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Somalia Country Environmental Analysis : Diagnostic Study on Trends and Threats for Environmental and Natural Resources Challenges
World Bank Group - 2020
Somalia's natural capital is under substantial pressure from inappropriate land uses, conflict, and climate change. In its Ninth National Development Plan (Somalia NDP-9), the government of Somalia has identified vulnerability to environmental shocks as one of the six major causes of poverty....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012647302
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Action Against Climate Change : The Kyoto Protocol and Beyond
1999
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012441223
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The Polluter Pays Principle
2008
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...
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Environmental policy instruments
OECD - 20XX
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Harnessing Markets for Biodiversity : Towards Conservation and Sustainable Use
2003
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
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015054801
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Pakistan at 100 : Environmental Sustainability
World Bank Group - 2019
environmental sustainability point of view, allowing for an analysis and discussion of some key choices and reform options …
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Towards Green Growth
2011 - 2011
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Reconciling Development and Environmental Goals : Measuring the Impact of Policies
2008
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012442780
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Sustainable Development : Critical Issues
2001
to reach sustainability goals in a cost-effective way. The report also provides an in-depth analysis of policies designed … to address key threats to sustainability in the areas of climate change and natural resource management, as well as of … those that respond to sustainability concerns at the sectoral and sub-national level. The common thrust of the report is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012447946
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Governance for Sustainable Development : Five OECD Case Studies
2002
This publication presents five governmental experiments aimed at promoting sustainable development in Canada, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. These countries were selected on the basis of their diversity in terms of size and natural conditions. They also display a variety...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012447988