The OECD collects official data and statistics from countries on the state of the environment and natural resources, compiled using internationally harmonised methodologies and definitions. The OECD also works with countries on accounting standards and indicator methodologies to track progress towards environmental goals and sustainable development. An increasingly important body of OECD work focu...

Crisis environments, which are becoming systemic, pose significant challenges to local governments. The present study sought to present an academic contribution by introducing an analytical framework designed to scrutinize the institutional capabilities of local governance bodies in effectively responding to the emergent structural nature of crises within contemporary contexts. The study centered ...

Sustainable environmental quality is a global concern, and a concrete remedy to overcome this challenge is a policy priority. Therefore, this study delves into the subject and examines the effects of governance on environmental quality in 180 countries from 1999 to 2021. To maintain comparability and precision, we first classify countries into full and income-level panels and then, innovatively, c...

It has been observed in the literature that efficient energy use reduces production cost and carbon emissions into the environment. This study further argues that institutional quality enhances environmental efficiency of energy consumption. Therefore, this study was carried out with the aim of exploring the influence of institutional quality on environmental efficiency of energy use in BRICS coun...

Controlling the composition of vehicle fuel can reduce pollutant emissions from combustion and, more importantly, enable the use of advanced emission control technologies. Achieving best-practice vehicle emission performance therefore depends on having standards for fuels in place that complement standards for vehicular emissions. But fuel standards alone areinsufficient. A compliance program is i...

The window to limit global temperature increases to 1.5°C above pre‑industrial levels is about to close. Keeping it open requires large emission reductions in the short term, followed by even larger reductions in the mid‑and long‑term. Against this background, the Paris Agreement requires that all Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) formulate and implement...

In response to a severe air pollution problem, China has implemented a series of comprehensive vehicle emission control policies. Among them are the China 6 light-duty vehicle (LDV) and China VI heavy-duty vehicle (HDV) emission standards, which take effect on July 1, 2020 and July 1, 2021, respectively. The China 6/VI standards combine best practices from both European and U.S. regulations and ar...

This paper aims to demonstrate the governance of gasoline/diesel supply policies and fuel quality management policies in Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam). Authors highlight two aspects of fuel quantity and quality management by looking at 1) automobile fuel supply policy and refinery development, and 2) emission regulation and fuel quality monitoring systems (FQM). This research allows us to...

The final rule establishes the Tier 3 Motor Vehicle Emission and Fuel Standards program. The Tier 3 program is part of a comprehensive approach to reducing the impacts of motor vehicles on air quality and public health. The program considers the vehicle and its fuel as an integrated system, setting new vehicle emissions standards and a new gasoline sulfur standard beginning in 2017. The vehicle em...

This document (2021 update) sets out to guide countries wishing to develop national plans to implement Short-Lived Climate Pollutant (SLCP) strategies.This guidance outlines a tried and tested process for developing national planning, focusing on action to reduce SLCPs. It is designed to provide advice and help to countries that wish to identify actions to promote the implementation of mitigation ...