OECD Environmental Performance Reviews
Subtitle: Luxembourg 2010
By: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Series: OECD environmental performance reviews; OECD Environmental Performance Reviews
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9789264077287
Subjects: Ecology; Euthenics; Nature and nurture; Adaptation (Biology)
Description: OECD's 2010 review of Luxembourg's environmental conditions and progress in air, water, waste and materials management; nature and biodiversity; the environment-economy interface; the environment-social interface; and international commitments and co-operation.  The analyses presented are supported by a broad range of economic and environmental data and include recommendations for further environmental and sustainable development progress.
Table of contents: title: I. Conclusions and Recommendations; title: -1. Environmental Management; title: Strengthening the implementation and efficiency of environmental policies; title: Air; title: Water; title: Waste and materials; title: Nature and biodiversity; title: 2. Towards sustainable development; title: Integrating environmental concerns into economic decisions; title: Integrating environmental and social decisions; title: 3. International Co-operation; title: PART I. ENVIORNMENTAL MANAGEMENT; title: 2. Air and Water; title: -Recommendations; title: Conclusions; title: 1. Air management; title: Air quality; title: Air pollutant emissions; title: Assessment; title: 2. Water management; title: The state of resources; title: Water pricing; title: 3. Governance; title: Selected Sources; title: 3. Waste and Materials Management; title: Recommendations; title: 1. Management and action framework; title: Legislative and regulatory framework; title: Planning and implementation; title: 2. Current situation; title: Objectives; title: Trends in waste generation and management; title: 3. Waste reduction and materials recovery; title: Municipal waste; title: Non-household waste; title: 4. Treatment and disposal of final waste; title: Inert waste; title: 5. Particular flows; title: Hospital and similar waste; title: 6. Financing and coherent management; title: Expenditure and costs; title: Funding for municipal waste management; title: 4. Nature and Biodiversity; title: 1. Objectives; title: 2. Status of species and their habitats; title: Terrestrial and aquatic species; title: Habitats; title: 3. The policy framework for nature conservation and biodiversity; title: Institutional framework; title: Legislative framework; title: National plan for nature conservation; title: Funding frameworks; title: 4. Protected areas and species; title: Protected areas; title: Species management; title: 5. Conservation outside protected areas; title: Land use management; title: Territorial planning; title: Selected sources; title: PART II. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; title: 5. Economy-Enviroment Interface; title: Integrating enviornmental concerns into economic decisions; title: Strengthening the implementation and efficienty of environmental policies; title: 1. The environment and economic growth; title: The years 2000-07: strong growth and decoupling?; title: The years 2008-09: crisis and opportunities?; title: 2. Institutionalising sustainable development; title: Institutions; title: From PNDD1 to PNDD2; title: 3. Sustainable development in practice: market-based integration; title: Energy taxes; title: Transport taxes; title: 4. Sustainble development in practice: sector policies; title: Energy; title: Transportation; title: 5. Environmental policy implementation; title: Legislation; title: Regulatory instruments; title: Economic instruments; title: Voluntary instruments; title: Expenditure on environmental protection; title: 6. Social-Environmental Interface; title: 1. Environment and health; title: Policy objectives and institutions; title: Health status and trends; title: Environment-related health risk factors; title: 2. Environmental democracy; title: Access to environmental information; title: Production and dissemination of enviornmental information; title: Access to justice in environmental matters; title: Public participation; title: 3. Local initiatives; title: 4. Environmental education and awareness; title: 5. Employment and the environment; title: PART III. INTERNATIONAL COMMITMENTS; title: 7. International Co-operation; title: 1. Official development assistance (ODA); title: Luxembourg set the example; title: ODA and the environment; title: 2. Trade and environment; title: Multinational business guidelines; title: Trade in hazardous substances; title: Trade in endangered species; title: 3. Climate Change; title: Objecives and trends; title: The National Strategy; title: Post-Kyoto; title: 4. Regional Co-operation; title: Frameworks for co-operation; title: Transboundary waters; title: Air pollution; title: References; title: I.A. Selected environmental data; title: I.B. Selected economci data; title: I.C. Selected social data; title: II.A. Selected mulilateral agreements (worldwide); title: II.B. Selected multilateral agreements (regional); title: III. Abbreviations; title: IV. Physical context; title: V. Selected environmental websites