India is playing an increasingly important role in the global economy and, correspondingly, in resource use and emissions. This report explores the possibilities to model the future developments in...
Biodiversity further deteriorates in the next 50 year
Biodiversity loss will remain unabatedly high up to 2050. This is the conclusion from an investigation carried out by the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (MNP) in cooperation with others...
A global coalition of all major countries is needed to meet the EU 2 degree climate target
The cost and effectiveness of climate policy in Europe depend on the international post-2012 climate regime. This report analyzes four alternative policy scenarios. The analysis shows that only if all...
Chinese CO2 emissions in perspective - Country intercomparison of CO2 emissions
The Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (MNP) announced this week that according to preliminary estimates in 2006 China topped the list of CO2 emitting countries, surpassing the USA by an...
China now no. 1 in CO2 emissions; USA in second position
In 2006 global CO2 emissions from fossil fuel use increased by about 2.6%, which is less than the 3.3% increase in 2005. China’s 2006 CO2 emissions surpassed those of the USA by 8%. This includes CO2...
International transport emissions need to be included in a post-2012 climate mitigation policy
Including international aviation and marine emissions in national/regional reduction targets within is more cost-effective than excluding them, or regulating them via sector-specific policies. This is...
Dual benefits ozone protocol: Ozone layer and Climate change
The 1987 Montreal Protocol - restricting the use of ozone-depleting substances - has helped both to reduce global warming and to protect the ozone layer. The benefit to climate achieved by the...
Worldwide Biodiversity Loss and Poverty: How do they relate?
In the International Biodiversity (IB) Project, the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency supports policy making on biodiversity-related issues. The relation with poverty is a major issue. The...
Plant protection more sustainable, but surface water quality standards not yet achieved
Crop protection methods in the Netherlands have become more sustainable since 1998 as a result of efforts made by growers. However, at the moment the environmental quality of surface waters does not...
Prize awarded to MNP paper by China Association for Science and Technology
The MNP paper, 'Global and regional surface nitrogen balances in intensive agricultural production systems for the period 1970-2030', has won the 4th Periodical Excellent Paper Award (for the period...
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