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No. 223 | 28 Sept 2023 |
Climate change mitigation scenarios for financial sector target setting and alignment assessment
Climate change mitigation scenarios are a key forward-looking input for a range of financial sector analyses and assessments. The inaccurate use of mitigation scenarios can, however, contribute to unintended incentives, environmental integrity... |
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No. 222 | 28 Sept 2023 |
Paris-consistent climate change mitigation scenarios
Since the adoption of the Paris Agreement, governments and economic actors have increasingly been setting greenhouse gas emissions reduction or net zero targets. Amidst risks of delayed action and greenwashing, there is need to understand whether... |
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No. 221 | 24 Jul 2023 |
Exploring new metrics to measure environmental innovation
Several efforts have been made to track progress on environmental innovations using very different approaches. However, many lack coverage, granularity, timeliness and may involve high data collection costs, especially when conducted on a large... |
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No. 220 | 29 Jun 2023 |
The role of carbon pricing in transforming pathways to reach net zero emissions
This paper investigates the potential role and contribution of carbon pricing in transforming emission pathways towards net zero GHG emissions. It reviews carbon pricing’s impacts, overall and in the electricity sector in selected jurisdictions to... |
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No. 219 | 05 Jun 2023 |
Valuing the avoidance of IQ losses in children
Exposure to chemicals has been shown to reduce IQ in children. In turn, a person’s IQ is likely to affect their educational achievements, which may then affect lifetime earnings, more generally, a person’s quality of life. At the same time,... |
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No. 218 | 05 Jun 2023 |
Valuing a reduction in the risk and severity of asthma
Asthma is a non-communicable and non-curable lung disease that is associated with an array of environmental contaminants and chemicals. Many of these hazards are subject to regulation, or may be considered for regulation, in order to reduce exposures... |
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No. 217 | 05 Jun 2023 |
Valuing a reduction in the risk of very low birth weight
There is ample evidence that exposure to various chemicals can increase the probability of children to be born with low or very low birth weight. Infants born with very low birth weight have a higher risk of suffering from neurosensory problems,... |
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No. 216 | 05 Jun 2023 |
Valuing a reduction in the risk of chronic kidney disease
Compromised kidney function is associated with an array of environmental contaminants and chemicals, including heavy metals, certain organic solvents, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), as well as food and waterborne pathogens. Many of... |
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No. 215 | 05 Jun 2023 |
Valuing a reduction in the risk of infertility
While fertility decline is a global phenomenon that has many causes, part of it can be explained by exposure to substances linked to reproductive toxicity that are produced and lead to human exposure through the environment and products. Authorities... |
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No. 214 | 02 Jun 2023 |
Public finance resilience in the transition towards carbon neutrality
This paper presents a detailed economic modelling analysis of public finance in the transition towards carbon neutrality. It outlines results from a Net-Zero Emission Ambition scenario, which reflects the ambition to achieve net-zero carbon dioxide... |
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No. 213 | 17 May 2023 |
Distributed renewable energy in Colombia
Colombia has prioritised the use of renewable energy to expand and improve electricity services for its population in zones non-interconnected to the national grid. Recent policies and regulations have supported this ambition with successive measures... |
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No. 212 | 20 Mar 2023 |
The economic consequences of air pollution policies in Arctic Council countries
This report quantifies the environmental, health and economic consequences of policy action on air pollution in Arctic Council countries, with a focus on sectoral differences. The report takes a modelling approach and compares a baseline scenario... |
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No. 211 | 03 Mar 2023 |
Distributional effects of urban transport policies to discourage car use
This report takes stock of scientific findings to date regarding the distributional effects of policies discouraging car use in urban areas. These policies include cordon tolls, distance-based charges, fuel taxes, parking measures and public... |
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No. 210 | 02 Mar 2023 |
Monitoring trade in plastic waste and scrap
Global trade in plastic waste and scrap declined further (2017-2021) in 2021 and preliminary data indicates a continuing trend in the first half of 2022 (January to May). The combined trade surplus of OECD Member Countries (i.e., the difference... |
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No. 209 | 22 Feb 2023 |
The economic benefits of early green innovation
The economic consequences for firms investing in green innovation, and therefore their incentives to innovate, are not well understood. This paper empirically assesses the economic returns on innovation in cleaner vehicles. The analysis uses data on... |
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No. 208 | 19 Dec 2022 |
Deposit-refund systems and the interplay with additional mandatory extended producer responsibility policies
Despite decades of experience with Deposit Refund Systems (DRS) in some countries and sub-national markets, there are only a few instances where DRS is complemented by additional mandatory extended producer responsibility (EPR) policy instruments... |
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No. 207 | 28 Nov 2022 |
The role of development co-operation in tackling plastic pollution
Plastics leakage has become a pressing issue for many developing countries. While a number of development co-operation initiatives with a focus on tackling plastic pollution have recently emerged, there is currently no comprehensive assessment of the... |
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No. 206 | 22 Nov 2022 |
Identifying and assessing subsidies and other incentives harmful to biodiversity
Despite calls for the reform of incentives, including subsidies, harmful to biodiversity, including under the Convention on Biological Diversity and its 2011-2020 Aichi Targets, very few countries to date have undertaken what is considered the first... |
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No. 205 | 09 Nov 2022 |
Green hydrogen opportunities for emerging and developing economies
Hydrogen is a cross-cutting energy vector that can help to decarbonise various end-use sectors. At least two-thirds of the global hydrogen production is projected to be green hydrogen by 2050, supporting the transition to a net-zero emissions global... |
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No. 204 | 04 Nov 2022 |
Provision of urban environmental amenities
Environmental amenities provide a range of direct and indirect benefits in cities, and amenity provision often figures within policy portfolios to advance sustainability in urban areas. As environmental pressures and urban populations increase, it... |
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Climate change mitigation scenarios for financial sector target setting and alignment assessment
Jolien Noels, Coline Pouille, Raphaël Jachnik and Marcia Rocha
28 Sept 2023
Climate change mitigation scenarios are a key forward-looking input for a range of financial sector analyses and assessments. The inaccurate use of mitigation scenarios can, however, contribute to unintended incentives, environmental integrity...
Paris-consistent climate change mitigation scenarios
Coline Pouille, Marcia Rocha, Jolien Noels and Raphaël Jachnik
28 Sept 2023
Since the adoption of the Paris Agreement, governments and economic actors have increasingly been setting greenhouse gas emissions reduction or net zero targets. Amidst risks of delayed action and greenwashing, there is need to understand whether...
Exploring new metrics to measure environmental innovation
Damien Dussaux, Alberto Agnelli and Nordine Es-Sadki
24 Jul 2023
Several efforts have been made to track progress on environmental innovations using very different approaches. However, many lack coverage, granularity, timeliness and may involve high data collection costs, especially when conducted on a large...
The role of carbon pricing in transforming pathways to reach net zero emissions
Sofie Errendal, Jane Ellis and Sirini Jeudy-Hugo
29 Jun 2023
This paper investigates the potential role and contribution of carbon pricing in transforming emission pathways towards net zero GHG emissions. It reviews carbon pricing’s impacts, overall and in the electricity sector in selected jurisdictions to...
Valuing the avoidance of IQ losses in children
Susana Mourato, Giles Atkinson, Damien Dussaux, Chiara Sotis, Stavros Georgiou and Davide Contu
05 Jun 2023
Exposure to chemicals has been shown to reduce IQ in children. In turn, a person’s IQ is likely to affect their educational achievements, which may then affect lifetime earnings, more generally, a person’s quality of life. At the same time,...
Valuing a reduction in the risk and severity of asthma
Gildas Appéré, Damien Dussaux, Alan Krupnick and Muriel Travers
05 Jun 2023
Asthma is a non-communicable and non-curable lung disease that is associated with an array of environmental contaminants and chemicals. Many of these hazards are subject to regulation, or may be considered for regulation, in order to reduce exposures...
Valuing a reduction in the risk of very low birth weight
Milan Ščasný, Iva Zvěřinová and Damien Dussaux
05 Jun 2023
There is ample evidence that exposure to various chemicals can increase the probability of children to be born with low or very low birth weight. Infants born with very low birth weight have a higher risk of suffering from neurosensory problems,...
Valuing a reduction in the risk of chronic kidney disease
Chris Dockins, Damien Dussaux, Charles Griffiths, Sandra Hoffmann and Nathalie Simon
05 Jun 2023
Compromised kidney function is associated with an array of environmental contaminants and chemicals, including heavy metals, certain organic solvents, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), as well as food and waterborne pathogens. Many of...
Valuing a reduction in the risk of infertility
Damien Dussaux, Andrea Leiter, Väinö Nurmi and Christoph Rheinberger
05 Jun 2023
While fertility decline is a global phenomenon that has many causes, part of it can be explained by exposure to substances linked to reproductive toxicity that are produced and lead to human exposure through the environment and products. Authorities...
Public finance resilience in the transition towards carbon neutrality
Jean Fouré, Rob Dellink, Elisa Lanzi and Filippo Pavanello
02 Jun 2023
This paper presents a detailed economic modelling analysis of public finance in the transition towards carbon neutrality. It outlines results from a Net-Zero Emission Ambition scenario, which reflects the ambition to achieve net-zero carbon dioxide...
Distributed renewable energy in Colombia
Lylah Davies and Deger Saygin
17 May 2023
Colombia has prioritised the use of renewable energy to expand and improve electricity services for its population in zones non-interconnected to the national grid. Recent policies and regulations have supported this ambition with successive measures...
The economic consequences of air pollution policies in Arctic Council countries
Daniel Ostalé Valriberas, Elisa Lanzi, Zbigniew Klimont and Rita Van Dingenen
20 Mar 2023
This report quantifies the environmental, health and economic consequences of policy action on air pollution in Arctic Council countries, with a focus on sectoral differences. The report takes a modelling approach and compares a baseline scenario...
Distributional effects of urban transport policies to discourage car use
Robin Lindsey, Ioannis Tikoudis and Katherine Hassett
03 Mar 2023
This report takes stock of scientific findings to date regarding the distributional effects of policies discouraging car use in urban areas. These policies include cordon tolls, distance-based charges, fuel taxes, parking measures and public...
Monitoring trade in plastic waste and scrap
Andrew Brown, Frithjof Laubinger and Peter Börkey
02 Mar 2023
Global trade in plastic waste and scrap declined further (2017-2021) in 2021 and preliminary data indicates a continuing trend in the first half of 2022 (January to May). The combined trade surplus of OECD Member Countries (i.e., the difference...
The economic benefits of early green innovation
Alberto Agnelli, Hélia Costa and Damien Dussaux
22 Feb 2023
The economic consequences for firms investing in green innovation, and therefore their incentives to innovate, are not well understood. This paper empirically assesses the economic returns on innovation in cleaner vehicles. The analysis uses data on...
Deposit-refund systems and the interplay with additional mandatory extended producer responsibility policies
Frithjof Laubinger, Andrew Brown, Maarten Dubois and Peter Börkey
19 Dec 2022
Despite decades of experience with Deposit Refund Systems (DRS) in some countries and sub-national markets, there are only a few instances where DRS is complemented by additional mandatory extended producer responsibility (EPR) policy instruments...
The role of development co-operation in tackling plastic pollution
Alberto Agnelli and Piera Tortora
28 Nov 2022
Plastics leakage has become a pressing issue for many developing countries. While a number of development co-operation initiatives with a focus on tackling plastic pollution have recently emerged, there is currently no comprehensive assessment of the...
Identifying and assessing subsidies and other incentives harmful to biodiversity
Alan Matthews and Katia Karousakis
22 Nov 2022
Despite calls for the reform of incentives, including subsidies, harmful to biodiversity, including under the Convention on Biological Diversity and its 2011-2020 Aichi Targets, very few countries to date have undertaken what is considered the first...
Green hydrogen opportunities for emerging and developing economies
Joseph Cordonnier and Deger Saygin
09 Nov 2022
Hydrogen is a cross-cutting energy vector that can help to decarbonise various end-use sectors. At least two-thirds of the global hydrogen production is projected to be green hydrogen by 2050, supporting the transition to a net-zero emissions global...
Provision of urban environmental amenities
Katherine Farrow, Ioannis Tikoudis, Grace Alexander, Apolline Saliou, Lea Stapper and Walid Oueslati
04 Nov 2022
Environmental amenities provide a range of direct and indirect benefits in cities, and amenity provision often figures within policy portfolios to advance sustainability in urban areas. As environmental pressures and urban populations increase, it...