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DAC work on integrating environmental aspects into development co-operation – as called for by the Paris Declaration (paragraphs 40–41) – is conducted primarily by the Network on Environment and Development Co-operation (ENVIRONET - www.oecd.org/dac/environment).
ENVIRONET works to enhance the coherence of OECD country policies in the areas of environment and development co-operation. Read more...
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Poor men and women depend heavily on natural resources for their livelihoods and food security, but suffer from inadequate access and declining quality of these environmental assets.With the aim of ensuring that the 2008 High-level Event on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) gives adequate priority to the role of improved environmental management, the OECD has co-organized a policy dialogue on Environment, Climate Change and the MDGs: Reshaping the Development Agenda, on 23 September 2008 in New York.
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26-Jun-2008
At their Meeting in May 2008, the DAC High-Level Meeting endorsed a Statement of Progress on Integrating Climate Change Adaptation into Development Co-operation. The Statement aims to highlight the progress achieved by DAC donors in integrating climate change adaptation into their operations and outlines key challenges for the future. It will be brought to the attention of participants in the G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit in July 2008.
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26-Jun-2008
At their Meeting in May 2008, the DAC High-Level Meeting endorsed a Policy Statement on Strategic Environmental Assessment. The Statement highlights the progress achieved by donors and developing country partners in applying strategic environmental assessment approaches, as called for by "The Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness", and outlines key challenges for the future.
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25-Oct-2007
Factoring climate concerns into development projects is a pressing need for aid recipients and a sound strategy for international donors. This report surveys 26 bilateral and 10 multilateral donors to track trends and highlight innovative approaches used by them to incorporate climate risks into their activities. The report concludes that international donors have made significant progress in recognizing the importance of climate risks in their development co-operation policies. Translating such concerns into operational practices, however, remains a difficult challenge.
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11-Jul-2007
The OECD/DAC Network on Environment and Development Co-operation and the Poverty-Environment Partnership Network are tracking their members’ country-level activities related to environment and development. The main objectives of this survey are to provide an overview of “who is doing what and where”, and to facilitate collaboration between agencies. The Survey is updated regularly, and this version includes responses received by June 2007.
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Advocates of policy coherence stress the systematic promotion of opportunities to create synergies towards achieving particular objectives in different policy domains. For objectives concerning economic development and the environment, policy coherence would involve avoiding policies that serve to provide a short-term boost to growth, but at the cost of environmental damage that would be (predictably) regretted in the long term.
Reconciling Development and Environmental Goals: Measuring the Impact of Policies
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Statement of Progress on Integrating Climate Change Adaptation into Development Co-operation
