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No. 3 | 08 Oct 2008 |
Assessing Climate Change Impacts, Sea Level Rise and Storm Surge Risk in Port Cities
This study illustrates a methodology to assess economic impacts of climate change at city scale, focusing on sea level rise and storm surge. It is based on a statistical analysis of past storm surges in the studied city, matched to a... |
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No. 150 | 12 Aug 2019 |
Are environmental tax policies beneficial?
This paper provides a concrete example of how policy analysts can use empirical programme evaluation studies to perform ex-post assessments of environmentally related tax policies. A number of studies credibly identify causal effects of... |
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No. 108 | 07 Jun 2016 |
Approaches and issues in valuing the costs of inaction of air pollution on human health
This paper presents a review of existing approaches to estimate the costs of inaction, as well as the benefits of policy action, for air pollution. It focuses primarily on health impacts from air pollution. The paper presents the “impact pathway... |
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No. 153 | 20 Dec 2019 |
An assessment of the social costs and benefits of vehicle tax reform in Ireland
This paper presents the results of an ex post evaluation of the impacts of a vehicle tax reform in Ireland, by carrying out a full social cost benefit analysis of a vehicle tax reform that began in Ireland in 2008 and shows that whilst successful in... |
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No. 65 | 11 Jun 2014 |
An Overview of the OECD ENV-Linkages Model
This document provides a detailed technical description of the ENV-Linkages model. The OECD ENV-Linkages Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model is an economic model that describes how economic activities are inter-linked across several... |
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No. 41 | 15 Dec 2011 |
An Economic Projection to 2050: The OECD "ENV-Linkages" Model Baseline
This document describes economic baseline projections to 2050 for several world regions. It describes how socio-economic drivers are used to create a consistent projection of economic activity for the coming decades, applying the general framework of... |
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No. 96 | 03 Dec 2015 |
Air Pollution and Urban Structure Linkages
This paper investigates the relationship between local air pollution and urban structure with an emphasis on urban fragmentation. Using a unique dataset of 249 Large Urban Zones (LUZ) across Europe, a Bayesian Model Averaging selection method is... |
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No. 166 | 30 Jun 2020 |
Addressing the social consequences of tariffs for water supply and sanitation
Where they exist, tariffs for water supply and sanitation services face a tension between different policy objectives, such as ensuring the financial sustainability of service provision and ensuring access to all, including vulnerable and poor social... |
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No. 58 | 11 Sept 2013 |
Addressing Competitiveness and Carbon Leakage Impacts Arising from Multiple Carbon Markets
Competitiveness and carbon leakage issues have been some of the main concerns in the implementation and discussions of climate policies. These concerns are particularly important in the presence of multiple carbon markets since differences in climate... |
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No. 40 | 26 Mar 2012 |
Adaptation and Innovation
Innovation in technologies that promote mitigation and adaptation will be critical for tackling climate change. It can decrease the costs of policy measures and provide new opportunities for the private sector. However, most discussions of innovation... |
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No. 185 | 30 Nov 2021 |
A global analysis of the cost-efficiency of forest carbon sequestration
This paper proposes a ranking of the countries where forest carbon sequestration is the most cost-efficient among 166 countries for which data are available. Taking into account the main cost factors leads to a more nuanced ranking of the countries... |
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No. 105 | 23 Apr 2016 |
A Review of Public Policies relating to the Use of Environmental Labelling and Information Schemes (ELIS)
This report provides a brief review of how national government policies and guidelines apply to or regulate the use of environmental labelling and information schemes (ELIS) in selected OECD countries. The report reviews definitions relevant to... |
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No. 62 | 03 Oct 2013 |
A Characterisation of Environmental Labelling and Information Schemes
This report provides a comprehensive overview of the international landscape of environmental labelling and information schemes (ELIS), defined as policies and initiatives that aim to provide information about one or more aspects of the environmental... |
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Assessing Climate Change Impacts, Sea Level Rise and Storm Surge Risk in Port Cities
Stéphane Hallegatte, Nicola Patmore, Olivier Mestre, Patrice Dumas, Jan Corfee-Morlot, Celine Herweijer and Robert Muir-Wood
08 Oct 2008
This study illustrates a methodology to assess economic impacts of climate change at city scale, focusing on sea level rise and storm surge. It is based on a statistical analysis of past storm surges in the studied city, matched to a...
Are environmental tax policies beneficial?
Jonas Teusch and Nils Axel Braathen
12 Aug 2019
This paper provides a concrete example of how policy analysts can use empirical programme evaluation studies to perform ex-post assessments of environmentally related tax policies. A number of studies credibly identify causal effects of...
Approaches and issues in valuing the costs of inaction of air pollution on human health
Anna Alberini, Andrea Bigano, Jessica Post and Elisa Lanzi
07 Jun 2016
This paper presents a review of existing approaches to estimate the costs of inaction, as well as the benefits of policy action, for air pollution. It focuses primarily on health impacts from air pollution. The paper presents the “impact pathway...
An assessment of the social costs and benefits of vehicle tax reform in Ireland
Lisa Ryan, Ivan Petrov, Andrew Kelly, Yulu Guo and Sarah La Monaca
20 Dec 2019
This paper presents the results of an ex post evaluation of the impacts of a vehicle tax reform in Ireland, by carrying out a full social cost benefit analysis of a vehicle tax reform that began in Ireland in 2008 and shows that whilst successful in...
An Overview of the OECD ENV-Linkages Model
Jean Château, Rob Dellink and Elisa Lanzi
11 Jun 2014
This document provides a detailed technical description of the ENV-Linkages model. The OECD ENV-Linkages Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model is an economic model that describes how economic activities are inter-linked across several...
An Economic Projection to 2050: The OECD "ENV-Linkages" Model Baseline
Jean Château, Cuauhtemoc Rebolledo and Rob Dellink
15 Dec 2011
This document describes economic baseline projections to 2050 for several world regions. It describes how socio-economic drivers are used to create a consistent projection of economic activity for the coming decades, applying the general framework of...
Air Pollution and Urban Structure Linkages
Miguel Cárdenas Rodríguez, Laura Dupont-Courtade and Walid Oueslati
03 Dec 2015
This paper investigates the relationship between local air pollution and urban structure with an emphasis on urban fragmentation. Using a unique dataset of 249 Large Urban Zones (LUZ) across Europe, a Bayesian Model Averaging selection method is...
Addressing the social consequences of tariffs for water supply and sanitation
Xavier Leflaive and Marit Hjort
30 Jun 2020
Where they exist, tariffs for water supply and sanitation services face a tension between different policy objectives, such as ensuring the financial sustainability of service provision and ensuring access to all, including vulnerable and poor social...
Addressing Competitiveness and Carbon Leakage Impacts Arising from Multiple Carbon Markets
Elisa Lanzi, Damian Mullaly, Jean Château and Rob Dellink
11 Sept 2013
Competitiveness and carbon leakage issues have been some of the main concerns in the implementation and discussions of climate policies. These concerns are particularly important in the presence of multiple carbon markets since differences in climate...
Adaptation and Innovation
Shardul Agrawala, Cécile Bordier, Victoria Schreitter and Valerie Karplus
26 Mar 2012
Innovation in technologies that promote mitigation and adaptation will be critical for tackling climate change. It can decrease the costs of policy measures and provide new opportunities for the private sector. However, most discussions of innovation...
A global analysis of the cost-efficiency of forest carbon sequestration
R. Quentin Grafton, Hoang Long Chu, Harry Nelson and Gérard Bonnis
30 Nov 2021
This paper proposes a ranking of the countries where forest carbon sequestration is the most cost-efficient among 166 countries for which data are available. Taking into account the main cost factors leads to a more nuanced ranking of the countries...
A Review of Public Policies relating to the Use of Environmental Labelling and Information Schemes (ELIS)
Mikaël Klintman
23 Apr 2016
This report provides a brief review of how national government policies and guidelines apply to or regulate the use of environmental labelling and information schemes (ELIS) in selected OECD countries. The report reviews definitions relevant to...
A Characterisation of Environmental Labelling and Information Schemes
Guillaume Gruère
03 Oct 2013
This report provides a comprehensive overview of the international landscape of environmental labelling and information schemes (ELIS), defined as policies and initiatives that aim to provide information about one or more aspects of the environmental...