Resolving Issues on Terrestrial Biospheric Sinks in the Kyoto Protocol
In the Kyoto Protocol all Annex I countries have agreed to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions by a certain percentage compared to 1990 level in 2008-2012. Several direct human-induced activities…
Sectoral emission inventories of greenhouse gases for 1990 on a per country basis as well as on 1ox1o
A set of global greenhouse gas emission inventories has been compiled per source category for the 1990 annual emissions of the direct greenhouse gases CO 2 , CH 4 and N 2 O, as well as of the indirect…
Calculation and Mapping of Critical Thresholds in Europe: Status Report 1999
This report is the fifth in a bi-annual series prepared by the Coordination Center for Effects (CCE) to document the progress made in calculating and mapping critical thresholds in Europe. The CCE, as…
Research contributions for assessment of the state and evolution of the global environment
A Global Environment Assessment workshop was held in Brussels on September 15 and 16, 1998. During the preparation of policy-oriented reports of GEO, several gaps in data and expertise had been…
Data Issues of Global Environmental Reporting: Experiences form GEO-2000
The report highlights major problems encountered when trying to derive policy-relevant environmental information from underlying core data sets. Major data gaps and shortcomings are identified for…
AIRFORCE: Aircraft influences and radiative forcing from emissions
Global air traffic has increased extensively during the last few decades and is expected to increase further over the next 20 years by about 5-6% per year. Emissions of trace gases such as carbon…
Enhancing the Effectiveness of Research to Assist International Climate Change Policy Development - Phase III Report
The project is designed to develop both substantive answers to the question of the research needs of decision makers, and to stimulate and structure a dialogue between the research and decision-maker…
Vulnerability of water supply in the Netherlands through the River Meuse
A review is presented of the vulnerability of the water supply of the Netherlands through the Meuse as a function of Global Change and Climate Change. This review is not limited to water supply only…
Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Netherlands: summary Report 1990-1997 (IPCC Tables 7A)
This report documents the Netherlands' annual greenhouse gas emission inventory submitted for 1998 according to the European Union's Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Mechanism and the United Nation's…
Management options for reducing CO2-concentrations in the atmosphere by increasing carbon sequestration in the soil
The feasibility of the various technical options available for increasing carbon stocks, in mainly agricultural soils, is discussed by agro-ecological zone. Our exploratory scenarios, which use…
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