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Environment


OECD work on environment helps countries design and implement effective policies to address environmental problems and sustainably manage natural resources. It examines the linkages between the environment and economic, sectoral or social concerns in the various key topics below.

The Global Plastics Outlook: Policy Scenarios to 2060 presents a set of coherent projections on plastics to 2060, including plastics use, waste as well as the environmental impacts linked to plastics, especially leakage to the environment. Such an outlook on plastics can help policy makers understand the scale of the challenge to transition to a more sustainable and circular use of plastics and the need for additional policy action.

Environment at a Glance

Discover the OECD’s online platform for environmental indicators, which are crucial in tracking environmental performance and progress towards sustainable development.

The International Programme for Action on Climate (IPAC) supports countries’ efforts to achieve the objectives of the Paris Agreement, by evaluating national and international policies to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, providing policy advice and sharing best practices.

OECD work for a sustainable ocean

Working with both developed and developing countries, the OECD aims to ensure that all societies can harness the benefits of the ocean on a sustainable and inclusive basis.

Data for #ClimateAction

The OECD repository of international data and indicators on climate change provides essential information for effective climate policies. Navigate the data, explore emissions by country and by sector, and countries’ energy mix, and learn more about country policies including carbon pricing, fossil fuel subsidies and investment in renewable energy.

Green Talks Webinars

The OECD Green Talks Live webinar series brings world experts together on pressing environmental issues for a global audience:

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- These free webinars are open to the general public;

- Participants are welcome to pose questions during the Q&A segment.

Join the conversation

OECD Environment is also online via Linkedin.

Environment Focus Blog

Blog Environment Focus

The Environment Focus Blog aims to increase dialogue on a variety of environmental topics among policy makers, experts and the general public.

Blogs are authored by OECD policy experts and invited guests who write about their current field of research and aim to reach a wider global audience to generate discussion. 

See a full list of OECD blogs and articles related to the environment.


Newsletters

The OECD regularly publishes newsletters featuring the latest publications, analysis, events, Green Talks LIVE webinars, articles and blogs related to environment, chemical safety and biosafety and green growth and sustainable development. Sign up for our newsletters on:

» Environment;

» Chemical safety and biosafety;

» Green growth and sustainable development.

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Indicators

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Latest publications

Read our books

Our books related to environment address the following topics:

  • biodiversity, climate change, chemical safety and biosafety, environmental country reviews, data and indicators, emerging and transition economies, green finance and investment, green growth, resource productivity and waste and water.


» Consult our books on OECD iLibrary

Access our data

The OECD collects and analyses vast amounts of data every year to fuel its research. OECD.Stat includes data and metadata for OECD countries and selected non-member economies.

» Download it from our OECD.Stat statistical database

» Visualise our data with Compare your country