car Report: Decarbonising Maritime Transport - Pathways to zero-carbon shipping by 2035 By www.itf-oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 26 Mar 2018 13:44:00 GMT This report examines what would be needed to achieve zero CO2 emissions from international maritime transport by 2035. It assesses measures that can reduce shipping emissions effectively and describes possible decarbonisation pathways that use different combinations of these measures; and reviews under which conditions these measures could be implemented and presents concrete policy recommendations. Full Article
car The Czech economy is thriving but boosting skills and productivity and transitioning to a low-carbon productive model is vital to sustainable and inclusive growth By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 16 Jul 2018 14:00:00 GMT The Czech economy is thriving, with robust employment, expanding exports and falling government debt. Efforts should now focus on boosting workforce skills and innovation to improve labour supply and productivity, further reduce poverty and inequality, and green the economy, according to two new OECD reports. Full Article
car Few countries are pricing carbon high enough to meet climate targets By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 11:00:00 GMT Governments need to raise carbon prices much faster if they are to meet their commitments on cutting emissions and slowing the pace of climate change under the Paris Agreement, according to a new OECD report. Full Article
car Power struggle: Decarbonising the electricity sector - Effects of climate policies, policy misalignments and political economy factors on decarbonisation - Environment Working Paper By doi.org Published On :: Wed, 28 Nov 2018 08:10:00 GMT This report investigates the effects of select climate policies, non-climate policies, as well as political economy factors on the decarbonisation of electricity in OECD countries from 2000 to 2015. Effects are analysed on the three phases of decarbonisation: (1) increasing the share of renewables installed, (2) increasing the use of renewables in generation, and (3) reducing the emissions from electricity. Full Article
car OECD, UN Environment and World Bank call for a radical shift in financing for a low-carbon, climate-resilient future By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 28 Nov 2018 18:00:00 GMT The OECD, UN Environment and World Bank Group today called on leaders of G20 countries to do more to enable a radical shift of investment into low-carbon, climate-resilient infrastructure as a way to limit the impact of climate change. Full Article
car Key takeaways from the High-Level Breakfast on Institutional Investors and the Low-carbon Transition By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 18:05:00 GMT On 10 December in Katowice, the 9th annual High-Level Breakfast on Institutional Investors and the Low-carbon Transition, co-hosted by the OECD and the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), highlighted significant progress in mobilising green institutional investment, as well as important remaining challenges. Full Article
car Article: The Trillion-Dollar Question: How Can We Unlock the Money Needed to Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy? By warontherocks.com Published On :: Fri, 04 Jan 2019 11:18:00 GMT At a time when nationalism is rising and individual countries are facing a growing array of threats, it is critical that we recognize a shared and unprecedented global challenge: We need to double our infrastructure in the next decade to meet global development needs, while achieving a systematic shift away from business-as-usual, carbon-intensive options to low-emissions, resilient infrastructure, to avoid catastrophic climate change. Full Article
car Latvian economy is thriving, but boosting productivity, improving social protection and transitioning to a low-carbon productive model are vital for sustainable and inclusive growth By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 29 May 2019 09:00:00 GMT The Latvian economy is thriving, with strong job growth driving convergence with more advanced economies. Efforts should now focus on reducing inequality, responding to the challenges posed by population ageing and making growth stronger, inclusive and greener, according to two new OECD reports. Full Article
car Taxes on polluting fuels are too low to encourage a shift to low-carbon alternatives By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 20 Sep 2019 11:00:00 GMT Taxing polluting sources of energy is an effective way to curb emissions that harm the planet and human health, and the income generated can be used to ease the low-carbon transition for vulnerable households. Yet 70% of energy-related CO2 emissions from advanced and emerging economies are entirely untaxed, offering little incentive to move to cleaner energy, according to a new OECD report. Full Article
car Carbon Pricing and Competitiveness: Are they at Odds? - Environment Working Paper By www.oecd-ilibrary.org Published On :: Thu, 21 Nov 2019 16:00:00 GMT This paper reviews ex-post empirical assessments on the impact of carbon pricing on competitiveness in OECD and G20 countries in the electricity and industrial sectors. Most of these assessments find no statistically significant effects of carbon pricing or energy prices on different dimensions of competitiveness, including net imports, foreign direct investments, turnover, value added, employment, profits, productivity, and innovation. Full Article
car Market Development for Green Cars By dx.doi.org Published On :: Fri, 07 Sep 2012 14:10:00 GMT This report reviews government policies and attempts to provide a better understanding of the growing market for green vehicles as well as new analytical instruments to identify measures that could be designed to foster the uptake of green cars. Full Article
car Workshop: Indicators of local transition to low-carbon economy (Regional Growth Core Schönefelder Kreuz, Germany) By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT The Regional Growth Core Schönefelder Kreuz and the Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau in partnership with the OECD Local Economic and Employment Development Programme (LEED) are working on defining and collecting measurable indicators at the regional/ local level that can inform over time of transition to low-carbon economic and industrial activities. Full Article
car Report: Green growth in the Benelux - Indicators of local transition to a low-carbon economy in cross-border regions (Benelux) By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 23 May 2013 13:21:00 GMT This paper discusses the results of the 2011-2012 OECD LEED study of measuring green growth in the Benelux countries (Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg). The study paid particular attention to the challenges of measuring the transition to a low-carbon economy in cross-border areas as they have additional levels of complexity when it comes to measuring and monitoring their low-carbon transition. Full Article
car Countries should make carbon pricing the cornerstone of climate policy, says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 09 Oct 2013 11:31:00 GMT Credible and consistent carbon pricing must be the cornerstone of government actions to tackle climate change, according to a new OECD report. Full Article
car Carbon taxes and emissions trading are cheapest ways of reducing CO2, OECD says By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 04 Nov 2013 12:00:00 GMT Carbon taxes and emission trading systems are the most cost-effective means of reducing CO2 emissions, and should be at the centre of government efforts to tackle climate change,according to a new OECD study. Full Article
car Project: Measuring the potential of green growth: Indicators of local transition to a low-carbon economy By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 06 Jan 2014 14:21:00 GMT This LEED project aims to to define key indicators of area-based transition to a low-carbon economy. The objective is to define measurable indicators at regional/local level that can inform over time of transition to low-carbon economic and industrial activities. Full Article
car A Magna Carta for the earth? By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 19 May 2015 12:52:00 GMT The international discussions under way in the course of this vital year–including July’s Finance for Development Meeting in Addis Ababa, the agreement of a new set of universal Sustainable Development Goals at the UN in September and the climate change summit in Paris at the end of 2015–represent a remarkable and unprecedented opportunity to establish what might be called a “Magna Carta for the earth” for our times. Full Article
car How partnerships can spur our transition to a low-carbon economy By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 28 May 2015 15:34:00 GMT For the past decade or so, there has been a lot of debate in policy circles on how to get governments and the private sector to work together more collaboratively in order to catalyse the transition to green growth. The good news is that in that time many factors have come together to make this more of a reality. Full Article
car Webinar - Decarbonizing Development: Three Steps to a Zero-Carbon Future By www.greengrowthknowledge.org Published On :: Thu, 28 May 2015 18:46:00 GMT On 28 May 2015, the Green Growth Knowledge Platform (GGKP) webinar will examine how proper planning can help lay the foundation for both a stable climate and good development path; explore how countries can create the right enabling environment so that the needed technology, infrastructure and financing are available; and discuss how countries can carefully manage the transition, given vital political economy considerations. Full Article
car Aligning Policies for a Low-carbon Economy By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 03 Jul 2015 10:54:00 GMT This major report produced in co-operation with the International Energy Agency (IEA), the International Transport Forum (ITF) and the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) identifies the misalignments between climate change objectives and policy and regulatory frameworks across a range of policy domains (investment, taxation, innovation and skills, trade, and adaptation) and activities at the heart of climate policy. Full Article
car Webinar: COP21 and beyond: Aligning Policies for a Low-carbon Economy By www.greengrowthknowledge.org Published On :: Mon, 05 Oct 2015 12:13:00 GMT Addressing climate change requires urgent policy action to drive a global infrastructure and technological transformation. The latest report 'Aligning Policies for a Low-carbon Economy' presents the first diagnosis of the alignments of policy and regulatory frameworks with climate policy goals. Join the Green Growth Knowledge Platform (GGKP) for a webinar exploring these issues on 5 October 2015, 15:00-16:30 (Paris time). Full Article
car Southeast Asia Expert Seminar: Aligning Policies for the Transition to a low-carbon Economy - Reconciling Environmental, Social and Economic Objectives By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 04 Nov 2015 14:41:00 GMT The OECD and the Ministry of Finance of Indonesia (Fiscal Policy Agency) held an expert seminar on 4-5 November, 2015 in Bogor, Indonesia. The event brought together representatives from the ASEAN line ministries, research organisations and other key international organisations to share their knowledge and expertise on the topic. This event was supported by the OECD Knowledge Sharing Alliance. Full Article
car Higher price on carbon needed to effectively tackle climate change By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 07 Dec 2015 11:00:00 GMT OECD urges efforts to better price carbon as new analysis finds that 90% of CO2-emissions are priced below EUR 30 per tonne, a low-end estimate of climate damage, and 60% are not priced at all. Effective Carbon Rates in the OECD and Selected Partner Economies calculates effective carbon rates (ECR) on CO2-emissions from energy use for 41 countries which together use 80% of global emissions. Full Article
car Webinar: How to make green growth inclusive in Latin America and the Caribbean By www.greengrowthknowledge.org Published On :: Wed, 25 May 2016 17:43:00 GMT Join the Green Growth Knowledge Platform (GGKP) for a webinar on 25 May 2016, 9:00-10:40am (CST, Costa Rica time) to explore issues affecting the LAC region, including: inclusive green growth, implementation of clean, efficient, resilient and socially inclusive innovations. Please note that the webinar will be held in Spanish. Full Article
car Carbon pricing efforts are falling short, but even modest collective action can deliver significant progress, OECD says By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 26 Sep 2016 11:00:00 GMT Current carbon prices are falling short of the levels needed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions driving climate change, but even moderate price increases could have a significant impact, according to new OECD research. Full Article
car Effective Carbon Rates - OECD Insigths Blog By oecdinsights.org Published On :: Tue, 11 Oct 2016 14:55:00 GMT On the latest OECD Insights blog post, Mr. Kurt van Dender, Head of the Tax and Environment Unit at the OECD’s Centre for Tax Policy and Administration explains the necessary requirements to deeply cut greenhouse gas emissions in order to implement the COP21 Paris Agreement. Full Article
car Raising revenues through carbon pricing can help improve energy affordability By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 11 May 2017 11:00:00 GMT This report uses household level data covering 20 OECD countries to analyse energy affordability at current energy prices and explores how these indicators change in response to a simulated energy tax reform. The report finds that higher energy prices, needed to cut harmful carbon emissions and air pollution, can also help achieve social policy objectives. Full Article
car Long-Term Care in Germany By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 18 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT An overview of the long-term care situation in Germany is available here. Full Article
car Carbon taxes and emissions trading are cheapest ways of reducing CO2, OECD says By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 04 Nov 2013 12:00:00 GMT Carbon taxes and emission trading systems are the most cost-effective means of reducing CO2 emissions, and should be at the centre of government efforts to tackle climate change,according to a new OECD study. Full Article
car Overtreatment and demographic change a challenge to Germany's health and long term care system, says OECD Health at a Glance report By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 00:06:00 GMT Germans continue to enjoy a high level of health compared to other OECD countries but the government needs to tackle high levels of hospital treatments and address growing pressures on long-term care, according to a new OECD report. Full Article
car Geographic Variations in Health Care: Country note for Germany By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 09:00:00 GMT High variations in health care use for knee replacement and cardiac procedures, suggest more effort is needed to improve the appropriateness of health care activities in Germany. Full Article
car Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes: Germany By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 17 Jun 2015 00:01:00 GMT Germany has reduced the mortality due to cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in line with other OECD countries Full Article
car Effective carbon rates: Key findings for Germany By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 17 Sep 2018 11:00:00 GMT This country note for Germany provides detail on the proportion of CO2 emissions from energy use subject to different effective carbon rates (ECR), as well as on the level and components of average ECRs in each of the six economic sectors (road transport, off-road transport, industry, agriculture and fishing, residential & commercial, and electricity). Full Article
car The Jobs Potential of a Shift towards a low-carbon Economy By www.oecd.org Published On :: Sun, 03 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT The Jobs Potential of a Shift towards a low-carbon Economy” provides an in-depth analysis of how green growth will reshape labour markets. It also describes the role that labour market and skill policies can play in maximising the benefits of economic greening for workers Full Article
car Workshop: Indicators of local transition to low-carbon economy (Regional Growth Core Schönefelder Kreuz, Germany) By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT The Regional Growth Core Schönefelder Kreuz and the Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau in partnership with the OECD Local Economic and Employment Development Programme (LEED) are working on defining and collecting measurable indicators at the regional/ local level that can inform over time of transition to low-carbon economic and industrial activities. Full Article
car Lack of support for motherhood hurting women’s career prospects, despite gains in education and employment, says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 11:00:00 GMT Progress has been made in narrowing the gender gap in pay, especially in employment, over the past decade but much remains to be done in many countries. Women pay a high price for motherhood, with steep childcare costs and taxes deterring many from working more, according to a new OECD report. Full Article
car Report: Green growth in the Benelux - Indicators of local transition to a low-carbon economy in cross-border regions (Benelux) By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 23 May 2013 13:21:00 GMT This paper discusses the results of the 2011-2012 OECD LEED study of measuring green growth in the Benelux countries (Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg). The study paid particular attention to the challenges of measuring the transition to a low-carbon economy in cross-border areas as they have additional levels of complexity when it comes to measuring and monitoring their low-carbon transition. Full Article
car Project: Measuring the potential of green growth: Indicators of local transition to a low-carbon economy By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 06 Jan 2014 14:21:00 GMT This LEED project aims to to define key indicators of area-based transition to a low-carbon economy. The objective is to define measurable indicators at regional/local level that can inform over time of transition to low-carbon economic and industrial activities. Full Article
car Early gender gaps drive career choices and employment opportunities, says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 05 Mar 2015 10:00:00 GMT Education systems have made major strides to close gender gaps in student performance but girls and boys remain deeply divided in career choices, which are being made much earlier than commonly thought, according to a new OECD report. Full Article
car 9th International Summer School for community and local development in Latin America and the Caribbean By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 23 Jul 2018 09:07:00 GMT The School is organising specialised courses on socio-economic development and creating an international platform to exchange experiences and knowledge between public officers and practitioners from OECD member and non member countries that deals with cooperation and local development issues. Full Article
car Health care reform and long-term care in the Netherlands By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:27:00 GMT The Netherlands, as other OECD countries, faces the challenge of providing high quality health and long term care services to an ageing population in a cost-efficient manner. Full Article
car 5th meeting of the Latin American and the Caribbean Network on Regulatory Improvement By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 16 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMT Promoting co-operation and fostering the exchange of good practices among policy makers in LAC countries, OECD member and non-member countries, and international organisations. Full Article
car OECD Latin America and Caribbean Anti-Corruption Initiative By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 28 May 2018 01:02:00 GMT The OECD-Latin America Anti-Corruption Programme strengthens implementation and enforcement of international and regional anti-corruption conventions and promotes integrity in the Latin American region. Full Article
car More parent and community engagement would boost quality in early childhood education and care in England By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT The report highlights strategies from other countries that could serve as a model for England as it develops its early childhood education and care programme. Full Article
car Education Indicators in Focus No. 11 - What are the social benefits of education? How do early childhood education and care (ECEC) policies, systems and quality vary across OECD countries? By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:53:00 GMT In many OECD countries, ECEC services have increased in response to a growing demand for better learning outcomes as well as growing female labour force participation. In recent years, however, the goals of ECEC policy have become more child-centred. Full Article
car Re-shaping Teacher Careers in Chile - Selected International Evidence By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 16:00:00 GMT The quality of an education system today shapes the economic and social prosperity of the country tomorrow. Chile has embarked on wide-ranging reform to improve the quality and equity of its education system on several fronts, including early childhood education and care (ECEC), school funding, student selection, school governance, teacher career pathways, vocational education and training (VET) and tertiary education. Full Article
car Early gender gaps drive career choices and employment opportunities, says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 05 Mar 2015 10:00:00 GMT Education systems have made major strides to close gender gaps in student performance but girls and boys remain deeply divided in career choices, which are being made much earlier than commonly thought, according to a new OECD report. Full Article
car Reformulando la Carrera Docente en Chile - Evidencia Internacional Seleccionada By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 20 Mar 2015 18:43:00 GMT La calidad del sistema educacional de hoy es la base para la prosperidad económica y social del país de mañana. Full Article
car Early Childhood Education and Care Policy Review - Norway By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 18 Jun 2015 10:00:00 GMT Norway’s early childhood education and care (ECEC) system has experienced a strong expansion over the last decade. More children than ever are enrolled in its kindergartens. Full Article
car Early childhood education and care pedagogy review: England By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 16 Jul 2015 11:00:00 GMT This review describes variations in, and evidence for, pedagogical approaches in formal early childhood education and care (ECEC) settings; how pedagogy is monitored; and which policies affect pedagogical practice. Its specific focus is on comparisons of England (United Kingdom) with Japan, France, Germany, Denmark and New Zealand. Full Article