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Category: Nature
Seeing the Unseen: The Value of Water
by Aude Farnault and Xavier Leflaive, Water Team, OECD Environment Directorate Although extreme heat, droughts, and floods have been recurrent in recent years, weather patterns this summer have reached unprecedented limits: the continuation of catastrophic drought in Western States in the United States and in… Continue Reading “Seeing the Unseen: The Value of Water“
Feux de forêt en Europe : Vont-ils devenir la norme ?
Ce blog a été initialement publié le 22 juillet 2022 sur la page Linkedin OECD Environment ainsi que sur notre blog Environment Focus. Les données ont été mises à jour pour refléter l’évolution de la situation. Catherine Desiree Gamper, Ágnes Szuda et Giulia Bonazzi, Direction de… Continue Reading “Feux de forêt en Europe : Vont-ils devenir la norme ? “
Wildfires in Europe: towards a “new normal”?
This blog was originally posted on 22 July 2022 on the OECD Environment Linkedin page. by Catherine Desiree Gamper, Ágnes Szuda and Giulia Bonazzi, OECD Environment Directorate Amidst record-breaking temperatures, wildfires have been raging across Europe. France’s Gironde region has already seen 19,000 hectares of forest destroyed and… Continue Reading “Wildfires in Europe: towards a “new normal”?”
Bigger Biodiversity Benefits for your Buck: How economic instruments can help safeguard nature
Katia Karousakis & Edward Perry, Programme Lead & Analyst, Biodiversity, Land Use and Ecosystems, OECD Environment Directorate This article was originally published on the Forum Network as a part of a series in which OECD experts and thought leaders — from around the world… Continue Reading “Bigger Biodiversity Benefits for your Buck: How economic instruments can help safeguard nature”
Dépenser mieux pour la biodiversité : comment les instruments économiques peuvent aider à préserver la nature
Katia Karousakis et Edward Perry, Chef de programme et analyste, Biodiversité, utilisation des terres et écosystèmes, Direction de l’environnement de l’OCDE Cet article a été initialement publié sur le Forum Network et s’inscrit dans une série de contributions d’experts de l’OCDE et d’influenceurs – du monde… Continue Reading “Dépenser mieux pour la biodiversité : comment les instruments économiques peuvent aider à préserver la nature”
2021: Adaptation comes to the fore
By Catherine Gamper and Nicolina Lamhauge, OECD Environment Directorate We entered 2021, full of hope that the approval of COVID-19 vaccines would bring some respite from the crisis brought about by the pandemic. With manufacturing delays, unequal access and delays in the roll-out of… Continue Reading “2021: Adaptation comes to the fore”
Harnessing nature to tackle the climate emergency
By Mikaela Rambali and Catherine Gamper, OECD Environment Directorate While the term “nature-based solutions” may have been coined relatively recently, communities worked with nature’s strengths to enhance societal resilience long before modern civilisation. For example, the Aztecs developed an agro‐hydrological system, known as the… Continue Reading “Harnessing nature to tackle the climate emergency”
Securing natural capital on land
By Kumi Kitamori and Shanda Moorghen, OECD Environment Directorate We have built our economies on the premise that land is a primary factor of production. Much of our natural capital, such as biodiversity and ecosystem services, is based on land and there is little… Continue Reading “Securing natural capital on land”
The case for sustainable ocean finance
By Andrew Prag and Shanda Moorghen, OECD Environment Directorate “All relevant studies show that enabling the required financial flows into sustainable coastal and offshore projects will turn the tide on the destruction of life in the ocean” – Peter Thomson, United Nations Secretary-General’s Special… Continue Reading “The case for sustainable ocean finance”
Time for Nature: Is a global public health crisis what it takes to protect the planet’s biodiversity?
By Edward Perry, Policy Analyst, OECD Environment Directorate Today is World Environment Day. As countries across the globe are still reeling from the human, social and economic cost of COVID-19, dedicating today to nature might seem ill-timed. Let me tell you – it’s not.… Continue Reading “Time for Nature: Is a global public health crisis what it takes to protect the planet’s biodiversity?”
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