OECD environmental outlook to 2050
Humanity has witnessed unprecedented growth and prosperity in the past decades, with the size of the world economy more than tripling and population increasing by over 3 billion people since 1970. This growth, however, has been accompanied by environmental pollution and natural resource depletion. T...
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2012.
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| Colección: | OECD environmental outlook,
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- Foreword; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Executive Summary; 1. Introduction; 2. What could the environment look like in 2050?; Table 0.1. Key environmental challenges: Trends and projections without new policies; Figure 0.1. GHG emissions by region: Baseline, 2010-2050; Figure 0.2. Effects of different pressures on terrestrial MSA: Baseline, 2010 to 2050; Figure 0.3. Global water demand: Baseline, 2000 and 2050; Figure 0.4. Global premature deaths from selected environmental risks: Baseline, 2010 to 2050
- Figure 0.5. 450 Core scenario: Global emissions and cost of mitigation3. What policies can change this outlook?; Make pollution an expensive business; Ensure prices better reflect the true value of natural assets and ecosystem services; Devise proactive and effective regulations and standards; Remove environmentally harmful subsidies; Encourage innovation; Get the policy mix right; 4. Making reform happen and mainstreaming green growth; Encourage policy coherence across sectors; Maximise policy synergies; Work in partnerships; Gear up international co-operation; Improve our knowledge
- 5. ConclusionChapter 1. Introduction; 1. Introduction; Box 1.1. The OECD Environmental Outlook traffic lights; Box 1.2. Coherent policies for green growth; 2. The Outlook methodology; Linking economic and environmental modelling; Figure 1.1. The modelling principle for the OECD Environmental Outlook; One "Baseline" - many policy simulations; Table 1.1. Examples of existing policies and trends assumed under the Baseline scenario; Table 1.2. Policy simulations in the Environmental Outlook to 2050; Geographical and temporal scope
- Table 1.3. Regions and country groups used in the OECD Environmental Outlook to 2050Embracing uncertainties; Box 1.3. Important sources of model uncertainty; 3. How is the report structured?; Notes; References; Chapter 2. Socio-economic Developments; Key messages; Projections for real gross domestic product: Baseline, 2010-2050; 1. Introduction; Box 2.1. Projection, not prediction; Environmental pressure, the cost of inaction and green growth; 2. Key trends and projections; Demographic developments; Figure 2.1. World population by major regions, 1970-2050
- Box 2.3. The conditional convergence methodology: Assumptions for model-based projections
