Non-exhaust Particulate Emissions from Road Transport An Ignored Environmental Policy Challenge
Non-exhaust Particulate Emissions from Road Transport An Ignored Environmental Policy Challenge

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2020-12-07

Total Pages: 149

ISBN-13: 9264888853

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Non-exhaust emissions of particulate matter constitute a little-known but rising share of emissions from road traffic and have significant negative impacts on public health. This report synthesizes the current state of knowledge about the nature, causes, and consequences of non-exhaust particulate emissions. It also projects how particulate matter emissions from non-exhaust sources may evolve in future years and reflects on policy instrument mixes that can address this largely ignored environmental issue.

Non-Exhaust Particulate Emissions from Road Transport an Ignored Environmental Policy Challenge
Non-Exhaust Particulate Emissions from Road Transport an Ignored Environmental Policy Challenge

Author: Oecd

Publisher:

Published: 2020-12-21

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 9789264452442

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Non-exhaust emissions of particulate matter constitute a little-known but rising share of emissions from road traffic and have significant negative impacts on public health. This report synthesizes the current state of knowledge about the nature, causes, and consequences of non-exhaust particulate emissions. It also projects how particulate matter emissions from non-exhaust sources may evolve in future years and reflects on policy instrument mixes that can address this largely ignored environmental issue.

Cycling
Cycling

Author:

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2022-07-22

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 0323901573

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This volume addresses key contemporary aspects in cycling policy, practice and research. Cycling has seen a sharp increase in scientific and policy attention in the past decade. The amount of research has surged over the past couple decades. Also, levels of cycling have increased substantially in many countries and cities, and many areas have seen increases in infrastructure investments. In addition, the last decade has seen innovations in bicycle technology, in particularly the rise of electric-assist (e-bikes) and dock-less bike sharing schemes. This volume reviews the state of the art on cycling from various angles. As such it explores planners' (engineers', policy makers') provisions for cycling, of cyclists' (and non-cyclists') travel behaviour, and resulting consequences for individuals and society. One focus is on demand-side aspects, including the use of bicycles and their users including patterns and trends in cycling, determinants of cycling, and modelling of cycling. Another focus is on impacts of cycling, such as emissions, safety aspects, as well as changes during the COVID pandemic. - Contemporary overview of key aspects in cycling research and bicycle planning - A focus on design for cycling, behavior of cyclists and consequences of cycling

Policy Scenarios for Eliminating Plastic Pollution by 2040
Policy Scenarios for Eliminating Plastic Pollution by 2040

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2024-10-02

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9264903852

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Plastics provide multiple benefits to society, but their lifecycle − from feedstock extraction and polymer production to use and disposal − contributes to pollution, climate change and biodiversity loss. Current policies are inadequate to meaningfully alter trends in plastic flows and related pollution. This report provides insights into the potential environmental benefits and economic consequences of different levels of international policy ambition towards ending plastic pollution by 2040. Based on the quantification of the main drivers of plastics production and use, waste and pollution, the report provides projections of the plastics lifecycle, waste generation and treatment, as well as related leakage to the environment. The report presents and contrasts a range of policy scenarios with varying levels of ambition in terms of the stringency, lifecycle scope and geographical coverage of policies implemented. Its findings can inform a critical stage of international negotiations to develop a legally binding agreement to end plastic pollution.

Global Plastics Outlook Economic Drivers, Environmental Impacts and Policy Options
Global Plastics Outlook Economic Drivers, Environmental Impacts and Policy Options

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2022-02-22

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 9264584064

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While plastics are extremely useful materials for modern society, plastics production and waste generation continue to increase with worsening environmental impacts despite international, national and local policy responses, as well as industry commitments. The first of two reports, this Outlook intends to inform and support policy efforts to combat plastic leakage.

Cases on Applying Knowledge Economy Principles for Economic Growth in Developing Nations
Cases on Applying Knowledge Economy Principles for Economic Growth in Developing Nations

Author: Piaggesi, Danilo

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2022-01-21

Total Pages: 357

ISBN-13: 1799884198

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The knowledge economy is the added non-monetary value that society accrues from increased access to data, information, and knowledge in the new, globally connected world. ICT and technology innovation are paving the way for significant economic development opportunities for countries that have embarked in a concerted effort to model their economies according to the knowledge economy principles. Among developing countries, knowledge economy principles are being applied mostly in a sector-wise level, where government intervention with enabling policies coupled with joint efforts by the private sector, academia, and other actors are resulting in durable and sustainable benefits. Cases on Applying Knowledge Economy Principles for Economic Growth in Developing Nations examines cases from developing countries in order to derive an adapted model of knowledge economy that could be applied to developing country conditions. This book contributes to the change of paradigm on how to help developing countries in advancing to better conditions by using ICT-related technology. Covering topics such as learning organizations, green technology, and sustainable organizations, this is a dynamic resource for emerging economies, researchers, students, professors, academicians, and multilateral organizations helping developing countries.

Built Environment through a Well-being Lens
Built Environment through a Well-being Lens

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2023-11-13

Total Pages: 143

ISBN-13: 9264323120

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The report explores how the built environment (i.e. housing, transport, infrastructure and urban design/land use) interacts with people’s lives and affects their well-being and its sustainability.

Dust
Dust

Author: Jay Owens

Publisher: Abrams

Published: 2023-11-14

Total Pages: 293

ISBN-13: 1647008093

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Combining history and science, a sweeping look at the smallest substance and the biggest challenges facing people and the planet Four and a half billion years ago, planet Earth was formed from a vast spinning nebula of cosmic dust, the detritus left over from the birth of the sun. Within the next one hundred years, life on Earth would be profoundly changed by heat, drought, fire, and, again, dust. Dust is a legacy of twentieth-century progress and a toxic threat to life in the changing climate of the twenty-first. And yet dust is something we hardly ever consider—so small and mundane. Jay Owens’s Dust corrects that oversight, sparking curiosity and wonder. This is a book on humanity and Earth and what we’ve done to it. Dust moves from the suburbs of a thirsty Los Angeles to Oklahoma and its Dust Bowl migrants, and the desert Southwest where nuclear testing created radioactive fallout that spread across America. Owens visits the desiccated remains of the Aral Sea in Central Asia, the Greenland Ice Sheet, and beyond. Smart and beautifully written, Dust helps us understand our legacy and the challenges we face, building big ideas from the smallest particles.

Policies to Reduce Microplastics Pollution in Water Focus on Textiles and Tyres
Policies to Reduce Microplastics Pollution in Water Focus on Textiles and Tyres

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2021-10-20

Total Pages: 139

ISBN-13: 9264559396

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Microplastics are ubiquitous in the natural environment. This report synthesises the current state of knowledge on the sources, fate and risks of microplastics pollution. It then focuses on two sources of microplastics pollution, textile products and vehicle tyres, due to their substantial contribution to global microplastics emissions and currently largely absent policy frameworks to mitigate them.