Scientific underpinning of tool use in integrated assessments
Policy assessments can be improved by making better use of tools such as multi-criteria analysis and cost-benefit analysis. Information about these tools is now available as website. This website also...
The Cost of Policy Inaction (COPI) concept is the damage to the environment in the absence of measures to solve an environmental problem. According to a study into meaningful applications of COPI, the...
Climate policy needs to focus on all greenhouse gases
The costs of a climate policy strategy targeting all greenhouse gases are substantially lower than a strategy targeting energy-related CO2 alone. This is one of the conclusions of a recent study by...
European Soil Directive offers the Netherlands policy flexibility and obligations
European Soil Directive offers the Netherlands policy flexibility and obligations The European Commission has made a proposal for a Framework Directive for soil protection. Many basic principles in...
Nature Balance 2006: Dutch landscapes and nature become more uniform
The Dutch countryside is losing its rural and open character and is increasingly affected by visually intrusive developments. More and more farm buildings have a purely residential function, and...
Ambitious climate policy can limit global temperature increase to 2 degrees
The EU target of limiting global temperature increase to 2 degrees can only be achieved with high certainty when greenhouse gas concentrations stabilize at low levels. Required emission reductions are...
National Inventory Report 2006: greenhouse gas emissions in the Netherlands 1990-2004
This report, that is compiled annually by the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (MNP) of RIVM in cooperation with Statistics Netherlands (CBS), TNO and SenterNovem, has been produced to...
Website Scientific Assessment and Policy Analyses for Climate Change “WAB” now online.
On this website publications can be downloaded that were published as results of projects of this research programme on climate change. The WAB programme gathers relevant scientific information on...
Global greenhouse gas emissions increased 25% in 1990-2004 period; 4% in 2004
Recent research by the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, in collaboration with the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the EU in Ispra, showed that global emissions of the six Kyoto greenhouse...
New IMAGE model integrates global change for sustainability
There is an increasing recognition in science for policy making that problems of human development and the state of the natural environment are intimately linked. This will mean creating a careful...
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