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This Environment Policy Paper, Making the Slovak Republic a More Resource Efficient Economy, identifies a number of options for improving resource efficiency in the Slovak Republic.

Starting from the 2011 OECD Environmental Performance Review of the Slovak Republic, it builds on lessons from OECD work on sustainable materials management, resource productivity and green growth, developments in the European Union concerning the circular economy, and the outcomes of the 2016 high-level international Conference on “Transition to the Green Economy” organised under the Slovak EU Presidency.

The aim of the paper is to contribute to a policy debate on the actions and decisions that are needed for a transition towards a green economy in the Slovak Republic.

This Regional Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for Europe and Central Asia represents the state of knowledge about the Europe and Central Asia region and subregions.

This report, Recycling Rates of Metals, provides an overview on the current knowledge of recycling rates for sixty metals.

This issue, The Circular Economy: Moving from theory to practice, is a special collection of articles about the transition taking place as companies use circular-economy concepts to capture more value from resources and to provide customers with better experiences.

The State and Trends of Carbon Pricing 2018 report and series reflects on the growing momentum for carbon pricing worldwide. It targets the wide audience of public and private stakeholders engaged in carbon pricing design and implementation.