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27 Nov 2003
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Book
English
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OECD Guidance on Safety Performance Indicators: A Companion to the OECD Guiding Principles for Chemical Accident Prevention, Preparedness and Response
OECD, Pages: 216
Guidance on Safety Performance Indicators provides a systemic approach to measuring the success of stakeholders' chemical safety programmes by detailing targets, activity indicators and outcome indicators.
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19 Nov 2003
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Book
English
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OECD Environmental Performance Reviews: Austria 2003
OECD, Pages: 208
This review of Austria's environmental conditions and policies evaluates progress in reducing the pollution burden, improving natural resource management, integrating environmental and economic policies, and strengthening international co-operation.
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19 Nov 2003
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Book
English/French
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CO2 Emissions from Fuel Combustion 2003
IEA, Pages: 600
Provides data on CO2 emissions from fuel combustion and greenhouse gas emissions for over 140 countries broken down by fuel and by sector. Emissions were calculated using IEA energy databases and the default methods and emission factors from the...
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04 Nov 2003
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Book
English
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OECD Environmental Performance Reviews: Mexico 2003
OECD, Pages: 244
This review of Mexico's environmental conditions and policies evaluates progress in reducing the pollution burden, improving natural resource management, integrating environmental and economic policies, and strengthening international co-operation.
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31 Oct 2003
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Book
English
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Environmental Risks and Insurance: A Comparative Analysis of the Role of Insurance in the Management of Environment-Related Risks
OECD, Pages: 92
This report focuses on the role of insurance and reinsurance companies in the management of environmental risks - environmental pollution risk and natural catastrophe risk in particular.
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02 Oct 2003
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Book
English
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The Pig Sector
OECD, Pages: 185
This OECD study takes an in-depth look at the pig sector in OECD countries and draws some conclusions about the most appropriate forms of policy intervention. It argues that liberalising trade is likely to generate some environmental benefits.
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30 Sep 2003
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Book
English
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Nuclear Energy Today
OECD, Nuclear Energy Agency, Pages: 112
This book provides an up-to-date review of the status of nuclear energy, as well as a report on the outcome of recent research and development on the nuclear fuel cycle and reactor technologies.
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07 Sep 2003
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Book
English
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The Environmental Performance of Public Procurement: Issues of Policy Coherence
OECD, Pages: 236
Examines country initiatives to reduce the environmentally damaging effects of public procurement by introducing "greener public purchasing initiatives" such as requiring recycled content or levels of energy efficiency in purchased products.
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05 Sep 2003
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Book
English
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Environmentally Harmful Subsidies: Policy Issues and Challenges
OECD, Pages: 216
Proceedings of the OECD Workshop on Environmentally Harmful Subsidies, November 2002. For the first time, experts from a variety of backgrounds had the opportunity to take stock of and share technical knowledge of subsidies and their impacts.
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05 Sep 2003
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Book
English
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Renewables Information 2003
IEA, Pages: 160
The second edition of the International Energy Agency's annual publication of data on the use of renewables and waste.
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04 Sep 2003
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Book
English
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Decommissioning Nuclear Power Plants: Policies, Strategies and Costs
OECD, Nuclear Energy Agency, Pages: 108
Many nuclear units are now approaching retirement. This report provides information on policies, strategies and costs based upon data provided by 26 countries and analysed by government and industry experts. It covers a variety of reactor types and sizes.
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19 Aug 2003
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Book
English
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English-Russian Glossary of Terms used in Environmental Enforcement and Compliance Promotion
OECD, Pages: 110
This glossary integrates a wealth of policy, legal, management and technical terms that were selected according to one key criterion: each of them had to be used in environmental compliance promotion and enforcement or have significance for this field.
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09 July 2003
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Book
English
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Delivering the Goods: 21st Century Challenges to Urban Goods Transport
OECD, Pages: 160
This report analyses measures taken in many cities regarding goods delivery in the OECD area and provides recommendations for dealing with these challenges.
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08 July 2003
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Book
English
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Social Issues in the Provision and Pricing of Water Services
OECD, Pages: 212
This book explores the interface between environmental and social elements of water pricing policies in OECD countries. It focuses on the affordability of water services, as well as on the social measures aimed at resolving these affordability problems.
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18 June 2003
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Book
English
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Voluntary Approaches for Environmental Policy: Effectiveness, Efficiency and Usage in Policy Mixes
OECD, Pages: 144
This report assesses the use of voluntary approaches by building on a number of new case studies and an extensive search of the available literature.
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17 June 2003
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Book
English
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OECD Environmental Performance Reviews: Poland 2003
OECD, Pages: 216
This review of Poland's environmental conditions and policies evaluates progress in reducing the pollution burden, improving natural resource management, integrating environmental and economic policies, and strengthening international co-operation.
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17 June 2003
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Book
English
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Agriculture and Biodiversity: Developing Indicators for Policy Analysis
OECD, Pages: 280
This book is a collection of papers from the OECD meeting on Agri-biodiversity Indicators held jointly with the EU and international organisations. A key outcome was to establish a common agri-biodiversity framework that helps understand the...
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04 June 2003
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Book
English
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Organic Agriculture: Sustainability, Markets and Policies
OECD, Pages: 408
This publication reveals that organic agriculture is disadvantaged by current agricultural support policies, and the proliferation of standards and labels has sometimes confused consumers and impeded trade.
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02 June 2003
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Book
English
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OECD Environmental Performance Reviews: Netherlands 2003
OECD, Pages: 248
This review of the Netherland's environmental conditions and policies evaluates progress in reducing the pollution burden, improving natural resource management, integrating environmental and economic policies, and strengthening international...
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02 June 2003
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Book
English
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OECD Environmental Performance Reviews 2003: Water: Performance and Challenges in OECD Countries
OECD, Pages: 75
This report draws on the water management chapters of 42 country reviews carried out to date to identify common achievements and remaining challenges for OECD countries in terms of further reducing the pollution burden and protecting human health ...
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