Environment and Energy Committee


Chair
Hans-Jörn Weddige

Lead
Dominik Kümmerle
Policy Director and Strategic Communications
Vice-Chair
Massimo Beccarello
Confindustria (Italy)
Vice-Chair
Peter Glynn
ACCI (Australia)
Vice-Chair
William Garcia
CEFIC (Belgium)
Vice-Chair
Frits de Groot
VNO–NCW (Netherlands)
Vice-Chair
Luca Matrone
Intesa Sanpaolo (Italy)
Vice-Chair
Maria Sunér Fleming
Svemin (Sweden)
Vice-Chair
Tom Smith
Walmart (United States)
Vice-Chair
Hiroyuki Tezuka
JFE Steel Corp (Japan)
Vice-Chair
Alexander Keberle
economiesuisse (Switzerland)
Vice-Chair
Neil Walker
Ibec (Ireland)
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01.
Overview
Our Environment and Energy Committee contributes private sector expertise to the OECD work on environmental policy design, including in the areas of climate change, resource efficiency, circular economy, biodiversity, and sustainable materials management. The Committee also liaises with other relevant international organizations, including with the International Energy Agency (IEA) – an autonomous body within the OECD framework.
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Business engagement at OECD
As an economic Organization that has committed itself to the horizontal integration of sustainable development considerations, the OECD makes an important contribution to global policy discussions on the environment. By focusing on economic analysis, it identifies policies that are both economically efficient and environmentally effective. The OECD also plays a key role in monitoring and analyzing evolving trends, providing fact–based policy recommendations built on objective research, and fostering synergies for informed policy–making. It provides fact–based input to global climate discussions, the G20, and discusses selected topics relevant to the UNFCCC negotiations.The Environment and Energy Committee contributes to the work of the following OECD bodies:- OECD Environment Policy Committee
- OECD Working Party on Biodiversity, Water and Ecosystems
- OECD Working Party on Climate, Investment and Development
- OECD Working Party on Integrating Environmental and Economic Policies
- OECD Working Party on Resource Productivity and Waste
- OECD Joint Working Party on Trade and Environment
- OECD Joint Working Party on Agriculture and the Environment
- OECD/IEA Climate Change Expert Group Global Forum
- OECD Green Growth and Sustainable Development Forum
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2023 priorities
- ‘Green Recovery’ Programs from Covid-19
- Trade, Climate Change and Sustainability
- Environmental taxation
- Green finance and taxonomies
- Resource efficiency and circular economy
- Innovation to address environmental and energy challenges
Documents & Releases
1 September 2020
Key Messages to the OECD Ministerial Council Roundtable on Economic Recovery - Strong, Resilient, Green and Inclusive
1 February 2020
Key Messages on Trade and Circular Economy
1 September 2021
Key Messages on the OECD Horizontal Project - Building Climate and Economic Resilience in the Transition to a Low-carbon Economy
1 March 2020
Key Messages on Sustainable Finance Taxonomies
1 March 2020
Key Messages on Preventing Single-Use Plastics Waste - Implications of Different Policy Approaches
1 March 2021
Key Messages on Designing and Implementing Sustainable and Inclusive Recovery Plans
30 March 2022
Key Messages to the Meeting of the OECD Environment Ministerial