Reading Time: 4 minutesWhat role can land use policies play in addressing global challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and demographic shifts?
Andrés Fuentes Hutfilter - (OECD)
Andrés Fuentes Hutfilter is senior economist in the OECD and head of the Regional Outlook and Environmental Economics unit in the Economic Analysis, Data and Statistics Division of the Centre for Entrepreneurship (CFE), SMEs, Regions and Cities in the OECD. He has lead the work on the 2021 OECD Regional Outlook and works on territorial aspects of reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 in OECD countries and their economic analysis. Before joining CFE he worked in its Economics Department. He holds a DPhil in Economics from Oxford University.
Industrial regions must act now to reach climate neutrality and need extra support
Reading Time: 3 minutesWith the right investment, the path to net zero will be a net positive, but some regions are doing more “heavy lifting” than others – and they need extra support and ressources to achieve their goal.
Industrial regions on the way to climate neutrality?
Reading Time: 4 minutesGetting to net-zero GHG emissions by 2050 means we need to transform industry at an unprecedented depth and speed. But how do we do it?
Climate action needs local leaders: can they rise to the challenge?
Reading Time: 3 minutesLocal leaders will need to mobilise their communities to tackle the very different challenges they will face and seize new opportunities in making the transition to net zero, as set out in the 2021 OECD Regional Outlook. In doing so, they can bring together solutions to generate important local well-being benefits.