Climate and Economic Resilience in a Changing World
Climate policy making today demands balancing the need for immediate, accelerated
climate action with essential responses to punctual crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic
and Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine. Meeting this challenge requires a new approach
centred on systemic resilience and the need to develop future-proof climate and economic
policies that will endure potential diverse disruptions. This report offers policy
makers a cohesive set of recommendations on how to build such resilience, derived
from climate-relevant work from across OECD policy domains including economic and
tax policy, financial and fiscal affairs, development, science and technology, employment
and social affairs, and environmental policy, among others. It provides fresh insights
on how to ensure the transition to net-zero emissions is itself resilient, while simultaneously
building resilience to the increasing impacts of climate change. This report provides
a synthesis of the OECD Net Zero+ project, covering the first phase of an ongoing,
cross-cutting initiative, representing a major step forward for an OECD whole-of-government
approach to climate policy.
Published on May 16, 2023Also available in: French
The event consisted of a keynote address by OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann, an overview presentation of the report by OECD Environment Director Jo Tyndall, followed by a high-level panel discussion on the themes of the report. Panellists included Natacha Alexander, Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the OECD; Dominic Waughray, Executive Vice President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD); Sébastien Treyer, Executive Director, Institut du Développement Durable et des Relations Internationales (IDDRI); and Andy Kerr, CSO, Climate-KIC.