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Green investment banks

To leverage the impact of relatively limited public resources, over a dozen national and sub-national governments have created public green investment banks (GIBs) and GIB-like entities.

The Land-Water-Energy Nexus - Biophysical and Economic Consequences

National Policy Dialogues on water in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia

The EUWI EECCA is the regional component of the EU Water Initiative focused on Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA). It supports work of the European Neighbourhood Policy and of the EU-Central Asia Platform for Environment and Water Cooperation, and helps to promote the progressive approximation to EU water policies, particularly to the EU Water Framework Directive, in EECCA countries.

Enhancing Water Use Efficiency in Korea - Policy Issues and Recommendations

Global Forum on the Environment and Climate Change - organised by the Climate Change Expert Group (CCXG) - September 2017

The Global Forum was held on 12-13 September 2017 to discuss the themes of the 2018 facilitative dialogue, transparency of mitigation action and climate finance, and accounting for NDCs; the Forum brought together approximately 200 delegates from both OECD and non-OECD countries.

Estimating Publicly-Mobilised Private Finance for Climate Action: A South African Case Study - Environment Working Paper

This study analyses publicly-mobilised private finance for climate action in South Africa, between 2010 and 2015. The mobilisation effect of public climate finance on private finance is estimated through an analysis and attribution of project-level co-finance data. A pilot-methodology then expands the analysis to also incorporate the mobilisation effect of financial support in two sectors: renewable energy and energy efficiency.

The water challenge

The Sustainable Development Goals highlight the importance that the global community places on water and there is increasing demand for innovative and effective approaches to water management. The OECD provides policy guidance on water to OECD members and non-OECD countries, covering a wide range of issues. Find our more on the OECD work on water.

Improving Energy Efficiency in the Agro-food Chain

Investment for green growth

Making investment and environment policy goals mutually supportive creates both challenges and opportunities for governments and other stakeholders. The OECD analyses key issues of the relationship between investment and environment to help policy makers address these challenges and opportunities.

The Rising Cost of Ambient Air Pollution thus far in the 21st Century: Results from the BRIICS and the OECD Countries - Environment Working Paper

This paper presents updated results for the cost of ambient air pollution in 41 countries: the 6 major emerging economies known as the BRIICS – Brazil, Russia, India, Indonesia, China and South Africa – and the 35 OECD member countries.