This report, Biodiversity Loss is A Development Issue: A rapid review of evidence, unpicks misunderstandings and sets out the evidence that biodiversity loss is much more than an environmental problem – it is an urgent development challenge. The biodiversity crisis is a development crisis and demands an engaged response from the development community.
This report discusses the implications of the low-carbon transition for workers and the relevant lessons-learnt in previous industrial restructuring experiences.
The Global Resources Outlook analyses the demographic and socioeconomic forces driving the extraction and use of natural resources globally and reports on how these drivers and pressures have determined our current state. It assesses the environmental and well-being impacts, and considers the distribution and intensity of the environmental and human health impacts resulting from the changing state of our environment. Finally, it recommends a set of appropriate policy responses.
While the Group of 20 (G20) governments continue to subsidize and support the production and consumption of fossil-fuel-based electricity, some G20 governments have made progress in shifting at least some support away from fossil fuels and increasing taxation of fossil fuels. This working paper brings together examples illustrating how reforms can be enabled and implemented to align the flows of public money with the Paris Agreement and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
This report provides a comprehensive view of practices and developments in the governance, implementation and performance of budgeting across OECD countries. It looks at recent practices such as the application of medium-term frameworks and the use of data and analytics to highlight the impacts of policies on concerns such as gender equality and the environment.