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The Environment Directorate is responsible for Environmental Performance Reviews<\/em> of Member Countries, the economic analysis of policy instruments used to improve environmental outcomes and a wide range of work related to water, biodiversity, climate and chemicals. Mr. Upton played a key role in the development of the OECD’s Green Growth Strategy<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The team he leads recently released the Environmental Outlook to 2050<\/em> – a model-based analysis of the environmental consequences of business-as-usual growth at the global level.  The Directorate is now working to develop a better understanding of the economic costs of environmental damage and the benefits of taking pre-emptive action to limit that damage.<\/p>\n

Mr. Upton is a former New Zealand Parliamentarian whose political career, between 1981 and 2000, included nine years as a Minister.  His portfolios included Environment, Research, Biosecurity, Health and State Services.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

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