Empirical critical loads of nitrogen confirm European wide exceedances
The risk of deposition of nutrient nitrogen in Europe, including Natura 2000 areas, is underpinned by a novel compilation of empirical critical loads and uncertainty analysis inspired by the IPCC...
Euro VI standards for heavy-duty vehicles will benefit local air quality
The Euro VI proposal of the European Commission specifies the new emission standards for trucks and busses. In the Netherlands, the Euro VI emission standards will lead to local improvements in air...
EU 2020 climate target requires five-fold increase in impact of CO2 policies
MNP has estimated that without environmental policies in the EU between 1990 and 2005, emissions of the six greenhouse gases under the Kyoto Protocol would have been approximately 7 % higher in 2005...
Industrialised countries to collectively meet 2010 Kyoto target
In 2010 the total greenhouse gases emissions produced by industrialised countries with a Kyoto target, will probably be about 11% lower than in the base year 1990. If the present trend (2000-2005)...
IPCC Co-chair Bert Metz of the Netherlands’ MNP at the Nobel Prize ceremony
On the 10th of December the Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded to co-laureates, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Al Gore, at the prize-giving ceremony in Oslo, Norway. Bert...
UN Climate Conference 3-14 December 2007 in Bali (COP13)
The aim of this ministerial summit of 190 nations is to reach a world wide agreement on a ‘road map’ after the Kyoto climate commitments in 2012. The Bali ‘road map’ should mark the start of the...
Peaking profiles can achieve global temperature targets with more likelihood at lower costs
The current focus in climate research and policy is on stabilising greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere. By switching to scenarios in which a peak concentration is reached which is then...
Beyond GDP: measuring progress, true wealth and the well-being of nations
The EU’s fundamental purpose has always been to prevent another war in Europe. Economic prosperity and integration are means to that end. However, over the years, a misunderstanding has crept in, as...
New particulate matter standards require new policy actions in the Netherlands
Based on new findings of the WHO, policy attention in the EU regarding particulate matter has shifted from PM10 to the finer fraction (PM2.5). The Netherlands will probably not be able to meet all new...
Simultaneously tackling climate change and air pollution better than non-linked strategies
A combined cost-benefit analysis on both local air pollution and global climate change - two closely related problems since both are driven by energy production and consumption patterns - shows that...
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