Governments and private sector actors are increasingly recognising the potential of harnessing markets to help arrest the degradation of biodiversity. The private provision of biodiversity products and services is proving to be quite feasible in some circumstances

Nachhaltige Entwicklung ist heute in aller Munde. In vielen Bereichen wird der Begriff jedoch plakativ verwendet, ohne dass deutlich wird, was nun wirklich nachhaltig ist. Dabei erfordern aktuelle Probleme wie Klimawandel, die Abnahme der Biodiversität, die wachsende Wasserknappheit, Armut und...

Climate change is an increasing concern across the world. In 1997, a number of countries, including most OECD countries, agreed the Kyoto Protocol, which sets targets for future emissions of greenhouse gases that drive climate change. But the Kyoto Protocol left many decisions to be made, and...

As the Polluter-Pays Principle is a fundamental principle of cost allocation, its analysis covers a substantial part of the vast field of environmental resource allocation. This report, originally published in 1975, presents a selection of relevant theoretical and practical analyses now that the...

This document was prepared for the discussion at the OECD High Level Symposium meeting on Pro-competitive Policies for a Sustainable Economy held on 23 January 2023 and was updated to reflect the main points of the discussion, https://oe.cd/scer.

The consumption of products, services and transportation has significant environmental consequences and account for the majority of global greenhouse gas emissions. Meanwhile, demand-side policy measures have the potential to reduce the environmental footprint of these activities by up to...

Policy coherence is increasingly in the interest of OECD countries and developing countries alike, given their growing economic, social and environmental interdependence. This report presents scenarios showing numerical results of changes to individual policies as well as policy packages...