Cost-effectiveness of additional abatement options for cleaner air
Since air quality measures can be effectuated quicker under national policy than under European policy, further improvement of the air quality in the Netherlands up to 2015 will have to come from…
Monitoring aerosol over Europe using AATSR. HIRAM final report
Aerosol data form the AATSR satellite were, in general, found to be of lower quality than those of the MODIS satelitte for 2003. Improvement of the cloud detection in AATSR data will be necessary…
How Dutch citizens prioritize the social agenda. An analysis of the 2003, 2005 en 2006 surveys
Measuring the social agenda for sustainability: a survey-based approach. According to the Social Economic Council of the Netherlands a society becomes more sustainable when consumers and businesses…
India is playing an increasingly important role in the global economy and, correspondingly, in resource use and emissions. Yet, the modelling tools for exploring the opportunities and threats for…
International review of the GLOBIO model version 3
In April 2005, a review committee gathered to assess the scientifically validity and policy-relevance of the GLOBIO3 model as part of the International Biodiversity project. Four members of the…
A2M - a program to compute all possible mineral modes from geochemical analyses
A2M (‘Analysis to Mineralogy’) is a computer program to determine, for given total chemical analyses, all possible mineral modes from an arbitrary but pre-specified set of minerals.
Evidence for large average concentrations of the nitrate radical (NO3) in Western Europe from the HANSA hydrocarbon database
The nitrate radical (NO 3 ) was first measured in the atmosphere in the 1970s and suggestions were made that it could play a major role in oxidising many unsaturated hydrocarbons, such as those…
Uncertainty communication in environmental assessments: views from the Dutch science-policy interface
Scientific assessments of environmental problems, and policy responses to those problems, involve uncertainties of many sorts. Meanwhile, potential impacts of wrong decisions can be far-reaching. This…
Combining biodiversity modeling with political and economic development scenarios for 25 EU countries
Due to urbanization and increase in stress factors, biodiversity is projected to decrease between now and 2030 in most countries for all scenarios, indicating that it is unlikely that the EU will be…
Differentiation of countries'future commitments in a post-2012 climate regime: an assessment of the "South-North dialogue" proposal
The 'South–North Dialogue Proposal' outlines an approach for an 'equitable' differentiation of post-2012 commitments. An analysis of the proposal shows that for the stringent stabilisation targets…
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