Sustainability outlook, findings in society and science
In 2004, the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency has published the National Sustainability Outlook. A summary of this report was presented on the conference of the European Society for…
ETC/ACC Street Emission Ceiling (SEC) exercise: phase 2 report
Traffic related air pollution is still one of the most pressing problems in urban areas. Evidence of the adverse health effects of fine particulate matter is continuously emerging and the fact that…
Immission targets for nutrients (N and P) in catchments and coastal zones: a North Sea assessment
Concern about the rising concentrations of nutrients and their adverse effects on freshwater, estuarine and marine organisms led to political action in 1970s and 1980s. Emission targets, aimed at…
Caps and Fences in Climate Change Policies, Trade-offs in shaping post-Kyoto
This report is a sequel to a previous study on the economic impacts of industrialized countries accepting a GHG emission target of 30% below 1990 emission levels by 2020. Its aim is to provide an…
Climate change and a European low-carbon energy system
This report presents an assessment of possible greenhouse gas emission reduction pathways made feasible by global action and a transition to a low-carbon energy system in Europe by 2030. It analyses…
Union dissolution, unemployment and moving out of homeownership
In most West-European countries, homeowners do not usually move out of owner-occupation unless there is an urgent need to do so. Union dissolution and unemployment are events urging a move out of…
Dutch dikes, and risk hikes; a thematic policy evaluation of risks of flooding in the Netherlands. Extended summary
Flood defences in the Netherlands are stronger than ever due to extensive improvement programs the past decades. However, flood risks have increased because the number of people and the economic…
The health impacts of globalisation: a conceptual framework
This paper describes a conceptual framework for the health implications of the globalisation process in the following three steps: 1) defining the concept of population health and identifying its main…
Simulating processes of soil phosphorus in geologically young acidic soils of Finland
To properly simulate phosphorus (P) loading from agricultural land to waters, changes in soil P status and processes affecting soil P have to be described adequately. For practical reasons, a model…
Biodiversity Trends and Threats in Europe; development and test of a species trend indicator
This report presents a trial of a species population trend indicator for evaluating progress towards the 2010 biodiversity target in Europe, using existing data.
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