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Biodiversity: Finance and the Economic and Business Case for Action

OECD at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP25)

The OECD will be actively contributing to this important event through a series of side events, publications, and by taking part in a number of workshops, seminars and other events throughout the conference. Find out about the full details of OECD schedule of events.

Hausse du niveau des mers - Les approches des pays de l'OCDE face aux risques côtiers

Third Project Steering Committee Meeting under EUWI+

The European Union Water Initiative Plus for Eastern Partnership Countries (EUWI+) Programme aims to address existing challenges in both development and implementation of efficient management of water resources in Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries.

Green Talks LIVE

These free webinars are open to the general public and participants are welcome to pose questions during the Q&A segment. Register to the next webinar. Missed the Green Talks? Watch our video recordings on key topics: plastic recycling, climate, carbon pricing, energy, climate & growth; green finance and investment, urban sprawl, taxes, water.

Carbon Pricing and Competitiveness: Are they at Odds? - Environment Working Paper

This paper reviews ex-post empirical assessments on the impact of carbon pricing on competitiveness in OECD and G20 countries in the electricity and industrial sectors. Most of these assessments find no statistically significant effects of carbon pricing or energy prices on different dimensions of competitiveness, including net imports, foreign direct investments, turnover, value added, employment, profits, productivity, and innovation.

Section 4: Health Effects

Interested parties are invited to send their comments on the Test Guideline No. 437 on the BCOP test method for identifying Chemicals inducing serious eye damage and chemicals not requiring classification. Comments should be sent by 6 January 2020.

Best Available Techniques (BAT) to Prevent and Control Industrial Pollution

The report on Measuring the Effectiveness of Best Available Techniques presents the first major cross-country analysis of ways to evaluate the impact of BAT-based industrial pollution policies, providing analyses of data from the European Union, the United States, Chile, Israel, Korea, the Russian Federation, India, the People’s Republic of China, Kazakhstan and New Zealand.

Fighting the climate emergency? Enter National Development Banks

Developing countries are at the forefront of the ongoing battle to address climate change. Roughly 60% of the new infrastructure built before 2030 will be in the developing world, and it is these investment decisions that will determine our collective ability to address the climate emergency.

New OECD tool for environmental indicators: Environment at a Glance

Environment at a Glance is the OECD platform for environmental indicators. It gives access to the most recent data through interactive graphics and provides key messages on major environmental issues. The indicators shown provide a tool to track environmental performance and progress towards sustainable development.