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    Fort McMurray Fires: A reminder that we need to prepare for the impacts of climate change

    Fort McMurray Fires: A reminder that we need to prepare for the impacts of climate change

    Fort McMurray can be a wake up call—a touchstone that reminds us how critically important it is to invest in preparing for (and even preventing) the next event, and all those that will follow. Read More
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    State of Sustainability Initiatives Review: Standards and the Blue Economy

    State of Sustainability Initiatives Review: Standards and the Blue Economy

    This report examines market and performance trends of the nine most prevalent seafood certification schemes, including the Marine Stewardship Council, GLOBAL G.A.P. and Friend of the Sea. Read More
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    Reporting on the Sustainable Development Goals—Challenges for OECD Countries. Part 3: Means of Implementation

    Reporting on the Sustainable Development Goals—Challenges for OECD Countries. Part 3: Means of Implementation

    In part three of a blog series on the challenges that OECD countries face in reporting on their progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals, Mark Halle discusses financing the implementation of goals. Read More
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    Environmental Protection Boosts Productivity

    Environmental Protection Boosts Productivity

    "Adopting an actual price on carbon emissions and incorporating them into the market economy would affect decisions throughout the economy and help prevent harmful climate change." Read More
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    Why We Are Excited About Canada's 2016 Census

    Why We Are Excited About Canada's 2016 Census

    Charles Thrift explains why our Knowledge program shares Canadians' enthusiasm for the 2016 Census. Read More
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    sNAPshot: Philippines's Approach to Initiating Sector Integration of Adaptation Considerations

    sNAPshot: Philippines's Approach to Initiating Sector Integration of Adaptation Considerations

    This sNAPshot looks at how the Philippines initiated sectoral integration of climate change adaptation considerations, and how this compares with approaches that other countries are  Read More
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    DBTL Performance Evaluation: Insights from the world's largest subsidy benefit transfer scheme

    DBTL Performance Evaluation: Insights from the world's largest subsidy benefit transfer scheme

    This report evaluates the modified DBTL scheme, Direct Benefit Transfer for LPG, recognized as the world’s largest benefit transfer scheme. The evaluation reports on the the efficacy of the scheme against its stated objectives and its implementation process, as well as the experiences of key stakeholders with the scheme’s implementation and impact. Read More
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    Providing Clean Cooking Fuel in India: Challenges and solutions

    Providing Clean Cooking Fuel in India: Challenges and solutions

    This report explores the issues and challenges of clean cooking in urban India through a case study of the Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation in Uttar Pradesh. The report analyses results from a survey of 250 households in Ghaziabad district which yielded statistics and insights on clean cooking coverage and accessibility, energy usage and prices and how gender is an important determinant of cleaner cooking fuels. Read More
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    Reforming Kerosene Subsidies in India: Towards better alternatives

    Reforming Kerosene Subsidies in India: Towards better alternatives

    This study aims to address the key question of how to best rationalize the kerosene subsidy to improve the government effectiveness as well as provide the maximum benefit to the households spending on the fuel. The report finds that subsidizing kerosene essentially fails to meet the objective of providing affordable cooking and lighting service to households.   Read More
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    Reporting on the Sustainable Development Goals—Challenges for OECD Countries. Part 2: Universality

    Reporting on the Sustainable Development Goals—Challenges for OECD Countries. Part 2: Universality

    In the second in a series of blog postings on the challenges that OECD countries face in reporting on their progress towards the... Read More

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