How has the world changed during the last 20 years after the publication of Our Common Future by the Brundtland Commission, and after the United Nations issued the Rio Declaration on Environment and…
A multi-scale, multi-model approach for analyzing the future dynamics of European land use
European land use is subject to a multitude of changes set in motion by a variety of interacting processes. These processes act at different scales and in different domains. The most dominant…
Stakeholder Participation Guidance for the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency: Main Document
The Guidance for Stakeholder Participation is intended to support and guide project leaders at the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (MNP) in their choices in the area of stakeholder…
Stakeholder Participation Guidance for the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency: Practice Guide
The Guidance for Stakeholder Participation is intended to support and guide project leaders at the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (MNP) in their choices in the area of stakeholder…
Stakeholder Participation Guidance for the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency: Checklist
The Guidance for Stakeholder Participation is intended to support and guide project leaders at the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (MNP) in their choices in the area of stakeholder…
International environmental policy has a chance of succeeding, only if Brazil, Russia, India and China participate, and if swift action is taken; only then will it be affordable and feasible. The OECD…
Methods for quantifying the benefits of sustainable development policies and measures (SD-PAMs)
Negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its Kyoto Protocol seek to build an effective and equitable multilateral response to climate change. Several…
Integrating development and climate policies: national and international benefits
Development efforts will be seriously hampered by the risks of climate change if these are not tackled. Reduced economic growth due to climate change damages, threatened or under-performing…
Local and global consequences of the EU renewable directive for biofuels. Testing the sustainability criteria
The climate has more to gain from converting biomass into electricity, than to use it to replace petrol or diesel. Therefore, proposals to replace current transport fuels by biofuels are not the best…
The Triptych approach revisited: A staged sectoral approach for climate mitigation
The focus of attention in international climate negotiations is to strengthen the international framework for the years following the Kyoto Protocol's initial commitment period, i.e. after 2012. The…