Not all climate measures have a favourable effect on air quality
Overall, for air quality, the Dutch climate policy plan ‘Clean and Efficient’ (Schoon en Zuinig) appears to work out well. However, its effect on air quality also remains largely uncertain, partly due...
Chance of holding the Frisian Eleven-City Ice-Skating Marathon diminishes further
While in 1950 the chances of realising an ‘Elfstedentocht’ (Frisian Eleven-City Ice-Skating Marathon) were once every 4 years, scientists expect an Elfstedentocht once every 18 years for the present...
Even the most stringent of climate policies will not be able to prevent global warming entirely, according to a new analysis. In addition to efforts to reduce anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, D...
Global targets for development and the environment will not be achieved if current trends are to continue. Analyses in IPCC Climate Change 2007, UNEP Global Environment Outlook 4, OECD Environmental...
Poverty reduction, climate change and biodiversity loss to be tackled as an integrated global problem
The world is too small to simultaneously produce enough food (including meat) for everyone and to deliver biofuels on a large enough scale to slow down climate change and maintain biodiversity. The...
Global CO2 emissions increased by 3% in 2007; China contributing two-thirds to increase
In 2007, global emissions of the carbon dioxide (CO2) from fossil fuel use and cement production increased by 3.1%; in 2006 the emissions increased by 3.5%. High fuel prices worldwide and relatively...
Potentially, biomass can make a major contribution to the global energy demand in the long term. In 2050, possibly 25-40% of future world energy demand could be produced by making use of crop residues...
Policy gap will have large consequences for biodiversity
The 2010 targets for biodiversity will not be reached under continuation of the present biodiversity policies. The absence of additional biodiversity policies could come at a considerable price...
Halting biodiversity loss in the Netherlands seems unlikely
The Member States of the European Union have set a target to halt the loss of biodiversity by 2010. An evaluation of the progress towards the 2010-target in the Netherlands shows that in the...
Energy security, air pollution, and climate change: an integrated cost-benefit approach
A combined cost-benefit analysis on energy security, local air pollution and global climate change - three closely related problems, as they are driven by fossil energy - shows that integrated...
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