OECD Environmental Performance Reviews: France 2005OECD Publishing, 2005 M09 26 - 248 pages This book presents the results of a peer review of France's environmental policies and programmes. It systematically looks at environmental management (air, water, biodiversty), sustainable development, and international commitments. This edition includes a sectoral chapter covering energy. The book presents specific conclusions and policy recommendations, and includes extensive statistical data. |
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Page 26
... cause for concern . Recommendations : • continue to reform existing environmental taxes to take better account of environmental externalities and eliminate the environmentally harmful aspects of energy and transport taxation ...
... cause for concern . Recommendations : • continue to reform existing environmental taxes to take better account of environmental externalities and eliminate the environmentally harmful aspects of energy and transport taxation ...
Page 29
... caused by the energy sector so as to better internalise external costs in energy prices; • step up efforts to save energy, with due attention to the cost-effectiveness of the measures taken; • undertake economic analysis of government ...
... caused by the energy sector so as to better internalise external costs in energy prices; • step up efforts to save energy, with due attention to the cost-effectiveness of the measures taken; • undertake economic analysis of government ...
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... cause for concern because of the increases in overall consumption and numbers of vehicles. Not enough is being done to save energy, given the many benefits that can be expected from energy conservation. Energy saving is not a research ...
... cause for concern because of the increases in overall consumption and numbers of vehicles. Not enough is being done to save energy, given the many benefits that can be expected from energy conservation. Energy saving is not a research ...
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... cause air pollution. The energy sector (Chapter 7), farming and industry (Chapter 5) and transport have significant effects on air quality. Both outdoor and indoor air pollution affect health (Box 2.1, Chapter 6). Transport is also a ...
... cause air pollution. The energy sector (Chapter 7), farming and industry (Chapter 5) and transport have significant effects on air quality. Both outdoor and indoor air pollution affect health (Box 2.1, Chapter 6). Transport is also a ...
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... caused 32 000 premature deaths in 1996, half of them attributable to transport pollution. Costs of the direct damage ... causing rising levels of ozone, NO and particulates. x. Box. 2.2. The. explosion. of. the. AZF. plant. in. Toulouse. On ...
... caused 32 000 premature deaths in 1996, half of them attributable to transport pollution. Costs of the direct damage ... causing rising levels of ozone, NO and particulates. x. Box. 2.2. The. explosion. of. the. AZF. plant. in. Toulouse. On ...
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