Environmental economics

This report is the third OECD review of Austria's environmental performance.

Every person aspires to a good life.

Outdoor air pollution kills more than 3 million people across the world every year, and causes health problems from asthma to heart disease for many more.

This report is the third OECD review of Iceland's environmental performance.

Climate-related disasters have inflicted increasingly high losses on developing countries, and with climate change, these losses are likely to worsen.

Ce rapport est le premier examen environnemental de la Colombie.

This report is the first OECD review of Colombia's environmental performance.

Developing growth strategies that promote greener lifestyles requires a good understanding of the factors that affect people's behaviour towards the environment.

Micro-organisms play a fundamental role in the environment.

This report is the third OECD review of Sweden's environmental performance.

Outdoor air pollution kills more than 3 million people across the world every year, and causes health problems from asthma to heart disease for many more.

This report synthesises the experience of OECD countries in developing and implementing policies, programmes and initiatives related to green growth in the agricultural sector, based primarily on material provided by governments.

Le programme d'examens environnementaux de l'OCDE propose des evaluations independantes des progres accomplis par les pays eu egard a leurs engagements nationaux et internationaux en matiere d'environnement, ainsi que des recommandations orientees vers l'action des pouvoirs publics.

This report is the first OECD review of South Africa's environmental performance.

Ce rapport est le troisieme examen environnemental de l'Afrique du Sud.

This publication examines the critical issues surrounding water security (water shortage, water excess, inadequate water quality, the resilience of freshwater systems), providing a rationale for a risk-based approach and the management of trade-offs between water and other (sectoral and environmental) policies.

The OECD Green Growth Strategy supports countries in fostering economic growth and development while ensuring that natural assets continue to provide the resources and environmental services on which well-being relies.

Every person aspires to a good life.

Parce que l'innovation technologique peut permettre d'atteindre des objectifs environnementaux moindre cot, il importe de comprendre en quoi l'laboration des politiques de l'environnement et l'innovation technologique sont lies.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) is one of the forces fostering closer economic interdependence among countries.

Les manuels d'conomie prdisent que les taxes et les systmes d'change de permis d'mission sont les solutions les moins onreuses pour permettre la socit de rduire ses missions de CO2.

Economic textbooks predict that taxes and emission trading systems are the cheapest way for societies to reduce emissions of CO2.

Il est indispensable de bien comprendre les facteurs qui influencent les dcisions des individus l'gard de l'environnement si l'on veut laborer des stratgies de croissance qui favorisent des modes de vie plus verts Les rcents travaux mens par l'OCDE partir d'enqutes priodiques auprs de plus de 10 000 mnages dans un certain nombre de pays et de domaines reprsentent un progrs dcisif pour autant qu'ils apportent de nouveaux clairages sur les mesures rellement efficaces.

This report synthesises the findings from six case studies of urban green growth policies, four at city level (Paris, Chicago, Stockholm, Kitakyushu) and two at the national level (China, Korea).

Ce rapport examine les six mecanismes de financement novateurs tels que definis par la Convention sur la diversite biologique (CDB).

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.

Sustainable development involves linking the economic, social and environmental objectives of societies in a balanced way.

To address many of the environmental challenges that face us today, including climate change, countries are striving to deploy efficient and effective tools for environmental management at the national level.

Tradeable or transferable permits (TPs) are increasingly perceived as a cost-effective and flexible policy instrument for pollution control and natural resources management.

Improving resource productivity and ensuring a sustainable resource and materials management building on the principle of the 3Rs (reduce, reuse, recycle) is a central element of green growth policies.

This report provides a new perspective to the nature of urban sprawl and its causes and environmental, social and economic consequences.

l programma degli esami ambientali dell'OCSE ha l'obiettivo di valutare in maniera indipendente i progressi conseguiti dai singoli Paesi a fronte degli impegni ambientali assunti a livello nazionale e internazionale, e di formulare raccomandazioni rilevanti per il miglioramento delle politiche ambientali.

Severe environmental problems were a key issue in the protests that marked the end of communist regimes in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.

Until recently, governments have measured economic progress by tallying such statistics as GDP, inflation and balance of payments.

This Inventory is concerned with direct budgetary transfers and tax expenditures that relate to fossil fuels, regardless of their impact or of the purpose for which the measures were first put in place.

Government consumption of products and services in OECD Member countries is estimated to be responsible for 9 to 25% of GDP.

The OECD Environmental Performance Review Programme provides independent assessments of countries' progress in achieving their domestic and international environmental policy commitments, together with policy relevant recommendations.

This book explores emerging topics in innovation policy for more inclusive and sustainable growth, building on concrete examples.

Ce rapport est le troisieme examen environnemental du Mexique.

Developing growth strategies that promote greener lifestyles requires a good understanding of the factors that affect people's behaviour towards the environment.

Green growth is vital to secure a brighter, more sustainable future for developing countries.

Volume II of this series compiles the science-based consensus documents of the OECD Task Force for the Safety of Novel Foods and Feeds from 2009 to 2014.

Voluntary approaches are schemes whereby firms make commitments to improve their environmental performance.

Substantial amounts of money continue to be spent in OECD countries on measures to support agriculture, energy, transportation and industrial activities.

Volume I of this series compiles the science-based consensus documents of the OECD Task Force for the Safety of Novel Foods and Feeds from 2002 to 2008.

A lack of finance for water resources management is a primary concern for most OECD countries.

Moving people and freight in an environmentally sustainable manner will be one of the biggest challenges of the 21st century.

Der OECD-Umweltprufbericht untersucht die aktuelle Umweltsituation in Deutschland sowie die Fortschritte auf diesem Gebiet.

Technological innovation can lower the cost of achieving environmental objectives, so it is important to understand how environmental policy design and technological innovation are linked.