Analysis beyond IPCC AR5: Net Phase Out of Global and Regional Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Reduction Implications for 2030 and 2050
This Agreement for Climate Transformation 2015 (ACT 2015) factsheet provides a primer on the phase out of net global and regional greenhouse gas emissions and an analysis of the feasibility and…
The plan review. A new approach to discussing, assessing and improving urban projects in a changing planning practice
Ashgate has published the book Place-Based Evaluation for Integrated Land-Use Management (J. Woltjer, E. Alexander, A. Hull & M. Ruth (eds.)). This book brings together experts in the fields of…
Phosphorus budget in the water-agro-food system at nested scales in two contrasted regions of the world (ASEAN-8 and EU-27)
In this paper the P cycle in anthropic systems is analyzed with an original multiscale approach (world region, country, and large basin scales) in two contrasting world regions representative of…
Assessing current and future techno-economic potential of concentrated solar power and photovoltaic electricity generation
CSP and PV technologies represent energy sources with large potentials. We present cost-supply curves for both technologies using a consistent methodology for 26 regions, based on geoexplicit…
Simulation of the phenological development of wheat and maize at the global scale
The aim of this study is to derive location-specific parameters that reflect the geographic differences among cultivars in vernalization requirements, sensitivity to day length (photoperiod) and…
Impact of car sharing on mobility and CO2 emissions
Many people are used to occasionally sharing their car with friends or family. Car sharing via an organisation that brings together supply and demand and takes care of insurances and payments, however…
Nutrient load estimates for Manila Bay, Philippines using population data
A major source of nutrient load to periodically hypoxic Manila Bay is the urban nutrient waste water flow from humans and industries to surface water. In Manila alone, the population density is as…
Rangeland’s capacity to prevent soil erosion and water surface runoff increases with active restoration
Over one billion people’s livelihoods depend on dry rangelands through livestock grazing and agriculture. These management activities can cause soil erosion, increase surface runoff and reduce water…
In this ‘General Guidance for Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA)’, CPB Netherlands Bureau of Economic Policy Analysis and PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency provide specifics to make the…
Facility arrangements and the environmental performance of disposable and reusable cups
This paper integrates two complementary life-cycle assessment (LCA) studies aimed at advicing facility managers on the sustainable use of disposable or reusable cups. Study-1 compares three disposable…
PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
