Environment Focus
An environmental lens on policies for better lives
Month: February 2020
Environmental education: Knowledge is power!
By Alexa Piccolo, Special Advisor, OECD Environment Directorate “Climate change is not a lie, we won’t let our planet die!” Building on the momentum of global school strikes organised in the spring of 2019, about four million students took to the streets around the… Continue Reading “Environmental education: Knowledge is power!”
Carbon tax, emissions reduction and employment: Some evidence from France
By Damien Dussaux, PhD, Environmental Economist, OECD Environment Directorate In September 2019 the French Parliament adopted a law on energy and climate which enshrines into French law the objective of carbon neutrality by 2050, in line with the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement. Carbon neutrality… Continue Reading “Carbon tax, emissions reduction and employment: Some evidence from France”
Taxe carbone : quel impact environnemental et économique dans le secteur manufacturier français ?
Damien Dussaux, PhD, économiste de l’environnement, Direction de l’environnement à l’OCDE En septembre 2019, le Parlement français a adopté la loi climat-énergie qui fixe l’objectif d’atteindre la neutralité carbone d’ici 2050, conformément à l’accord de Paris sur le climat de 2015. La neutralité carbone implique… Continue Reading “Taxe carbone : quel impact environnemental et économique dans le secteur manufacturier français ?”
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