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No. 121 | 25 Apr 2017 |
Climate-resilient infrastructure
Climate change will affect all types of infrastructure, including energy, transport and water. Rising temperatures, increased flood risk and other potential hazards will threaten the reliable and efficient operation of these networks, with... |
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No. 120 | 07 Apr 2017 |
Climate Change Adaptation and Financial Protection
Developing countries are disproportionately affected by the rising trend of losses from climate-related extreme events. These losses are projected to continue to increase in future, driven by climate change and the accumulation of people and assets... |
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No. 119 | 13 Mar 2017 |
Possibilities and challenges in transfer and generalisation of monetary estimates for environmental and health benefits of regulating chemicals
This paper reviews and discusses existing methodologies for transferring and extrapolating the economic value of health and environmental impacts across chemicals, and identifies challenges with such value transfer and when it can be suitable. The... |
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No. 118 | 14 Mar 2017 |
Retrospective evaluation of chemical regulations
OECD countries rely on regulatory tools to manage potential risks from exposure to targeted chemicals. Ex-ante regulatory impact assessment has a long tradition in many OECD countries, with established analytical steps and oversight as well as... |
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No. 117 | 14 Mar 2017 |
Chemical risk assessment and translation to socio-economic assessments
The purpose of this working paper is to review existing chemical risk assessment methods in the context of supporting socio-economic cost-benefit analysis, focusing on more “typical” risk assessments that may not have strong epidemiologic data and/or... |
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No. 116 | 02 Mar 2017 |
Measuring the economic value of the effects of chemicals on ecological systems and human health
This paper reviews and discusses the existing methods for placing a value on the effects of chemicals on human health and the environment. It surveys both methods and non-market methods, discussing their advantage and limitations. For example, when... |
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No. 115 | 18 Feb 2017 |
Managing multi-purpose water infrastructure
In this paper, the term multi-purpose water infrastructure (MPWI) encompasses all man-made water systems, including dams, dykes, reservoirs and associated irrigation canals and water supply networks, which may be used for more than one purpose (for... |
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No. 114 | 24 Jan 2017 |
The Potential Benefits of Transboundary Co-operation in Georgia and Azerbaijan
This study was one of the first attempts to evaluate and quantify the benefits of transboundary co-operation between Georgia and Azerbaijan. A specific framework for inventorying these benefits, taking into account all the different dimensions of... |
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No. 113 | 20 Dec 2016 |
The Rebound Effect in Road Transport
The rebound effect is the phenomenon underlying the disproportionality between energy efficiency improvements and observed energy savings. This paper presents a meta-analysis of 76 primary studies and 1138 estimates of the direct rebound effect in... |
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No. 112 | 20 Dec 2016 |
Causes and Consequences of Open Space in U.S. Urban Areas
The provision of open space is at the heart of a complex arbitration of local public finance and urban quality of life. The amount of open space varies substantially across urban areas. This variation raises some natural questions: What determines... |
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No. 111 | 15 Dec 2016 |
The Determinants of Entry in The Electricity Generation Sector in OECD Countries
Ease of entry is crucial to well-functioning electricity markets. This paper investigates the patterns of entry in the generation segment of the electricity industry of OECD countries and seeks to provide an understanding of their key determinants.... |
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No. 110 | 25 Aug 2016 |
Environmental Zoning and Urban Development
This study provides an empirical analysis of the effects of environmental zoning on urban development. It focuses on the case of Natural Regional Parks (NRPs) in France. Of the environmental zoning instruments used in France, NRPs extend over the... |
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No. 109 | 09 Aug 2016 |
Implications of water scarcity for economic growth
Global freshwater demand is projected to increase substantially in the coming decades, making water one of the most fiercely contested resources on the planet. Water is linked to many economic activities, and there are complex channels through which... |
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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. 107 | 03 May 2016 |
Key Ingredients, Challenges and Lessons from Biodiversity Mainstreaming in South Africa
This paper provides an in-depth review of experiences and insights from mainstreaming biodiversity and development in South Africa. More specifically, it describes how biodiversity considerations have been mainstreamed in five key sectors/areas,... |
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No. 106 | 25 Apr 2016 |
Multiplication of Environmental Labelling and Information Schemes (ELIS)
This report explores potential effects of the recent rapid growth in Environmental Labelling Information Schemes (ELIS) around the world, with a focus on the implications of ELIS multiplication for environmental effectiveness and international trade.... |
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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. 104 | 14 Apr 2016 |
Environmental Policy Design, Innovation And Efficiency Gains In Electricity Generation
This paper explores the relationship between environmental regulation, innovation, and competitiveness, drawing upon a unique dataset on environmental regulations directed at combustion plants, a global dataset of power plants, and a global dataset... |
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No. 103 | 12 Apr 2016 |
Firm Surveys relating Environmental Policies, Environmental Performance and Innovation
This report provides a review of recent firm-level and plant-level surveys containing questions on environmental policies, innovation practices or performance which are relevant for environmental policy analysis and assessment. We specifically focus... |
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No. 102 | 12 Apr 2016 |
Long-Term Productivity Growth and the Environment
The natural environment provides crucial inputs and services for economic development, but its role for productivity growth is insufficiently explored. Environmental scarcities can pose a drag on productivity growth and a risk for its sustainability.... |
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Climate-resilient infrastructure
Lola Vallejo et Michael Mullan
25 Apr 2017
Climate change will affect all types of infrastructure, including energy, transport and water. Rising temperatures, increased flood risk and other potential hazards will threaten the reliable and efficient operation of these networks, with...
Climate Change Adaptation and Financial Protection
Gisela Campillo, Michael Mullan et Lola Vallejo
07 Apr 2017
Developing countries are disproportionately affected by the rising trend of losses from climate-related extreme events. These losses are projected to continue to increase in future, driven by climate change and the accumulation of people and assets...
Possibilities and challenges in transfer and generalisation of monetary estimates for environmental and health benefits of regulating chemicals
Ståle Navrud
13 Mar 2017
This paper reviews and discusses existing methodologies for transferring and extrapolating the economic value of health and environmental impacts across chemicals, and identifies challenges with such value transfer and when it can be suitable. The...
Retrospective evaluation of chemical regulations
Susan E. Dudley
14 Mar 2017
OECD countries rely on regulatory tools to manage potential risks from exposure to targeted chemicals. Ex-ante regulatory impact assessment has a long tradition in many OECD countries, with established analytical steps and oversight as well as...
Chemical risk assessment and translation to socio-economic assessments
Weihsueh A. Chiu
14 Mar 2017
The purpose of this working paper is to review existing chemical risk assessment methods in the context of supporting socio-economic cost-benefit analysis, focusing on more “typical” risk assessments that may not have strong epidemiologic data and/or...
Measuring the economic value of the effects of chemicals on ecological systems and human health
Anna Alberini
02 Mar 2017
This paper reviews and discusses the existing methods for placing a value on the effects of chemicals on human health and the environment. It surveys both methods and non-market methods, discussing their advantage and limitations. For example, when...
Managing multi-purpose water infrastructure
Meleesa Naughton, Nicole DeSantis et Alexandre Martoussevitch
18 Feb 2017
In this paper, the term multi-purpose water infrastructure (MPWI) encompasses all man-made water systems, including dams, dykes, reservoirs and associated irrigation canals and water supply networks, which may be used for more than one purpose (for...
The Potential Benefits of Transboundary Co-operation in Georgia and Azerbaijan
Pierre Strosser, Gloria De Paoli et Tatiana Efimova
24 Jan 2017
This study was one of the first attempts to evaluate and quantify the benefits of transboundary co-operation between Georgia and Azerbaijan. A specific framework for inventorying these benefits, taking into account all the different dimensions of...
The Rebound Effect in Road Transport
Alexandros Dimitropoulos, Walid Oueslati et Christina Sintek
20 Dec 2016
The rebound effect is the phenomenon underlying the disproportionality between energy efficiency improvements and observed energy savings. This paper presents a meta-analysis of 76 primary studies and 1138 estimates of the direct rebound effect in...
Causes and Consequences of Open Space in U.S. Urban Areas
JunJie Wu, Walid Oueslati et Jialing Yu
20 Dec 2016
The provision of open space is at the heart of a complex arbitration of local public finance and urban quality of life. The amount of open space varies substantially across urban areas. This variation raises some natural questions: What determines...
The Determinants of Entry in The Electricity Generation Sector in OECD Countries
David Benatia et Tomasz Koźluk
15 Dec 2016
Ease of entry is crucial to well-functioning electricity markets. This paper investigates the patterns of entry in the generation segment of the electricity industry of OECD countries and seeks to provide an understanding of their key determinants....
Environmental Zoning and Urban Development
Julien Salanié et Thomas Coisnon
25 Aug 2016
This study provides an empirical analysis of the effects of environmental zoning on urban development. It focuses on the case of Natural Regional Parks (NRPs) in France. Of the environmental zoning instruments used in France, NRPs extend over the...
Implications of water scarcity for economic growth
Thomas W. Hertel et Jing Liu
09 Aug 2016
Global freshwater demand is projected to increase substantially in the coming decades, making water one of the most fiercely contested resources on the planet. Water is linked to many economic activities, and there are complex channels through which...
Approaches and issues in valuing the costs of inaction of air pollution on human health
Anna Alberini, Andrea Bigano, Jessica Post et 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...
Key Ingredients, Challenges and Lessons from Biodiversity Mainstreaming in South Africa
Jeff Manuel, Kristal Maze, Mandy Driver, Anthea Stephens, Emily Botts, Azisa Parker, Mahlodi Tau, John Dini, Stephen Holness et Jeanne Nel
03 May 2016
This paper provides an in-depth review of experiences and insights from mainstreaming biodiversity and development in South Africa. More specifically, it describes how biodiversity considerations have been mainstreamed in five key sectors/areas,...
Multiplication of Environmental Labelling and Information Schemes (ELIS)
Andrew Prag, Thomas Lyon et Aimée Russillo
25 Apr 2016
This report explores potential effects of the recent rapid growth in Environmental Labelling Information Schemes (ELIS) around the world, with a focus on the implications of ELIS multiplication for environmental effectiveness and international trade....
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...
Environmental Policy Design, Innovation And Efficiency Gains In Electricity Generation
Nick Johnstone, Shunsuke Managi, Miguel Cárdenas Rodríguez, Ivan Haščič, Hidemichi Fujii et Martin Souchier
14 Apr 2016
This paper explores the relationship between environmental regulation, innovation, and competitiveness, drawing upon a unique dataset on environmental regulations directed at combustion plants, a global dataset of power plants, and a global dataset...
Firm Surveys relating Environmental Policies, Environmental Performance and Innovation
Massimiliano Mazzanti, Davide Antonioli, Claudia Ghisetti et Francesco Nicolli
12 Apr 2016
This report provides a review of recent firm-level and plant-level surveys containing questions on environmental policies, innovation practices or performance which are relevant for environmental policy analysis and assessment. We specifically focus...
Long-Term Productivity Growth and the Environment
Alex Bowen
12 Apr 2016
The natural environment provides crucial inputs and services for economic development, but its role for productivity growth is insufficiently explored. Environmental scarcities can pose a drag on productivity growth and a risk for its sustainability....