23-octobre-2020
Français
Cette série a pour but de mettre à disposition d'un plus large lectorat des études sur des questions environnementales liées à la biodiversité, au changement climatique, à l'eau, aux déchets, à la performance environnementale d'un pays, à la modélisation économique et environnementale, à l'innovation, aux taxes et l'investissement vert.
7-avril-2020
Français
L'innovation a un rôle à jouer pour atténuer les risques liés à l'eau et soutenir la fourniture de services d'eau dont dépendent notre bien-être et notre développement durable. Ce document utilise des données sur les brevets pour documenter les tendances de l'invention de technologies pour promouvoir la sécurité de l'eau depuis 1990, en se concentrant sur les pays dans lesquels les inventions sont développées.
2-April-2020
English
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 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change: France (Stratégie National Bas-Carbone), Germany (Klimaschutzplan 2050) and the United Kingdom (Clean Growth Strategy).
17-March-2020
English
This paper presents results from a first pilot study to measure the consistency of real economy investments with climate change mitigation objectives. The analysis focuses on investments in infrastructure and equipment in the manufacturing industries in Norway between 2010 and 2017, estimated at USD 2.5 billion per year on average.
13-March-2020
English
During past years, Korea figured among the OECD countries with the highest share of population exposed to excessive PM2.5 (atmospheric particulate matter that have a diameter of less than 2.5 micrometres) concentrations and PM2.5 concentration level in Seoul is about two times higher than the WHO’s guidelines or the levels of other major cities in developed countries.
13-March-2020
English
Four decades of rapid economic expansion in China has generated enormous pressure on the environment, natural resources and public health. Alarming smog outbreaks during the 2010-13 period prompted the government to introduce a number of reforms to control air pollution, including a re-organisation of environmental institutions, improving the coordination and integrity of enforcement actions across levels of government...
13-March-2020
English
The pollution intensity of the Japanese economy, measured as emissions per dollar of GDP, is among the lowest within OECD countries. However, air pollution remains a significant issue. Almost 80% of the Japanese residents were exposed to an annual concentration of PM2.5 above the WHO guideline while the attainment rate of the domestic air quality standard for photochemical oxidants is below 1%.
13-March-2020
English
This paper reviews the impacts and costs of pesticide and fertiliser pollution as well as the policy responses to counter these in selected OECD countries. More specifically, the paper begins with an overview of the main biodiversity and health impacts of excess pesticide and fertiliser. In economic terms, nitrogen pollution, for example, has been estimated to cost the European Union between EUR 70 billion and EUR 320 billion per year.
4-février-2020
Français
Ce document estime l'effet des prix de l'énergie et de la taxation du carbone sur la performance environnementale et économique des entreprises. L'analyse utilise des données sur 8 000 entreprises représentatives du secteur manufacturier français sur la période 2001-2016; et mesure l'impact causal de la taxe carbone sur la période 2014-2018 et simule l'effet d'augmentation supplémentaire de son taux de 45 € à 86 € par tonne de CO2.
7-January-2020
English
This report investigates in what ways Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) could incorporate environmental objectives in chapters and articles related to subsidies for energy and environmental goods. It highlights the current state of play in incorporating provisions related to environmentally related subsidies in RTAs.