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No. 161 | 07 Apr 2020 |
Trends in water-related technological innovation
Innovation has a role to play to mitigate water-related risks and to support the provision of water services on which our well-being and sustainable development depend. Water-related innovation originate in a wide range of countries, with different... |
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No. 160 | 02 Apr 2020 |
Long-term low emissions development strategies
The Paris Agreement invites signatory countries to formulate and communicate long-term low greenhouse gas emission development strategies (LT-LEDS). This report compares the experience of three developed countries that have communicated LT-LEDS... |
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No. 159 | 17 Mar 2020 |
Exploring options to measure the climate consistency of real economy investments
This paper presents results from a first pilot study to measure the consistency of real economy investments with climate change mitigation objectives. The analysis focuses on investments in infrastructure and equipment in the manufacturing industries... |
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No. 158 | 13 Mar 2020 |
Policies, regulatory framework and enforcement for air quality management: The case of Korea
During past years, Korea figured among the OECD countries with the highest share of population exposed to excessive PM2.5 (atmospheric particulate matter that have a diameter of less than 2.5 micrometres) concentrations and PM2.5 concentration level... |
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No. 157 | 13 Mar 2020 |
Policies, regulatory framework and enforcement for air quality management: The case of China
Four decades of rapid economic expansion in China has generated enormous pressure on the environment, natural resources and public health. Alarming smog outbreaks during the 2010-13 period prompted the government to introduce a number of reforms to... |
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No. 156 | 13 Mar 2020 |
Policies, regulatory framework and enforcement for air quality management: The case of Japan
The pollution intensity of the Japanese economy, measured as emissions per dollar of GDP, is among the lowest within OECD countries. However, air pollution remains a significant issue. Almost 80% of the Japanese residents were exposed to an annual... |
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No. 155 | 13 Mar 2020 |
Managing the biodiversity impacts of fertiliser and pesticide use
This paper reviews the impacts and costs of pesticide and fertiliser pollution as well as the policy responses to counter these in selected OECD countries. More specifically, the paper begins with an overview of the main biodiversity and health... |
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No. 154 | 04 Feb 2020 |
The joint effects of energy prices and carbon taxes on environmental and economic performance: Evidence from the French manufacturing sector
The paper estimates the effect of energy prices and carbon taxation on firms’ environmental and economic performance. The analysis uses data on 8 000 firms that are representative of the French manufacturing sector and observed during 2001-2016. This... |
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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. 152 | 21 Nov 2019 |
Carbon pricing and competitiveness
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... |
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No. 151 | 16 Aug 2019 |
Flexibility mechanisms in environmental regulations
Based on an in-depth literature review and responses to a survey among OECD member countries, this paper discusses the use of flexibility mechanisms in environmental regulations. Such mechanisms can provide flexibility as to how a given environmental... |
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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. 149 | 19 Jul 2019 |
Policy approaches to incentivise sustainable plastic design
Plastics are an important material in the economy but present a challenge for waste management, resource efficiency and the environment. Low rates of recycling and high rates of environmental leakage represent key sustainability challenges for... |
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No. 148 | 03 Jul 2019 |
Economic interactions between climate change and outdoor air pollution
Climate change and outdoor air pollution are two of the most challenging environmental issues that modern society faces. These challenges are strongly linked through their emission sources, the sectors they affect and the policies that can be... |
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No. 147 | 22 May 2019 |
Improving economic efficiency and climate mitigation outcomes through international co-ordination on carbon pricing
This paper presents the potential benefits and challenges of enhanced international co-ordination on carbon pricing and outlines the different types and levels of co-ordination that are available for national and sub-national governments. These... |
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No. 146 | 19 Mar 2019 |
Tracking finance flows towards assessing their consistency with climate objectives
Achieving a low-greenhouse gas (GHG) development requires making finance flows consistent with this objective. In order to measure progress to date as well as inform future public action in this area, this paper calls for further efforts to track... |
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No. 145 | 07 Mar 2019 |
The Environmental and Welfare Implications of Parking Policies
Parking policies have significant environmental and economic implications, which have often been left unconsidered. This paper reviews the relevant literature to provide a deeper understanding of the main environmental and economic consequences of... |
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No. 144 | 05 Mar 2019 |
Vintage differentiated regulations and plant survival
This paper assesses the effect of environmental regulations on plant survival and emissions using data on the extent of vintage differentiation of regulations (VDR5) regarding air pollution emission limit values for existing and new coal-fired power... |
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No. 143 | 11 Feb 2019 |
Evaluating the Impact of Urban Road Pricing on the Use of Green Transport Modes
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of congestion pricing on the demand for clean transport modes. To this end, it draws on an empirical analysis of the effect of Milan’s congestion charge on the use of bike sharing. The analysis... |
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No. 142 | 23 Jan 2019 |
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and the Impact of Online Sales
Extended producer responsibility or product stewardship is a policy approach that aims to increase waste recovery and recycling. Extended producer responsibility (EPR) systems aim to make producers responsible for the environmental impacts of their... |
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Trends in water-related technological innovation
Xavier Leflaive, Ben Krieble and Harry Smythe
07 Apr 2020
Innovation has a role to play to mitigate water-related risks and to support the provision of water services on which our well-being and sustainable development depend. Water-related innovation originate in a wide range of countries, with different...
Long-term low emissions development strategies
Aimée Aguilar Jaber, Brilé Anderson, Daniel Nachtigall and Fatoumata Ngom
02 Apr 2020
The Paris Agreement invites signatory countries to formulate and communicate long-term low greenhouse gas emission development strategies (LT-LEDS). This report compares the experience of three developed countries that have communicated LT-LEDS...
Exploring options to measure the climate consistency of real economy investments
Alexander Dobrinevski and Raphaël Jachnik
17 Mar 2020
This paper presents results from a first pilot study to measure the consistency of real economy investments with climate change mitigation objectives. The analysis focuses on investments in infrastructure and equipment in the manufacturing industries...
Policies, regulatory framework and enforcement for air quality management: The case of Korea
Daniel Trnka
13 Mar 2020
During past years, Korea figured among the OECD countries with the highest share of population exposed to excessive PM2.5 (atmospheric particulate matter that have a diameter of less than 2.5 micrometres) concentrations and PM2.5 concentration level...
Policies, regulatory framework and enforcement for air quality management: The case of China
Chan Yang
13 Mar 2020
Four decades of rapid economic expansion in China has generated enormous pressure on the environment, natural resources and public health. Alarming smog outbreaks during the 2010-13 period prompted the government to introduce a number of reforms to...
Policies, regulatory framework and enforcement for air quality management: The case of Japan
Enrico Botta and Sho Yamasaki
13 Mar 2020
The pollution intensity of the Japanese economy, measured as emissions per dollar of GDP, is among the lowest within OECD countries. However, air pollution remains a significant issue. Almost 80% of the Japanese residents were exposed to an annual...
Managing the biodiversity impacts of fertiliser and pesticide use
Megha Sud
13 Mar 2020
This paper reviews the impacts and costs of pesticide and fertiliser pollution as well as the policy responses to counter these in selected OECD countries. More specifically, the paper begins with an overview of the main biodiversity and health...
The joint effects of energy prices and carbon taxes on environmental and economic performance: Evidence from the French manufacturing sector
Damien Dussaux
04 Feb 2020
The paper estimates the effect of energy prices and carbon taxation on firms’ environmental and economic performance. The analysis uses data on 8 000 firms that are representative of the French manufacturing sector and observed during 2001-2016. This...
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...
Carbon pricing and competitiveness
Jane Ellis, Daniel Nachtigall and Frank Venmans
21 Nov 2019
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...
Flexibility mechanisms in environmental regulations
Nils Axel Braathen
16 Aug 2019
Based on an in-depth literature review and responses to a survey among OECD member countries, this paper discusses the use of flexibility mechanisms in environmental regulations. Such mechanisms can provide flexibility as to how a given environmental...
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...
Policy approaches to incentivise sustainable plastic design
Emma Watkins, Jean-Pierre Schweitzer, Eeva Leinala and Peter Börkey
19 Jul 2019
Plastics are an important material in the economy but present a challenge for waste management, resource efficiency and the environment. Low rates of recycling and high rates of environmental leakage represent key sustainability challenges for...
Economic interactions between climate change and outdoor air pollution
Elisa Lanzi and Rob Dellink
03 Jul 2019
Climate change and outdoor air pollution are two of the most challenging environmental issues that modern society faces. These challenges are strongly linked through their emission sources, the sectors they affect and the policies that can be...
Improving economic efficiency and climate mitigation outcomes through international co-ordination on carbon pricing
Daniel Nachtigall
22 May 2019
This paper presents the potential benefits and challenges of enhanced international co-ordination on carbon pricing and outlines the different types and levels of co-ordination that are available for national and sub-national governments. These...
Tracking finance flows towards assessing their consistency with climate objectives
Raphaël Jachnik, Mariana Mirabile and Alexander Dobrinevski
19 Mar 2019
Achieving a low-greenhouse gas (GHG) development requires making finance flows consistent with this objective. In order to measure progress to date as well as inform future public action in this area, this paper calls for further efforts to track...
The Environmental and Welfare Implications of Parking Policies
Antonio Russo, Jos van Ommeren and Alexandros Dimitropoulos
07 Mar 2019
Parking policies have significant environmental and economic implications, which have often been left unconsidered. This paper reviews the relevant literature to provide a deeper understanding of the main environmental and economic consequences of...
Vintage differentiated regulations and plant survival
Daniel Coysh, Nick Johnstone, Tomasz Koźluk, Daniel Nachtigall and Miguel Cárdenas Rodríguez
05 Mar 2019
This paper assesses the effect of environmental regulations on plant survival and emissions using data on the extent of vintage differentiation of regulations (VDR5) regarding air pollution emission limit values for existing and new coal-fired power...
Evaluating the Impact of Urban Road Pricing on the Use of Green Transport Modes
Elisabetta Cornago, Alexandros Dimitropoulos and Walid Oueslati
11 Feb 2019
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of congestion pricing on the demand for clean transport modes. To this end, it draws on an empirical analysis of the effect of Milan’s congestion charge on the use of bike sharing. The analysis...
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and the Impact of Online Sales
Mark Hilton, Chris Sherrington, Andrew McCarthy and Peter Börkey
23 Jan 2019
Extended producer responsibility or product stewardship is a policy approach that aims to increase waste recovery and recycling. Extended producer responsibility (EPR) systems aim to make producers responsible for the environmental impacts of their...