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Rediscover our top 5 blogs of 2023
Find out what our readers enjoyed the most in 2023. Our top 5 blogs discuss a range of issues from financing water to the evolution of climate policies, the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme, the affect of climate change on careers, and building resilience to droughts.
1. Financing Water: beyond traditional economic thinking, it’s time for global action
By Aude Farnault and Xavier Leflaive, OECD Environment Directorate
Our top blog of the year turns it attention to the critical importance of water in the global development agenda and the essential role of finance in translating political ambitions into action on the ground. The authors argue that the narrative on water is changing, which positions it as part of the solution to multiple crises.
Read it here.
2. How have governments’ climate policies evolved in the last decade?
By Daniel Nachtigall, OECD Environment Directorate
Our second entry critically addresses the growing number of strengthened Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and carbon neutrality pledges by countries in the face of the increasing urgency of the climate crisis. The author takes a look at the different paces of climate action as well as policy mixes in light of the OECD’s Climate Actions and Policies Measurement Framework (CAPMF).
Read it here.
3. What are the economic and environmental effects of the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme?
By Daniel Nachtigall, OECD Environment Directorate, and Antoine Dechezleprêtre, OECD Directorate for Science Technology and Innovation
The next piece analyses the role the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) plays in achieving its ambitious climate mitigation target of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by at least 55% below 1990 levels by 2030. The author shows that initial concerns about potential negative economic effects for the European industry did not materialise.
Read it here.
4. How the need to mitigate climate change will affect careers and what to do about it
By Elisa Lanzi (OECD Environment Directorate), Francesca Borgonovi (OECD Centre for Skills) and Helke Seitz (OECD Centre for Skills)
The effects of the green transition on the labour markets are at the heart of our fourth entry. The authors discuss career perspectives amid the EU’s Fit for 55 package, the changing demand for skills, and the necessary investment in education and training for a just transition that leaves no one behind.
Read it here.
5. Rising up to build resilience to droughts in a changing climate
By Catherine Gamper, Sophie Lavaud and Agnes Szuda, OECD Environment Directorate
With 2023 being the hottest year on record, it’s also worth checking out our piece shining a light on the resilience to desertification and droughts. The authors expose the cascading effects of droughts to biodiversity and exacerbated climate-related risks such as wildfires before taking a look at solutions and pathways to build resilience to droughts.
Read it here.
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