OECD Environment Ministers met on 29-30 March 2012 at the OECD Headquarters in Paris under the theme "Making Green Growth Deliver".

Outcomes of the Meeting

• Chairs' Summary
• Policy Statement to the Rio+20 Conference
• Message to the Council on the Implementation of the Environmental Strategy for the First Decade of the 21st Century
• Review of the Implementation of the Environmental Strategy for the First Decade of the 21st Century 

 

Ministerial discussions covered five themes: What Progress have we made on the Environment, and what does the Future Hold? Connecting Environment Policy to the Science The Environmental Outlook to 2050 - An urgent call for green growth policies Adding OECD Value to Rio+20 Multi-Level Governance and the Role of Cities

29 March 2012 - Opening ceremony (Left/Right) Dr. Yoo, Young Sook, Minister of Environment of Korea and Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General.

DOCUMENTs

• Agenda and Issues Paper
• Environmental Strategy for the First Decade of the 21st Century
• OECD Environmental Outlook to 2050: The Consequences of Inaction

 

SPEECHES AND STATEMENTS

• Making Green Growth Deliver, Opening Remarks by Angel  Gurría, OECD Secretary-General 
• Session II. Working Lunch: Presentation by Professor Will Steffen, Executive Director, The Australian National University (ANU) Climate Change Institute, Connecting Environment Policy to the Science
• Session III: Presentation by Mr. Simon Upton, Director, OECD Environment Directorate, The Environmental Outlook to 2050: Urgent Call for Green Growth Policies
• Session V. Working Lunch: Presentation by UCLG Vice-President Wolfgang Schuster, Mayor of Stuttgart, Local and Regional Authorities Messages to the Earth Summit, Rio+20
• BIAC - Making Green Growth Deliver The Role of Business
• TUAC - Choosing and Funding Environmental Policies, Green Jobs
• European Environmental Bureau - NGO input prepared by the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) with extensive input by the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP)

 

further reading

• Participants and Event photos
• OECD and Rio+20
• OECD work on green growth and sustainable development
• Past OECD Environment Meetings at Ministerial Level

29 March 2012 - OECD Environment Ministerial Meeting 2012. Family Photo.
OECD Conference Centre, Paris, France