OECD

'It is getting worse': As OECD lays bare stark state of plastic pollution crisis, calls for global treaty grow

Supply chain

'It is getting worse': As OECD lays bare stark state of plastic pollution crisis, calls for global treaty grow

Campaigners are stepping up calls for a global treaty to tackle plastic pollution, as evidence grows that voluntary measures are struggling to turn the tide of plastic waste

clock 22 February 2022 • 10 min read
'Utterly shameful': Richer nations delay meeting $100bn climate finance target until 2023

Politics

'Utterly shameful': Richer nations delay meeting $100bn climate finance target until 2023

Delivery plan unveiled by UK COP26 Presidency concedes key $100bn target will not be met this or next, sparking fierce criticism of richer nations on the eve of Glasgow Summit

clock 25 October 2021 • 8 min read
OECD nations agree to end export credit support for unabated coal power stations

Investment

OECD nations agree to end export credit support for unabated coal power stations

BREAKING: Ahead of COP26 US, EU, Japan, Canada, Australia, Turkey, and others join UK in ending export credit support for most polluting projects

clock 22 October 2021 • 2 min read

Policy

Mathias Cormann appointed as OECD chief, despite climate concerns

Former Australian Finance Minister reportedly handed top job at influential agency, prompting warnings from green group's over his previous opposition to ambitious climate action

clock 12 March 2021 • 3 min read

Carbon Trading

How best to solve a problem like carbon pricing?

A new OECD report weights up the pros and cons of a host of carbon pricing options, from cap and trade systems to flat fuel taxes

clock 22 June 2020 • 8 min read

Net Zero Now

OECD and UN institutions demand green economic recovery from Covid-19

Influential group of institutions urge governments to 'insert the DNA of a green economy into all recovery efforts'

clock 05 June 2020 • 3 min read

Investment

'We are losing time': OECD and World Bank call for 'radical' climate finance push

OECD, World Bank Group, and UN Environment sound clarion call for 'transformative' shift in investment towards low carbon, climate resilient infrastructure

clock 03 December 2018 • 5 min read

Supply chain

OECD: Global resource use set to double by 2060

Sobering new report suggests greenhouse gas emissions from materials are on track to almost double by 2060, almost certainly breaching Paris Agreement goals

clock 22 October 2018 • 5 min read

Taxation

OECD: Governments need to 'get serious' about climate action

Rich countries must scale up efforts to cut carbon emissions, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development tells world leaders in New York

clock 26 September 2018 • 4 min read

Energy

Are UK coal emissions on the rise? Experts lament 'unacceptable' carbon price gap

New analysis from Drax suggests rally in UK coal is underway, as OECD report warns global carbon prices remain far too low for combating climate change

clock 18 September 2018 • 5 min read