By 2040, global action across the
#plastics
lifecycle, compared to business as usual, can:
❌Eliminate 96% of plastic leakage to the environment
🌊Avoid 74Mt of plastics leaking into rivers & oceans
🏭Reduce plastic-related GHG emissions by 41%
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🆕September update to the
#OECD
#ConsumerBarometer
shows mixed signals, with an improvement in almost half of OECD countries and stability or decline in the rest.
Explore the updated dashboard 👉
Development Assistance Committee (DAC) members hit a new record on development finance for biodiversity in 2022.
DAC biodiversity-specific finance increased from USD 6.6 billion to USD 7.1 billion between 2015-22, marking an 8% increase.
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#COP16
🚨 How has COVID-19 reshaped illicit trade?
Our recent report dives into how criminal networks exploited the crisis to profit from counterfeiting.
From disrupted supply chains to new trade routes, see what’s changed & what’s being done to combat it.
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Investing in education is important for economic growth, productivity, and reducing social inequality.
But the amount that countries spend can range from as low as three percent to nearly seven percent of their GDP, across the OECD.
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According to our latest Interim Economic Outlook
#Inflation
is projected to be back to target in most G20 countries by end of 2025.
Read more:
#EconomicOutlook
To meet energy & climate pledges, solar PV & wind generation must quadruple from 2022 levels by 2030
Most growth would be in markets in early stages of deploying solar & wind, where integration is possible with gradual implementation of tested measures ➡️
International visitor numbers returned to 77.3% of 2019 levels across all OECD countries in 2022.
In 2023, was your country a popular tourist destination? On
#WorldTourismDay
, check out data on tourist arrivals post-pandemic: |
#WTD24
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@OECD_local
COP28 goals can lay the foundation for ambitious new Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement.
Pathways will differ by country, but all have a major opportunity to turn the COP28 goals into action in the next NDC round 👉
📈 Development finance delivered by or through multilateral organisations has been increasing, from 45% in 2012 to 61% in 2022.
But a focus on scale has come at the expense of concessional financing for the poorest countries.
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@OECD
's Interim
#EconomicOutlook
is out.
Global growth remains resilient and is projected to stabilise at 3.2% in 2024 and 2025.
Economic growth in G20 EMEs is also expected to remain robust, despite diverse projected outcomes.
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Many countries are struggling to find teachers, and it is hitting socio-economically disadvantaged schools the hardest.
18 out of the 21 countries with data available reported teacher shortages in the latest Education at a Glance.
🆕report out now 👉
🎙️🆕“Decoding GDP: How to measure pastries, pencils, and pyjamas”
#GDP
is often the go-to number to monitor economic performance, but how is it produced and where else should you be looking?
Go behind the numbers in the latest
#OECDStats
Podcast Episode👇
📈 The VIX, a measure of market uncertainty, rose by 34% in August, but is still pointing to overall low volatility.
Make your own story using the newly updated OECD Short-term Indicators Dashboard👇
Delaying solar PV & wind integration measures could reduce their power generation in 2030 by about 2,000 terawatt-hours, or 15%
And cuts to power sector CO2 emissions would be 20% smaller
Learn more about the measures available ➡️
Prices for critical minerals, such as lithium, copper, cobalt & more, fell sharply in 2023 after a recent investment boom – helping drive battery prices down 14%
This was good news for consumers & affordability, but it was a headwind for new spending ➡️
Today is
#InternationalEqualPayDay
.
On average across OECD countries, full-time working women earn around 88 cents for every USD or EUR earned by full-time working men.
We must do more, and faster, to achieve
#PayEquity
.
Learn more 👉