Garments generate many environmental impacts. They use chemicals and water, produce greenhouse gas emissions and generate waste. The aim of this working paper is to evaluate the potential for the ...

With growing consumer interest in environmentally friendly products and an increasing number of goods and services with environmental claims, concerns about "greenwashing" – false or misleading ...

Achieving global climate goals requires addressing whole life carbon emissions of buildings, encompassing both operational and embodied carbon—the often-overlooked emissions generated before residents ...

Ministers have concluded this week’s 2025 Council Meeting at Ministerial Level (MCM). Under the Chairmanship of Costa Rica, with Australia, Canada and Lithuania as Vice-Chairs, Ministers and ...

Mental health status is not homogenous across populations but differs between males and females and by sexual orientation, ethnicity and indigeneity, migration status and socio-economic status, among ...

The OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC) conducts peer reviews of individual members once every five to six years. Reviews seek to improve the quality and effectiveness of members’ ...

The increasing interconnectedness of global economies has created new opportunities for trade and innovation, yet it has also become more challenging to protect intellectual property and enforce trade ...

This paper systematically reviews ex-post empirical studies assessing the effects of climate change mitigation policies on emissions. It synthesises evidence from 187 studies covering five broad ...

Join us for the launch of Fast-tracking Net Zero by Building Climate and Economic Resilience: A Summary for Policymakers, the concluding report of Phase II of the OECD Horizontal Project on Climate ...

The OECD Economic Outlook presents the OECD’s analysis of the major short-term global economic trends and prospects. The Outlook provides projections across a range of variables for all member ...

Many people feel that their voices are not being heard, despite a myriad of opportunities for citizens to contribute to public debate and policy. Policymakers are increasingly faced with complex ...

Across the OECD and EU, persistent spatial disparities in economic, social and environmental outcomes are being amplified by megatrends, risks and shocks—climate change, technological change, ...