"Each country must spell out a credible roadmap for action consistent with a goal of holding the average temperature increase to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the increase to 1.5°C"... OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría.
Key policy areas
Explore the policy areas below to access the latest OECD work in each area:
- Smart Adaptation
- Agriculture
- Cities
- Development
- Energy
- Mitigation
- Green investment & finance
- Fossil-fuel subsidies
- Low-carbon transition
- Modelling
- International negotiations, OECD and the G20
- Pricing carbon
- Transport
- Taxes
Smart adaptation
Key programme
Reports
- Climate-resilient infrastructure: Getting the policies right, Environment Working Paper l 2017
- Climate change adaptation and financial protection: Synthesis of Key findings from Colombia and Senegal, Environment Working Paper l 2017
- List of publications related to adaptation to climate change
Agriculture and climate
Key programmes
- Sustainable agriculture
- Agriculture and climate change
Reports
- Water Risk Hotspots for Agriculture l 2017
- Overcoming barriers to the adoption of climate-friendly practices in agriculture, Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Paper l 2017
Cities and climate
Supporting Development
Key programmes
- Climate change and development
- Partnership for climate finance and development
- OECD DAC External Development Finance Statistics
- Environment and development
Event
Reports
Climate Change Mitigation
Key programme
Reports
Green investment and finance
Key programmes
- OECD Centre on Green Finance and Investment
- Blended Finance
- Climate finance: Research Collaborative
- Growth, Investment and the Low-carbon Transition
- Investment for green growth
- Mobilising investment in clean energy infrastructure
Events
- OECD at One Planet Summit: Public and private finance in support of climate change l 12 December 2017
- 8th Annual OECD High-level Breakfast on Institutional Investors and the Low-carbon Transition l 11 December 2017
- Green Investment Financing Forum l 24-25 October 2017
Reports and database
- Mobilising Finance for Climate Action in Georgia l 2018
- Investing in Climate, Investing in Growth l 2017
- The empirics of enabling investment and innovation in renewable energy, Environment Working Paper l 2017
- The government role in mobilising investment and innovation in renewable energy l 2017
- Mobilising Bond Markets for a Low-Carbon Transition l 2017
- Green Investment Banks: Scaling-up Private Investment in Low-carbon, Climate-Resilient Infrastructure l 2016
- Climate Fund Inventory: database and toolkit
Low-carbon transition
Key programme
- Growth, Investment and the Low-carbon Transition
Reports
- Investing in Climate, Investing in Growth l 2017
- Aligning Policies for a Low-carbon Economy l 2015
- Climate and carbon: Aligning prices and policies
Environmental modelling
Key programmes
- Environmental-economic modelling
- Costs of Inaction and Resource scarcity: Consequences for Long-term Economic growth (CIRCLE)
Reports
- The Land-Water-Energy Nexus: Biophysical and Economic Consequences l 2017
- The Economic Consequences of Outdoor Air Pollution l 2016
- The Economic Consequences of Climate Change l 2015
- OECD Environmental Outlook to 2050: The Consequences of Inaction l 2012
- OECD Environmental Outlooks
International negotiations, OECD and the G20
Key programmes
Event
Reports
- Investing in Climate, Investing in Growth l 2017
- Information needed to facilitate the clarity, the transparency and understanding of mitigation contributions l 2017
- Information needs for the 2018 facilitative dialogue: issues and options l 2017
- Insights from national adaptation monitoring and evaluation systems l 2017
Pricing carbon
Reports
- Effective Carbon Rates 2018 l 2018
- Effective Carbon Prices l 2013
- Climate and carbon, Environment Policy Paper l 2013
Key programme
Transport
Taxes
Key programme
Event
- Watch the replay of the Green Talks webinar on Taxing Energy use: Reforming energy tax systems to achieve environmental goals l 2018
Reports
- Access our bibliography on climate change and working papers