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…
Information toolkit for post-2012 climate policies
The Dutch Ministry of Environment (VROM) considered it useful to support the European Union in providing factual underpinning to strengthen its position in the negotiations on further commitments…
Halting biodiversity loss in the Netherlands: Evaluation of progress
In the Netherlands, biodiversity has steadily declined during the past century. Over the last years, this decline has been gradually slowing down. The implemented nature and environmental policy is…
Consequences of the European Policy Package on Climate and Energy. Initial assessment of the consequences for the Netherlands and other Member States
National targets for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions will become less important when the proposals by the European Commission on Climate and Energy, released earlier this year, will be…
The potential role of hydrogen energy in India and Western Europe
Hydrogen energy is often mentioned as a potential solution for several challenges that the global energy system is facing. The first advantage is the fact that hydrogen use results in nearly zero…
Influence of future air pollution mitigation strategies on total aerosol radiative forcing
Different aerosol and aerosol precursor emission scenarios were applied reflecting possible future control strategies for air pollution in the ECHAM5-HAM model, and simulate the resulting effect on…
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…
Background report to the OECD Environmental Outlook to 2030
International environmental policy has a chance of succeeding if Brazil, Russia, India and China participate, and if swift action is taken. Then, serious climate policy will be affordable and feasible…
Applying climatically associated species pools to the modelling of compositional change in tropical montane forests
Species distribution modelling is a useful tool for extracting the maximum amount of information from biological collections and floristic inventories. However, in many tropical regions records are…
The LOTOS-EUROS model: description, validation and latest developments
This paper presents a validation study for oxidants and secondary inorganic aerosols using the new regional Chemistry Transport Model (CTM) Long Term Ozone Simulation (LOTOS) European Operational Smog…
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