Tag: OECD

OECD: Renewable Energy Expansion Must Avoid New Ecological Trade-Offs

Overall, links between climate change and biodiversity are relatively well covered in national strategies, but the relationships involving pollution — including how climate and biodiversity pressures heighten pollution risks — are often missing. Policies designed to explicitly manage trade-offs, especially around pollution, remain limited.

Are Women The Globe’s Green Giants?

A growing body of research shows a split down gender lines when we make environmental choices. Men may be from...

Israel Cleantech Intelligence: Google Power and 7 More Headlines

The benefits of algae, GreenRoad's new competitor, agricultural production forecasts and more headlines related to Israeli cleantech and the...

Will OECD Conf. Compel Israel To Solve Dead Sea Problem?

Before calling its tourism industry sustainable, Israel should first solve its Dead Sea problem. When Israel was invited to join...

Polluters Face New OECD Rules

The OECD rules will ensure that polluters absorb the costs of pollution, so that consumers will be encouraged to purchase products that are cheaper and cleaner. Also, companies that have poor environmental standards will no longer receive incentives or subsidies.