Showing 1 - 10 of 901
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
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012442014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014324736
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012441532
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
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
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
This publication summarises the lessons learned from the 30 country reviews of sustainable development that have been published since 2002 as part of OECD Economic Surveys. It also examines the concrete action that countries have taken to promote sustainable development while concentrating on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012448176
Achieving sustainable development depends on good governance practices, particularly the effective implementation of national sustainable development strategies which integrate government decision-making in the economic, environmental and social spheres. This volume contains recommendations for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012448646
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011764318