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No. 141 | 13 Dec 2018 |
Evaluating the effectiveness of policy instruments for biodiversity
This report provides an overview of methodologies to evaluate the effectiveness of policy instruments for biodiversity, covering impact evaluation, cost-effectiveness analysis and other more commonly used approaches. It then provides an inventory of... |
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No. 140 | 03 Dec 2018 |
Clean power for a cool planet
Meeting the temperature goals of the Paris Agreement requires a transformational change in our infrastructure systems. Given the long lifetime of infrastructure, there is an urgency to build more of the right type of it. The failure to do so will... |
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No. 139 | 28 Nov 2018 |
Power struggle: Decarbonising the electricity sector
This report investigates the effects of select climate policies, non-climate policies, as well as political economy factors on the decarbonisation of electricity in OECD countries from 2000 to 2015. Effects are analysed on the three phases of... |
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No. 138 | 30 Nov 2018 |
OECD Progress Update on Approaches to Mobilising Institutional Investment for Sustainable Infrastructure
The large need for investments in sustainable infrastructure will require investments from the private sector, including institutional investors. This working paper contributes to scaling up investments by analysing public project-level interventions... |
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No. 137 | 21 Nov 2018 |
Impacts of Green Growth Policies on Labour Markets and Wage Income Distribution
This paper explores the consequences on the labour markets of structural changes induced by decarbonisation policies. These policies are likely going to have consequences on labour-income distribution given i) existing rigidities in the labour... |
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No. 136 | 22 Oct 2018 |
Assessing the economic valuation of the benefits of regulating chemicals
This paper reviews and compares five case studies on quantification and economic valuation of benefits in cost-benefit analyses (CBAs) of regulating phthalates, mercury, PFOA (perfluoro-octanic acid) and its salts, NMP (1 methyl-2-pyrroloidine) and... |
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No. 135 | 16 Oct 2018 |
Mapping support for primary and secondary metal production
Public support for metal extraction and processing has received little attention relative to that for the agriculture, energy, or fisheries sectors. That is perhaps surprising given the potentially environmental harmful character of metal extraction... |
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No. 134 | 06 Jun 2018 |
Economic valuation in formaldehyde regulation
This paper gives an overview of economic assessments of the benefits of the control of formaldehyde and reflects on developments in its risk management and regulation. Formaldehyde is used in the manufacture of resins, as a disinfectant and fixative... |
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No. 133 | 06 Jun 2018 |
Socio-economic assessment of phthalates
This paper gives an overview of economic assessments of the benefits of the control of exposure to phthalates, a group of chemicals with numerous uses, most importantly, as a plasticiser to make rigid plastics like PVC flexible. There is significant... |
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No. 132 | 06 Jun 2018 |
Economic assessments of the benefits of regulating mercury
This paper gives an overview of economic assessments of the benefits of the control of emissions of mercury compounds, discusses their completeness from a social cost point of view, and discusses the relative magnitudes of the values attached to... |
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No. 131 | 06 Jun 2018 |
Economic valuation in 1-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) regulation
This paper gives an overview of economic assessments of the benefits of the control of 1-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP), an organic solvent, used in a number of sectors. Health risks associated with the manufacture of NMP include the risk of stillbirth... |
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No. 130 | 18 Apr 2018 |
The Macroeconomics of the Circular Economy Transition
This paper reviews the existing literature on modelling the macroeconomic consequences of the transition to a circular economy. It provides insights into the current state of the art on modelling policies to improve resource efficiency and the... |
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No. 129 | 18 Apr 2018 |
State-Owned Enterprises and the Low-Carbon Transition
This paper explores the role of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in the low-carbon transition in OECD and G20 countries. It tracks GHG emissions and energy investments by SOEs and analyses the impact of SOEs on investments in renewable electricity. A... |
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No. 128 | 22 Mar 2018 |
Economic assessment and valuations of environmental and health impacts caused by Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and its salts
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) is being used in fluoropolymer production, as surface treatment agents and for the manufacture of side-chain fluorinated polymers. However, there is evidence that PFOA and its salts have a number of hazardous properties... |
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No. 127 | 01 Mar 2018 |
Leveraging the Smart Grid
This report reviews the literature on the impact of real-time information provision on consumer decision-making. In addition, it describes the results of a study in which about 7000 households in Ontario, Canada were provided with in-home displays... |
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No. 126 | 21 Nov 2017 |
Indicators on Terrestrial and Marine Protected Areas
This paper details a methodology for calculating the extent of terrestrial and marine protected areas recorded in the World Database on Protected Areas by country, type and IUCN management categories. The method allows the data on protected areas to... |
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No. 125 | 01 Sept 2017 |
Estimating Publicly-Mobilised Private Finance for Climate Action
This study estimates and analyses publicly-mobilised private finance for climate action in South Africa, between 2010 and 2015. The mobilisation effect of public climate finance on private finance is first estimated through an analysis and... |
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No. 124 | 19 Jul 2017 |
The Rising Cost of Ambient Air Pollution thus far in the 21st Century
This paper presents updated results for the cost of ambient air pollution in 41 countries: the 6 major emerging economies known as the BRIICS – Brazil, Russia, India, Indonesia, China and South Africa – and the 35 member-countries of the OECD. It... |
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No. 123 | 31 May 2017 |
The empirics of enabling investment and innovation in renewable energy
This working paper undertakes econometric analysis to assess the impacts of climate mitigation policies and the quality of the investment environment on investment and innovation in renewable power in OECD and G20 countries. It also assesses how... |
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No. 122 | 04 May 2017 |
Multi-objective local environmental simulator (MOLES 1.0)
This paper describes MOLES 1.0, an integrated land-use and transport model developed with Object-Oriented Programming principles in order to combine selected characteristics from Spatial Computable General Equilibrium and microsimulation models. |
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Evaluating the effectiveness of policy instruments for biodiversity
Katia Karousakis
13 Dec 2018
This report provides an overview of methodologies to evaluate the effectiveness of policy instruments for biodiversity, covering impact evaluation, cost-effectiveness analysis and other more commonly used approaches. It then provides an inventory of...
Clean power for a cool planet
Mariana Mirabile and Jennifer Calder
03 Dec 2018
Meeting the temperature goals of the Paris Agreement requires a transformational change in our infrastructure systems. Given the long lifetime of infrastructure, there is an urgency to build more of the right type of it. The failure to do so will...
Power struggle: Decarbonising the electricity sector
Dirk Röttgers and Brilé Anderson
28 Nov 2018
This report investigates the effects of select climate policies, non-climate policies, as well as political economy factors on the decarbonisation of electricity in OECD countries from 2000 to 2015. Effects are analysed on the three phases of...
OECD Progress Update on Approaches to Mobilising Institutional Investment for Sustainable Infrastructure
Dirk Röttgers, Aayush Tandon and Christopher Kaminker
30 Nov 2018
The large need for investments in sustainable infrastructure will require investments from the private sector, including institutional investors. This working paper contributes to scaling up investments by analysing public project-level interventions...
Impacts of Green Growth Policies on Labour Markets and Wage Income Distribution
Jean Chateau, Ruben Bibas and Elisa Lanzi
21 Nov 2018
This paper explores the consequences on the labour markets of structural changes induced by decarbonisation policies. These policies are likely going to have consequences on labour-income distribution given i) existing rigidities in the labour...
Assessing the economic valuation of the benefits of regulating chemicals
Ståle Navrud
22 Oct 2018
This paper reviews and compares five case studies on quantification and economic valuation of benefits in cost-benefit analyses (CBAs) of regulating phthalates, mercury, PFOA (perfluoro-octanic acid) and its salts, NMP (1 methyl-2-pyrroloidine) and...
Mapping support for primary and secondary metal production
Andrew McCarthy and Peter Börkey
16 Oct 2018
Public support for metal extraction and processing has received little attention relative to that for the agriculture, energy, or fisheries sectors. That is perhaps surprising given the potentially environmental harmful character of metal extraction...
Economic valuation in formaldehyde regulation
Alistair Hunt and Nick Dale
06 Jun 2018
This paper gives an overview of economic assessments of the benefits of the control of formaldehyde and reflects on developments in its risk management and regulation. Formaldehyde is used in the manufacture of resins, as a disinfectant and fixative...
Socio-economic assessment of phthalates
Mike Holland
06 Jun 2018
This paper gives an overview of economic assessments of the benefits of the control of exposure to phthalates, a group of chemicals with numerous uses, most importantly, as a plasticiser to make rigid plastics like PVC flexible. There is significant...
Economic assessments of the benefits of regulating mercury
Richard Dubourg
06 Jun 2018
This paper gives an overview of economic assessments of the benefits of the control of emissions of mercury compounds, discusses their completeness from a social cost point of view, and discusses the relative magnitudes of the values attached to...
Economic valuation in 1-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) regulation
Alistair Hunt and Nick Dale
06 Jun 2018
This paper gives an overview of economic assessments of the benefits of the control of 1-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP), an organic solvent, used in a number of sectors. Health risks associated with the manufacture of NMP include the risk of stillbirth...
The Macroeconomics of the Circular Economy Transition
Andrew McCarthy, Rob Dellink and Ruben Bibas
18 Apr 2018
This paper reviews the existing literature on modelling the macroeconomic consequences of the transition to a circular economy. It provides insights into the current state of the art on modelling policies to improve resource efficiency and the...
State-Owned Enterprises and the Low-Carbon Transition
Andrew Prag, Dirk Röttgers and Ivo Scherrer
18 Apr 2018
This paper explores the role of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in the low-carbon transition in OECD and G20 countries. It tracks GHG emissions and energy investments by SOEs and analyses the impact of SOEs on investments in renewable electricity. A...
Economic assessment and valuations of environmental and health impacts caused by Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and its salts
Silke Gabbert
22 Mar 2018
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) is being used in fluoropolymer production, as surface treatment agents and for the manufacture of side-chain fluorinated polymers. However, there is evidence that PFOA and its salts have a number of hazardous properties...
Leveraging the Smart Grid
Nicholas Rivers
01 Mar 2018
This report reviews the literature on the impact of real-time information provision on consumer decision-making. In addition, it describes the results of a study in which about 7000 households in Ontario, Canada were provided with in-home displays...
Indicators on Terrestrial and Marine Protected Areas
Alexander Mackie, Sarah Sentier, Ivan Haščič and Myriam Linster
21 Nov 2017
This paper details a methodology for calculating the extent of terrestrial and marine protected areas recorded in the World Database on Protected Areas by country, type and IUCN management categories. The method allows the data on protected areas to...
Estimating Publicly-Mobilised Private Finance for Climate Action
Lauren McNicoll, Raphaël Jachnik, Gaylor Montmasson-Clair and Shakespear Mudombi
01 Sept 2017
This study estimates and analyses publicly-mobilised private finance for climate action in South Africa, between 2010 and 2015. The mobilisation effect of public climate finance on private finance is first estimated through an analysis and...
The Rising Cost of Ambient Air Pollution thus far in the 21st Century
Rana Roy and Nils Axel Braathen
19 Jul 2017
This paper presents updated results for the cost of ambient air pollution in 41 countries: the 6 major emerging economies known as the BRIICS – Brazil, Russia, India, Indonesia, China and South Africa – and the 35 member-countries of the OECD. It...
The empirics of enabling investment and innovation in renewable energy
Geraldine Ang, Dirk Röttgers and Pralhad Burli
31 May 2017
This working paper undertakes econometric analysis to assess the impacts of climate mitigation policies and the quality of the investment environment on investment and innovation in renewable power in OECD and G20 countries. It also assesses how...
Multi-objective local environmental simulator (MOLES 1.0)
Ioannis Tikoudis and Walid Oueslati
04 May 2017
This paper describes MOLES 1.0, an integrated land-use and transport model developed with Object-Oriented Programming principles in order to combine selected characteristics from Spatial Computable General Equilibrium and microsimulation models.