Costs of inaction on key environmental challenges.
Countries today face numerous environmental policy challenges, such as climate change, air and water pollution, natural-resource management, natural disasters and environment-related hazards. The costs of not responding to them can be considerable, in some cases representing a significant drag on OE...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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OECD,
[2008]
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| Online Access: | OECD |
| Summary: | Countries today face numerous environmental policy challenges, such as climate change, air and water pollution, natural-resource management, natural disasters and environment-related hazards. The costs of not responding to them can be considerable, in some cases representing a significant drag on OECD economies. Estimation of these costs can be an important part of identifying areas in which policy interventions are required, as well as of establishing priorities for future action. There is, however, considerable uncertainty associated with all stages of “costing” the impacts of environmental and resource degradation. Even when the costs of inaction are deemed important, identifying the areas where environmental policies need to be strengthened still requires careful comparison between the marginal costs of inaction versus action. This report provides introductory perspectives on the costs of inaction and discusses some of the future problems likely to be encountered in this very complex area. |
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| Item Description: | "The report was drafted by Nick Johnstone, Ivan Hascic, and Tom Jones"--Foreword. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (213 pages) : illustrations |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 1281922056 9781281922052 9264045848 9264045821 9789264045842 9789264045828 |
| DOI: | 10.1787/9789264045828-en |