gv.at with their full name, contact details and media organisation. Or attend virtually, here: https://www.bmluk.gv.at/live.
The review will be published at 10:30 CEST on Friday 22 May at the following link which can be included in news articles: https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/oecd-environmental-performance-reviews-austria-2026_520533a1-en.html
Journalists can request a copy of the Review under embargo, thereby undertaking to respect the OECD’s embargo procedures, by emailing embargo@oecd.org. Embargoed copies will be sent 24 hours before the launch.
For further information on the Environmental Performance Review of Austria, contact Elisabeth Schoeffmann or the OECD Media Office (+33 1 45 24 97 00). To get advance notification of other OECD reports and events, journalists can complete this short form.
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