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Environmental requirements for industrial permitting

1999

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Environmental Requirements for Industrial Permitting : Vol 1 - Approaches and Instruments -- Vol 2 - OECD Workshop on the Use of Best Available Technologies and Environmental Quali...

1999

Environmental permits have played a major role in improving industry's environmental performance across the last few decades. Because they adopt a precautionary approach during the setting of environmental requirements, permitting strategies have also favoured pollution prevention. However,...

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Implementing Domestic Tradable Permits for Environmental Protection

2000

The use of tradable permit systems for the protection of the environment is attracting growing interest in many countries and on the international scene. While the United States’ practice has been extensively analysed, relatively little is known of experiments in other countries. This book...

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Integrating Transport in the City : Reconciling the Economic, Social and Environmental Dimensions

2000

, public-private partnerships for investment in new infrastructure will be handicapped. The way forward requires a mix of …

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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 and corporate behaviour

Johnstone, Nick (contributor) - 2007

Provides an in-depth empirical analysis of an industrial survey undertaken in seven OECD countries (Japan, France, Germany, Hungary, Norway, Canada and the United States), spanning 4000 facilities in all manufacturing sectors, including small and medium-sized enterprises. The authors use their...

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CO2 Capture and Storage: A Key Carbon Abatement Option

2008

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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Multifunctionality : The Policy Implications

2003

This report attempts to guide policy-makers to the best possible decisions taking account of the multifunctional character of agriculture. Policy-makers and analysts are supplied with a series of detailed questions which will help determine whether government intervention is required and, if so,...

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Foreign Direct Investment and the Environment

1999

Foreign direct investment (FDI) is one of the driving forces binding countries into closer economic interdependence … impacts on environmental quality in the investment host country. A broader issue is the role of FDI in promoting sustainable … practices in this area are highlighted. The papers were presented at the OECD Conference on Foreign Direct Investment and the …

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Incorporating Environmental Considerations into Procurement

OECD - 2011

Public authorities are major consumers in Europe: they spend approximately 2 trillion euros annually. By using their purchasing power to choose goods and services with lower impacts on the environment, they can make an important contribution to sustainable consumption and production....

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