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How best to solve a problem like carbon pricing?
How best to solve a problem like carbon pricing?

A new OECD report weights up the pros and cons of a host of carbon pricing options, from cap and trade systems to flat fuel taxes

  • Carbon Trading
  • 22 June 2020
OECD and UN institutions demand green economic recovery from Covid-19
OECD and UN institutions demand green economic recovery from Covid-19

Influential group of institutions urge governments to 'insert the DNA of a green economy into all recovery efforts'

  • Net Zero Now
  • 05 June 2020
'We are losing time': OECD and World Bank call for 'radical' climate finance push
'We are losing time': OECD and World Bank call for 'radical' climate finance push

OECD, World Bank Group, and UN Environment sound clarion call for 'transformative' shift in investment towards low carbon, climate resilient infrastructure

  • Investment
  • 03 December 2018
OECD: Global resource use set to double by 2060
OECD: Global resource use set to double by 2060

Sobering new report suggests greenhouse gas emissions from materials are on track to almost double by 2060, almost certainly breaching Paris Agreement goals

  • Supply chain
  • 22 October 2018
OECD: Governments need to 'get serious' about climate action
OECD: Governments need to 'get serious' about climate action

Rich countries must scale up efforts to cut carbon emissions, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development tells world leaders in New York

  • Taxation
  • 25 September 2018
Are UK coal emissions on the rise? Experts lament 'unacceptable' carbon price gap
Are UK coal emissions on the rise? Experts lament 'unacceptable' carbon price gap

New analysis from Drax suggests rally in UK coal is underway, as OECD report warns global carbon prices remain far too low for combating climate change

  • Energy
  • 18 September 2018
'Falling well short': Energy taxes failing to deliver for climate, says OECD
'Falling well short': Energy taxes failing to deliver for climate, says OECD

Major new analysis from OECD finds energy taxes around the world are far too low to deliver environmental benefits or deep emissions cuts

  • Taxation
  • 14 February 2018
Countries progressing too slowly with green growth, warns OECD
Countries progressing too slowly with green growth, warns OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development finds none of its members are performing well enough across all its green growth indicators

  • Policy
  • 21 June 2017
OECD declares climate action boosts GDP, but is President Trump listening?
OECD declares climate action boosts GDP, but is President Trump listening?

Merkel and Musk join global call for US to stick with Paris Agreement, as major new study argues investment in low carbon infrastructure will boost economic growth

  • Policy
  • 24 May 2017
The state of green business in 2017
The state of green business in 2017

Joel Makower from GreenBiz considers what might lie ahead in 2017 for business sustainability

  • Supply chain
  • 03 February 2017
Government urged to retain price floor, as pressure to reform global carbon taxes mounts
Government urged to retain price floor, as pressure to reform global carbon taxes mounts

Chancellor Philip Hammond due to set out future for three-year-old carbon price floor in November's Autumn Statement, as OECD exposes persistent 'carbon pricing gap'

  • Carbon Trading
  • 26 September 2016
OECD: Air pollution to cost economies $2.6tn a year by 2060
OECD: Air pollution to cost economies $2.6tn a year by 2060

OECD Economic Consequences of Air Pollution report calls for 'strong policy action' to boost air quality

  • Policy
  • 09 June 2016
Green investment banks 'complement but cannot replace' climate policies
Green investment banks 'complement but cannot replace' climate policies

OECD report highlights importance of green investment banks in boosting green infrastructure - as long as the right policy environment is in place

  • Policy
  • 01 June 2016
Has the OECD just rubbished the 'carbon leakage' argument?
Has the OECD just rubbished the 'carbon leakage' argument?

OECD says tougher environmental policies do not harm a country's overall exports - we take a look at a study that could have big implications for the 'carbon leakage' debate

  • Carbon Accounting
  • 11 March 2016
Stringent environmental policies do not harm exports, concludes OECD
Stringent environmental policies do not harm exports, concludes OECD

Overall exports are unaffected by tougher environmental policies, OECD study finds

  • Legislation
  • 10 March 2016
Emerging economies beat industrialised nations in clean energy investments
Emerging economies beat industrialised nations in clean energy investments

New report finds over half of clean energy investments went to 55 emerging markets last year

  • Energy
  • 26 November 2015
OECD countries agree to slash export subsidies for coal plants

Rich countries slash subsidy support for exporters of coal-fired power plants in major diplomatic breakthrough

  • CCS
  • 18 November 2015
Fossil fuel sector accused of 'cherry picking' forecasts for future demand

New Carbon Tracker report warns industry projections fail to consider a host of possible scenarios that could reduce fossil fuel demand

  • Risk
  • 22 October 2015
Fossil fuel subsidies are falling. But world should not be complacent, warns OECD
Fossil fuel subsidies are falling. But world should not be complacent, warns OECD

New report shows support measures for fossil fuel industry have dipped slightly in recent years, but still reached up to $200bn between 2010 and 2014

  • Policy
  • 21 September 2015
Progress on green growth is 'uneven', OECD finds

Subsidies for fossil fuel reform inconsistent with strategies for green growth, according to new analysis from the OECD

  • Policy
  • 28 July 2015
OECD: Energy taxes 'too cheap' to tackle environmental impact

Study finds governments are under-utilising taxes as a tool to curb pollution and emissions and calls for reform

  • Taxation
  • 29 June 2015
OECD's corporate responsibility guidelines must adapt to the new business environment

40th anniversary of international standard offers an opportunity for an overhaul, argues Thomas Hajduk of HSG

  • Management
  • 24 June 2015
Renewable energy targets now cover 164 countries
Renewable energy targets now cover 164 countries

New IRENA report find number of countries setting green energy goals has increased fourfold over the past decade

  • Policy
  • 10 June 2015
OECD: Green Investment Bank should fund emerging clean tech
OECD: Green Investment Bank should fund emerging clean tech

Organisation's Economic Survey of the UK advocates key roles for £3.8bn bank in beefing up green infrastructure

  • Investment
  • 24 February 2015
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