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Vintage differentiated regulations and plant survival : evidence from coal-fired plants

Coysh, Daniel; Johnstone, Nick; Koźluk, Tomasz; … - 2019

vintage differentiation of regulations (VDR5) regarding air pollution emission limit values for existing and new coal …

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Policy approaches to incentivise sustainable plastic design

Watkins, Emma; Schweitzer, Jean-Pierre; Leinala, Eeva; … - 2019

Plastics are an important material in the economy but present a challenge for waste management, resource efficiency and the environment. Low rates of recycling and high rates of environmental leakage represent key sustainability challenges for plastics as well as product designers and producers....

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Long-term low emissions development strategies : cross-country experience

Aguilar Jaber, Aimée; Anderson, Brilé; Nachtigall, Daniel - 2020

The Paris Agreement invites signatory countries to formulate and communicate long-term low greenhouse gas emission development strategies (LT-LEDS). This report compares the experience of three developed countries that have communicated LT-LEDS within the framework of the United Nations...

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What policies for greening the crisis response and economic recovery? : lessons learned from past green stimulus measures and implications for the COVID-19 crisis

Agrawala, Shardul; Dussaux, Damien; Monti, Norbert - 2020

This paper evaluates green stimulus packages that were introduced in response to the global financial crisis (GFC) of 2007-08 and draws lessons relevant for greening the recovery from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. The paper underscores the importance of building in policy evaluation...

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The consequences of a more resource efficient and circular economy for international trade patterns : a modelling assessment

Dellink, Rob - 2020

This report investigates the effects of a resource efficiency and circular economy (RE-CE) transition on international trade flows, using the OECD’s ENV-Linkages model. A global RE-CE policy package will cause secondary materials to become cheaper, while primary materials become more expensive...

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Impacts of green growth policies on labour markets and wage income distribution : a general equilibrium application to climate and energy policies

Chateau, Jean; Bibas, Ruben; Lanzi, Elisa - 2018

This paper explores the consequences on the labour markets of structural changes induced by decarbonisation policies. These policies are likely going to have consequences on labour-income distribution given i) existing rigidities in the labour markets, and ii) their different impacts on sectors...

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OECD progress update on approaches to mobilising institutional investment for sustainable infrastructure : background paper to the G20 Sustainable Finance Study Group

Röttgers, Dirk; Tandon, Aayush; Kaminker, Christopher - 2018

The large need for investments in sustainable infrastructure will require investments from the private sector, including institutional investors. This working paper contributes to scaling up investments by analysing public project-level interventions for projects involving institutional...

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Clean power for a cool planet : electricity infrastructure plans and the Paris Agreement

Mirabile, Mariana; Calder, Jennifer - 2018

Meeting the temperature goals of the Paris Agreement requires a transformational change in our infrastructure systems. Given the long lifetime of infrastructure, there is an urgency to build more of the right type of it. The failure to do so will lock-in emissions for decades to come, or create...

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Managing the biodiversity impacts of fertiliser and pesticide use : overview and insights from trends and policies across selected OECD countries

Sud, Megha - 2020

This paper reviews the impacts and costs of pesticide and fertiliser pollution as well as the policy responses to … health impacts of excess pesticide and fertiliser. In economic terms, nitrogen pollution, for example, has been estimated to … including in Denmark and France are presented along with case studies of policies to counter nutrient pollution in Denmark …

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The jobs potential of a transition towards a resource efficient and circular economy

Chateau, Jean; Mavroeidi, Eleonora - 2020

This paper examines the consequences of a policy-driven transition towards a more resource-efficient and circular economy on employment levels across countries and sectors during the period 2018-2040. The analysis relies on simulations with ENV-Linkages, the global structural computable general...

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