Economics of specific sectors

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.

Since the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, sustainability has emerged as an over-arching policy goal in the OECD Secretariat and in its Member countries.

This book summarises the environmental implications of globalisation (both positive and negative) in terms of governance (the changing role of the nation-state and other institutions), competitiveness, foreign investments (pollution havens/industrial migration), sectoral economic activities (energy, transport, agriculture), technological change, and corporate environmental strategies.

The price of water is a key determinant of both the economic efficiency and the environmental effectiveness of water services.

Climate change is an increasing concern across the world.

Wie werden wirtschaftliche und soziale Entwicklungen die Umwelt bis 2050 beeinflussen?

Latvia has come a long way in improving its environmental performance and the well-being of the population.

The need to reform water policies is as urgent as ever.

Cet ouvrage prsente une vaste mta-analyse des estimations de la valeur d'une vie statistique (VVS) tires d'enqutes au cours desquelles on a demand des personnes partout dans le monde si elles taient prtes payer pour une rduction limite des risques de mortalit.

This OECD Environmental Performance Review provides an independent assessment of Germany's progress in achieving domestic and international environmental policy commitments, together with policy relevant recommendations.

This first review of Slovenia's environmental conditions and policies evaluates progress in sustainable development, improving natural resource management, integrating environmental and economic policies, and strengthening international co-operation.

Ce rapport met en evidence les defis auxquels doivent faire face les producteurs et les consommateurs d'energie, et la maniere dont ils peuvent les relever par le jeu des politiques de croissance verte.

Ce rapport aborde les enjeux de gouvernance multi-niveaux dans la mise en A uvre de la politique de l'eau et identifie les bonnes pratiques en matiere de coordination de la politique de l'eau entre les ministeres, les niveaux de gouvernement et les acteurs locaux au niveau infranational.

Addressing unsustainable patterns of consumption is a crucial challenge for OECD Member countries in tackling environmental problems.

The book presents a major meta-analysis of 'value of a statistical life' (VSL) estimates derived from surveys where people around the world have been asked about their willingness to pay for small reduction in mortality risks.

This publication provides preliminary, quantitative estimates of direct budgetary support and tax expenditures supporting the production or consumption of fossil fuels in selected OECD member countries.

Humanity has witnessed unprecedented growth and prosperity in thepast decades, with the size of the world economy more than tripling and population increasing by over 3 billion people since 1970.

Le programme d'examens environnementaux de l'OCDE propose des valuations indpendantes des progrs accomplis par les pays eu gard leurs engagements nationaux et internationaux en matire d'environnement, ainsi que des recommandations orientes vers l'action des pouvoirs publics.

This 2011 review of the Slovak Republic's environmental policies and programmes covers recent developments, greening growth, implementation of environmental policies, climate change and energy, agriculture and the environment and international cooperation.

The investments needed to deliver sustainable water and sanitation services, including the funds that are needed to operate and maintain the infrastructure, expand their coverage and upgrade service delivery to meet current social and environmental expectations, are huge.

L'eau est essentielle pour la croissance economique, la sante humaine et l'environnement.

This report addresses multilevel governance challenges in water policy implementation and identifies good practices for coordinating water policy across ministries, between levels of government, and across local actors at subnational level.

This report evaluates how well EECCA countries have done in ensuring people's access to adequate water supply and sanitation services since their Economic, Finance, and Environment Ministers adopted the Almaty Guiding Principles to support such efforts in 2000.

This 2011 review of Israel's environmental conditions and policies evaluates progress in sustainable development, improving natural resource management, integrating environmental and economic policies, and strengthening international co-operation.

Inducing environmental innovation is a significant challenge to policy-makers.

The OECD Green Growth Strategy aims to provide concrete recommendations and measurement tools, including indicators, to support countries' efforts to achieve economic growth and development, while ensuring that natural assets continue to provide the resources and environmental services on which well-being relies.

Ce livre fournit des instruments de mesure, notamment des indicateurs, qui aideront les pays a engendrer la croissance economique et le developpement, tout en veillant a ce que les actifs naturels continuent de fournir les ressources et les services environnementaux sur lesquels repose notre bien-etre.

This book provides measurement tools, including indicators, to support countries' efforts to achieve economic growth and development, while ensuring that natural assets continue to provide the resources and environmental services on which well-being relies.

La Strategie de l'OCDE pour une croissance verte vise a formuler des recommandations concretes et a fournir des instruments de mesure, notamment des indicateurs, qui aideront les pays a engendrer la croissance economique et le developpement, tout en veillant a ce que les actifs naturels continuent de fournir les ressources et les services environnementaux sur lesquels repose notre bien-etre.

The Green Growth Strategy, outlined in this book, provides concrete recommendations and measurement tools to support countries' efforts to achieve economic growth and development, while at the same time ensure that natural assets continue to provide the ecosystem services on which our well being relies.

This review of Sweden's environmental performance takes stock of Sweden's environmental performance since the last review done in 1996.

Ce rapport consacre a la Suede evalue les progres accomplis ou a faire dans la reduction de la charge polluante, la gestion des ressources naturelles, l'integration des politiques economique et environnementale et le renforcement de la cooperation internationale.

Ce rapport 2004 sur les politiques et les programmes canadiens en matiere d'environnement propose un examen systematique de la gestion de l'air, de l'eau, de la nature et de la biodiversite, ainsi que de l'interaction entre la politique de l'environnement, la politique economique, la politique sociale et certains secteurs.

This book takes a careful look at the concept of sustainable development.

Cet ouvrage examine minutieusement le concept de developpement durable.

Progress towards Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) will require widespread acceptance of this need and a mix of measures designed to achieve the necessary changes to overcome these barriers.

La fourniture de services d'approvisionnement en eau, d'assainissement et de traitement des eaux uses a des rpercussions trs favorables sur la sant publique, l'conomie et l'environnement.

The provision of water supply, sanitation and wastewater services generates substantial benefits for public health, the economy and the environment.