The OECD Competition Committee debated environmental regulation and competition in June 2006. This document includes an executive summary and the documents from the meeting. Written contributions were submitted by: Brazil, the Czech Republic, the European Commission, Finland, France, Germany,...

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...

Climate change is one of the key challenges facing the international community. The world’s industrial countries and those with economies in transition have, under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, collectively agreed sharp limitations of their greenhouse gas emissions. Innovative provisions in this...