Economic impacts of bio-refinery and resource cascading systems: an applied general equilibrium analysis for Poland
Fossil fuels used for fertilizers and other chemical production account for around 15% of total fossil fuel consumption. Often, many of the chemical compounds that have a complex synthesis route in…
Review of the Gothenburg Protocol. Report of the Task Force on Integrated Assessment Modelling and the Centre for Integrated Assessment Modelling
In the last 25 years, air pollution in Europe has been substantially reduced. However, current reduction plans are insufficient to fully protect ecosystems and human health. These are the main…
Making integration of adaptation and mitigation work: mainstreaming into sustainable development policies?
Can an integrated approach to mitigation and adaptation offer opportunities for a more effective response to climate change than the current strategies? The nature of the linkages depends on the…
Modelling the impacts of European emission and climate change scenarios on acid-sensitive catchments in Finland
The dynamic hydro-chemical Model of Acidification of Groundwater in Catchments (MAGIC) was used to predict the response of 163 Finnish lake catchments to future acidic deposition and climatic change…
This explanation of the official Dutch emission data provides a clear view on applicability and verification of emission inventories in the Netherlands up to 2005. It includes descriptions and…
Simulation of global crop production with the ecosystem model DayCent
Modelling plant growth has a tradition starting long before today's computer models. Classical works such as by Sprengel (1828), Liebig (1840) or Mitscherlich (1909) are still influential. Their core…
The effect of decreasing fertilization on agricultural nitrogen leaching: a model study
In Finland, the use of agricultural nitrogen (N) fertilizers has decreased since the beginning of the 1990's but there is not yet any clear response in observed water quality in the monitored…
Are national greenhouse gas emissions reports scientifically valid?
While countries have recently been accused of misreporting greenhouse gas emissions for their benefit, internationally agreed procedures minimize such possibilities and allow for new scientific…
The Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is a milestone for climate-change science and policy. It concludes that global greenhouse gas emissions must peak…
European critical loads of cadmium, lead and mercury and their exceedances
Critical loads of cadmium, lead and mercury were computed by 18 countries of the LRTAP Convention. These national data were collated into a single database for the purpose of identifying sensitive…
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