Global State of National Urban Policy 2024
<p>With global population increasingly concentrating in urban areas, cities are driving national economic growth, while also grappling with challenges such as inequalities, affordable housing shortages,
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Global warming, pollution and cognitive developments: the effects of high pollution and temperature levels on cognitive ability throughout the life course
Global warming and air pollution threaten human health, economic prosperity and human capital accumulation. The current review presents empirical findings on the effect of adverse environmental conditions
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The effect of climate policy on innovation and economic performance along the supply chain: a firm- and sector-level analysis
The paper empirically assesses the effect of climate policy stringency on innovation and economic performance, both directly on regulated sectors and indirectly through supply chain relationships. The
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Lessons learnt and good practice from APEC-economy fossil-fuel subsidy peer reviews
According to latest data from the OECD and the IEA, government support for the production and use of fossil fuels across 81 major economies totalled USD 351 billion in 2020, amounting to USD 183 billion
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Soil carbon sequestration by agriculture: policy options
Net soil carbon sequestration on agricultural lands could offset 4% of annual global human-induced GHG emissions over the rest of the century and make an important contribution to meeting the targets of
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Strengthening climate resilience in mountainous areas
Mountainous areas are at the forefront of climate change. This working paper presents approaches to strengthening the resilience of human and natural systems in mountainous areas against the impacts of
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Conducting economic valuation surveys during extreme events
There is no guidance on how to deal with the effects of catastrophic events, like the COVID-19 pandemic, on stated preference survey responses; despite the possible impact, such events can have on stated
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A global analysis of the cost-efficiency of forest carbon sequestration
The paper proposes a ranking of the countries where forest carbon sequestration is the most cost-efficient among 166 countries for which data are available. Taking into account the main cost factors leads
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Climate mitigation co-benefits from sustainable nutrient management in agriculture
Nitrogen management policies introduced in the past decades by some OECD countries have succeeded in reducing excess nitrogen use by farmers, but half of global mineral fertiliser use is still lost for
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Measuring transboundary impacts in the 2030 Agenda: Conceptual approach and operationalisation
This paper explores the conceptual framing and measurement of transboundary impacts in the context of the 2030 Agenda. It starts by defining transboundary impacts and reviewing different measurement approaches
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The annual climate action monitor: helping countries advance towards net zero
The Climate Action Monitor, part of the International Programme for Action of Climate (IPAC), provides a diagnostic policy framework for assessing country progress towards climate objectives. Its goal