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Flooding in 2025 in Balagtas Bulacan, Philippines

Confronting Climate Change in the Philippines:  Building Resilience while Cutting Emissions

Climate change is not a distant threat for the Philippines. Preparing for a warmer and more volatile future will require building on past progress in investing into climate change adaptation, combined with carbon pricing and cleaner power generation.
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Positive effects of forests can offset greenhouse gas emissions

The hidden carbon markets: how forests can balance emissions

How OECD Economic Surveys reveal the drivers of deforestation, and the policy tools to stop it
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New OECD long-run scenarios focus on the trade-off between carbon mitigation and climate damage

by Yvan Guillemette, OECD. Last week the OECD released the latest update of its long-term scenarios, which are designed to… Read More »New OECD long-run scenarios focus on the trade-off between carbon mitigation and climate damage

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How Sweden can strengthen climate resilience now

By HyunJeong Hwang Sweden is warming at nearly twice the global average pace. Coastal erosion, flooding, and extreme weather events… Read More »How Sweden can strengthen climate resilience now

Accelerating climate adaptation: A framework for resilient economies

By Mauro Pisu, Hélia Costa, Filippo Maria D’Arcangelo, Yannick Hemmerlé, Tobias Kruse and Luisa Lutz The physical risks posed by… Read More »Accelerating climate adaptation: A framework for resilient economies

The heat is on: Heat stress, productivity and adaptation among firms

By Hélia Costa, Guido Franco, Filiz Unsal, Sarath Mudigonda, Maria Paula Caldas. The pace of temperature increase has been steadily… Read More »The heat is on: Heat stress, productivity and adaptation among firms

A heated issue: The unequal impacts of climate change and climate change mitigation

by Jule Hodok. The direct impacts of climate change are unevenly distributed across countries, regions, and socioeconomic groups. Inaction will… Read More »A heated issue: The unequal impacts of climate change and climate change mitigation

Does carbon leakage through international trade reduce the effectiveness of carbon pricing policies?

By Jonas Teusch, Filippo Maria D’Arcangelo, Tobias Kruse, and Mauro Pisu Carbon leakage, whereby foreign emissions increase because of domestic… Read More »Does carbon leakage through international trade reduce the effectiveness of carbon pricing policies?

Making the grass greener: the role of firms’ financial and managerial capacity in paving the way to the green transition

By Hélia Costa, Lilas Demmou, Guido Franco, Stefan Lamp The ambitious targets set by many OECD countries to become carbon… Read More »Making the grass greener: the role of firms’ financial and managerial capacity in paving the way to the green transition

Charting a course for Australia’s future: navigating the seas of ageing, climate transition and gender equality

Alvaro Leandro and Ben Westmore, OECD Economics Department The Australian economy rebounded robustly in the wake of the pandemic. However,… Read More »Charting a course for Australia’s future: navigating the seas of ageing, climate transition and gender equality