Businesses are on the frontlines of climate risks and central to building resilience.
New OECD analysis shows firms are adapting operations and developing solutions, but progress remains uneven. Public policies can help scale action and unlock growth.
Find out more ➡️ www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
Following the devastating 2017 wildfires, Portugal launched an Integrated Rural Fire Management System. Progress is clear, but fire risk remains high.
A 🆕 OECD paper unpacks what has changed and what still needs to improve.
➡️ www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
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Industry drives up to 40% of global energy-related CO₂ emissions.
What does it take to accelerate industrial transformation?
Join our #GreenTalks LIVE on 27 April, 10:00-11:00 CET to explore the OECD Framework for Industry’s net-zero transition.
🔗 meetoecd1.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Base Value of Statistical Life estimates vary significantly across country groupings. Population-weighted base estimates, USD2022 million.
The value of statistical life quantifies how much people are willing to pay to reduce their mortality risk.
Policymakers use these data to inform policies that affect our health.
On #WorldHealthDay, learn how these values vary by country🔗oe.cd/6bM
The OECD joined Brussels-based experts to discuss tackling the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss & pollution. Key themes included:
👉 Supporting a paradigm shift
👉 Socioeconomic policy impacts
👉 Leveraging the private sector
🔗 oe.cd/env-outlook
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Strong water regulation helps protect users, ensures sustainable service provision & creates the right conditions to mobilise investments for water.
Ahead of #WorldWaterDay, join our #GreenTalks LIVE webinar at 15:00 CET on 18 March to learn more.
➡️ oecd.org/en/events/20...
💧 How can smarter water regulation reduce inequalities, strengthen resilience and unlock investment?
Ahead of #WorldWaterDay, join our next OECD #GreenTalks LIVE webinar to find out.
🗓️ 18 March
🕒 15:00 – 16:00 CET
Sign up now ➡️ oecd.org/en/events/20...
How can policymakers improve environmental policy design?
A new OECD working paper demonstrates that taking reference-dependent preferences into account can better predict economic outcomes 🔗 oecd.org/en/publicati...
OECD launches the Global Call for Governing with #AI
Share your use cases, policy initiatives & practical tools to help governments adopt AI responsibly.
Open to governments at all levels, and any organisation supporting them.
Submit by 27 Feb: oecd.ai/wonk/call-ai...
#OECDAI
Effective policy responses must fundamentally address the interconnected nature of the triple planetary crisis: climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution.
A recent OECD report proposes six key levers to help governments realise this goal 🔗 oe.cd/env-outlook
Joint implementation of clean air and climate policies can provide economic gains
What are the benefits of joint action on #air quality & #climate change?
Integrated policies in #Korea are projected to reduce costs by over 50% compared to policies targeting each issue individually.
🔗 www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
Can Colombia turn its green ambition into lasting impact?
Our 🆕 blog highlights key findings and recommendations from the latest @OECD Environmental Performance Review of Colombia outlining how the country can translate ambitious #climate and #biodiversity targets into lasting policy outcomes.
www.oecd.org/en/blogs/202...
Chart: It is less effective to focus on downstream approaches - Percent decrease in plastic pollution
A lifecycle approach to targeting #plastic pollution is more effective than focusing efforts primarily on waste management.
Ahead of #INC5.3, revisit OECD work to #BeatPlasticPollution
➡️ oe.cd/plastics
🏭 Investment levels in industry transformation must triple by the end of the century to align with a net-zero pathway.
Read our recent blog on the OECD's leading role in the global debate on industry transformation.
➡️ www.oecd.org/en/blogs/202...
We are pleased to welcome Jaime de Bourbon de Parme as the new Director of the OECD Environment Directorate.
He will lead our work in helping countries design #environment policies to achieve their domestic objectives and international commitments.
🔗 www.oecd.org/en/about/dir...
🌍 New indicators in #OECD #Environment Paper use climate scenarios to assess how future exposure to climate hazards could evolve to 2100, showing rising extreme heat, subnational differences for extreme rainfall & drought, & widening inequalities.
🔗 doi.org/10.1787/b9ba...
As we enter the new year, how can we better empower citizens to drive the low-carbon transition?
Our recent blog shows that meaningful participation, clear communication & climate education are key to helping people engage in the transition.
➡️ www.oecd.org/content/oecd...
Webinar: 15 Jan 2026 on "From production to end-of-life: understanding fluoropolymers across the life cycle"
Fluoropolymers are a subset of #PFAS, which have many industrial, commercial & consumer applications.
Join our webinar on 15 Jan to find out more about their chemical identity and life cycle from production to use, degradation and end-of-life treatment.
www.oecd.org/en/events/20...
Our 2025 Wrapped is in!
Discover what OECD Environment content resonated with you the most this year.
Find our top publications, blogs, Green Talks and topics - and tell us what your favourite output was in 2025 in the comments! 👇
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OECD experts joined the UK's Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, @royalsociety.org and an esteemed panel in London this week to discuss how to operationalise the findings of our 🆕 Environmental Outlook.
🔗 bit.ly/envoutlook
By 2050, climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution are projected to worsen, and their negative effects are expected to exacerbate each other.
What can policymakers do? 🔗 www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
A decade on from the #ParisAgreement, how has it shaped global climate action? Would progress have been the same without it?
A new OECD report shares insights from a survey of 250+ experts in more than 60 countries.
Read more: oecd.org/en/publicati... | #OECDatCOP30
How can countries harness blended finance to scale investments in emerging markets and developing economies?
A new OECD working paper shows the latest evidence on guarantees & risk mitigation in renewable energy & efficiency projects.
oe.cd/guaranteespa...
#OECDatCOP30
Why bringing people on board is crucial for effective climate action
@oecd-ocde.bsky.social Ten years since the #ParisAgreement, #climate action is moving from planning to doing.
But progress towards #NetZero will depend on more than technology & investment: it hinges on trust, fairness & public engagement.
Find out more in a new blog:
www.oecd.org/content/oecd...
Emerging Markets and Developing Economies produce over 75% of the world’s steel and more than 85% of its cement.
Explore the latest findings from the OECD and IEA on supporting the decarbonisation of heavy industry in these economies.
➡️ oecd.org/en/topics/su...
#OECDatCOP30
🔴 LIVE NOW: OECD COP30 Virtual Pavilion High-level opening session
Join our panel of experts for a discussion on "Bridging barriers, building partnerships: Strengthening global co-operation for climate action".
➡️ oecd-events.org/cop30/conten...
#OECDatCOP30
How can the EU’s Eastern Partner Countries strengthen investment in water security?
Our 🆕 paper highlights key challenges, progress to date & policy actions to attract sustainable water investments.
Find out more ➡ oecd.org/en/publicati...
#DYK that only an estimated 22% of e-waste generated worldwide was properly collected and recycled?
On #EWasteDay, explore the latest OECD data on waste:
oecd.org/en/publicati...
♻️#DYK that #ExtendedProducerResponsibility schemes can help ensure that e-waste is properly reused, recycled and disposed of?
On #EWasteDay, discover @oecd-ocde.bsky.social work on the Extended Producer Responsibility approach 🔗 oe.cd/5JC
Mounting pressures on freshwater are degrading quality & availability, posing serious risks to economic resilience.
Our 🆕 report provides practical guidance, tools & frameworks to effectively integrate water-related risks into financial supervision.
➡️ oe.cd/fin-water-ri...
