Regional expert meeting: Economic instruments for greener products in Eastern Partnership countries

This workshop will present and discuss the draft Policy Manual “Creating Market Incentives for Greener Products” and to exchange the experience of the design and implementation of four categories of product-related economic instruments – product taxes, environmental tax differentiation, deposit-refund systems and extended producer responsibility (EPR) – internationally and in Eastern Partnership countries.

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• EaP GREEN: Greening economies in the European Union’s Eastern Partnership countries

OECD work on biodiversity and ecosystems

This brochure provides an overview of recent and ongoing OECD work on biodiversity. Biodiversity is fundamental to sustaining life and providing critical ecosystem services such as food provisioning, water purification, flood and drought control, nutrient cycling, and climate regulation, amongst many others.

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Economics and Policies for Biodiversity: OECD's Response

Biodiversity is fundamental to sustaining life, providing critical ecosystem services, such as food security, water purification, nutrient cycling, and climate regulation, that are essential to support human well-being and economic growth. Read ou latest overview on OECD work on biodiversity and ecosystems.

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Private climate finance: Research Collaborative

Tracking private climate finance flows, together with flows of public finance, is a key task in monitoring progress in the international effort to address climate change mitigation and adaptation. Further research and better co-ordination of ongoing initiatives are therefore required from this Research Collaborative open netowrk to improve the identification, measurement, and reporting of private climate flows.

Adaptation to climate change

OECD work on adaptation to climate change focus on three main areas: (1) Economic aspects of adaptation; (2) Adaptation and development; and (3) Adaptation in OECD countries. Just released: Report on National Adaptation Planning: Lessons from OECD Countries. Latest information on the recent Workshop on Climate Resilience and Economic Growth in Developing Countries.

The water challenge: OECD's response

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.

Video: How should governments prepare for floods?

In light of the UK floods, this 3-minute Q&A with OECD Environmental Economist Kathleen Dominique discusses how governments should be preparing for climate change-related weather events.

A call for zero emissions from the World Economic Forum in Davos

OECD Secretary-General, Mr. Angel Gurría, gives his views in this blog from the World Economic Forum in Davos on the huge risk that carbon dioxide emissions pose to the economy and the environment.

Resumen Foro Mundial

Uso de los Sistemas Nacionales para la Gestión de las Finanzas para el Clima Facilitado por la Asociación Mundial

Résumé Forum mondial

Utiliser les systèmes nationaux pour la gestion du financement climatique