OECD

Vedanta condemns UK agency's findings

Vedanta Aluminium Limited (VAL) has condemned the findings of the UK National Contact Point, a UK-based government agency, which accused London-based Vedanta Resources, the parent company of VAL of overlooking the interests of the local communities in Orissa.

Publication Date:

14/10/2009

Source: Business Standard (New Delhi)

Tags:

Mining, Aluminium Industry, Bauxite, Health Effects, OECD, United Kingdom (UK), Orissa (Odisha), Vedanta Aluminium, Dongria Kondh

Climate Change

Financing climate change mitigation: towards a framework for measurement, reporting and verification

This paper highlights existing knowledge and information about a range of different types of mitigation support and outlines a structure for a future framework for MRV to provide greater accountability and transparency. Mitigation specific financial flows (i.e.

Publication Date:

01/10/2009

Author(s): Jan Corfee-Morlot, Bruno Guay, Kate M. Larsen

Source: OECD

Tags:

UNFCCC, Climate Change, Climate Mitigation, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Finance, OECD, Developing Countries

Climate Change

Cost-effective actions to tackle climate change

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) published a policy brief summarizing OECD analyses showing that the cost of action to mitigate climate change would be minimized if a cost-effective set of policy instruments, with a focus on carbon pricing, were applied as broadly as possible across all emission sources, including all countries, sectors, and greenhouse gases.

Publication Date:

01/08/2009

Source: OECD

Tags:

Carbon Tax, Climate Change, Green House Gases, Climate Economics, Emission Targets, Energy, OECD

Climate Change

Changing course on climate (Editorial)

The official position that has been articulated on behalf of India at various international fora is built around the following four propositions:

On a per capita basis, emissions from India that harm world climate

Publication Date:

03/07/2009

Source: Indian Express (New Delhi)

Tags:

Climate Change, Consumption Patterns, Energy, OECD, China, India

Climate Change

The green growth race

Environmentally-friendly investments form part of many recently launched recovery programmes. With the right policies, they could achieve growth and a cleaner planet as well.

Publication Date:

01/06/2009

Source: OECD Observer

Vol:

0

Issue:

273

pp:

0

Tags:

Environment Economics, Climate Change, Energy Policy, Renewable Energy, Wind Energy, Transport, Green Buildings, Economic Development, OECD, United States Of America (US), Climate Mitigation

Food Policy

Food insecurity on the rise

Gargi Parsai

NEW DELHI: To address concerns over the expected increase in the level of global food security owing to the financial and economic crisis that has hit the world, senior experts from the Food and Agriculture Organisation and the 30-nation Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) will meet on Tuesday to map out long-term investment and financing strategies.

Publication Date:

05/05/2009

Source: Hindu (New Delhi)

Tags:

Agriculture, Food Policy, Food Prices, FAO, OECD, Food Security

Economy

Trade structure and the transmission of economic distress in the high-income OECD countries to developing Asia

This paper examines the structure and direction of developing Asia

Publication Date:

01/05/2009

Author(s): William E. James, & et al, K..-M. Lau & et al, Peter J. Minor

Source: Asian Development Bank

Tags:

Agriculture, Trade, Economy, Exports, Services, Industry, OECD, Asia, India

Water Supply

India gets biggest share of aid for water and hygiene

Despite New Delhi's self-reliant public stance, India receives almost twice as much development assistance for water and sanitation as any other country, according to data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Publication Date:

07/04/2009

Source: Financial Times (London)

Tags:

Development, Water Supply, Sanitation, OECD, India

Economy