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destroying biodiversity at an unprecedented rate, posing significant but often overlooked risks to the economy, the financial … G7 and other countries in four key areas: measuring and mainstreaming biodiversity; aligning budgetary and fiscal policy … with biodiversity; embedding biodiversity in the financial sector; and improving biodiversity outcomes linked to …
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Biodiversity and ecosystem services provide tangible benefits for society, such as food provisioning, water … human health, well being and economic growth. Yet biodiversity is declining worldwide and, in some areas, this loss is … accelerating. The need for policies that promote the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystem services is …
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This report examines six mechanisms that can be used to scale-up financing for biodiversity conservation and … sustainable use and to help meet the 2011-20 Aichi Biodiversity Targets. The mechanisms are environmental fiscal reform, payments … for ecosystem services, biodiversity offsets, green markets, biodiversity in climate change funding, and biodiversity in …
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the degradation of biodiversity. The private provision of biodiversity products and services is proving to be quite …
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report presents a first stocktake of subnational green budgeting practices in OECD and EU countries as well as a set of …
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In recent years, a significant number of OECD member countries have introduced initiatives to reduce the environmentally damaging effects of public procurement. Many countries have introduced "greener public purchasing" (GPP) policies in order to increase the recycled content of products or...
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Oil, coal and natural gas will remain the world’s dominant sources of energy over the next decades, with resulting carbon dioxide emissions set to increase to unsustainable levels. However, technologies that help reduce CO2 emissions from fossil fuels can reverse this trend. CO2 capture and...
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There are at least two policy regimes to be considered, one for environmental biotechnology, and another for industrial biotech. Environmental biotechnology is focused on biotechnologies for environmental clean-up, and much of the policy in this area is around compliance. Industrial...
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Non-exhaust emissions of particulate matter constitute a little-known but rising share of emissions from road traffic and have significant negative impacts on public health. This report synthesizes the current state of knowledge about the nature, causes, and consequences of non-exhaust...
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Do environmental regulations harm international competitiveness? In answer to this question, this book focuses on the impact of regulatory policies on competitiveness and employment at the firm level. It investigates the trade-off between environmental regulations and competitiveness across...
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