This policy brief explores how integrated ecosystem-based management in marine areas beyond national jurisdiction can be advanced at the regional level and how the BBNJ Agreement (“international legally binding instrument for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction") can build on experiences in other legally binding agreements to strengthen regional cooperation, coordination and coherence.
The EU Environmental Reporting Handbook evaluates company disclosure in line with the Non-Financial Reporting Directive
This report presents the objectives, methodology, procedures and main findings of the OECD project "Strengthening public finance capacity for green investments in the EECCA countries". Between 2016-19, the project aimed to help set the partner countries (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Moldova) on a sustainable path of development by reducing the energy and carbon intensity of their economies.
This report analyses the current legal framework and operational set-up for Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) in Kazakhstan and makes recommendations for strengthening and improving the current system further.
This publication shows that Kazakhstan’s environmental payments for industrial air pollutants, as currently applied, impede energy efficiency and pollution abatement with heavy-handed non-compliance responses and focus on rising revenues. They also add to the cost of doing businesses in the country, with limited environmental benefit. In the spirit of the Polluter-Pays Principle, much more regulatory reform on environmental payments are needed. This report provides guidelines for reform.