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Tag: green transition
Charting climate action through data insights
By Daniel Nachtigall, OECD Environment Directorate As we turn the page on the hottest year on record, communities across the globe are facing the accelerating impacts from climate change. 2023 witnessed unprecedented extreme weather events, from heatwaves, to wildfires, floods, and hurricanes. From Cyclone… Continue Reading “Charting climate action through data insights”
Time to Walk the Talk – “Unlocking the Hydrogen Hype: Exploring the Gap Between Talk and Action”
By Moongyung Lee and Joseph Cordonnier, OECD Environment Directorate In the 19th century, when William Nicholson and Sir Anthony Carlisle discovered the electrolysis process to split water into hydrogen and oxygen, they could not have foreseen the potential to develop a “hydrogen economy” in… Continue Reading “Time to Walk the Talk – “Unlocking the Hydrogen Hype: Exploring the Gap Between Talk and Action””
Closing the credibility gap: Aligning corporate near-term actions with long-term net-zero targets
by Kern Fastrup, OECD Environment Directorate Record-breaking temperatures and frequent climate disasters have become a new unsettling reality, causing billion-dollar losses and reversing global development. In response, corporates are stepping up action on climate change. Although still not ubiquitous, net-zero commitments are rapidly becoming… Continue Reading “Closing the credibility gap: Aligning corporate near-term actions with long-term net-zero targets”
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) Students around the world who have recently finished their secondary education are about to face a new phase of their lives. Those planning to continue… Continue Reading “How the need to mitigate climate change will affect careers and what to do about it”
Norway’s environmental performance: “Are we as green as we think we are?”
by Julia Wanjiru Nikiema, OECD Environment Directorate “We, Norwegians, are we really as green as we think we are? Do we live up to the national and international environmental commitments we made?” some Norwegian stakeholders wondered. This has been the starting point of the… Continue Reading “Norway’s environmental performance: “Are we as green as we think we are?””
The green recovery: an opportunity to address inequalities?
By Enrico Botta, OECD Environment Directorate Over the past decade, inequalities in income and opportunities have increased. The income of the top 10% is over ten times larger than the bottom 10% while traditional opportunities for social mobility have withered. While official income inequality… Continue Reading “The green recovery: an opportunity to address inequalities?”
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