Attainability of PM2.5 air quality standards, situation for the Netherlands in a European context
It is likely that the air quality standards for PM2.5 will be met in time under current and proposed national and European policies, assuming average meteorological conditions. In 2015, the…
The Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) coordinates, at the request of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the global…
The importance of three centuries of land-use change for the global and regional terrestrial carbon cycle
Large amounts of carbon (C) have been released into the atmosphere over the past centuries. Less than half of this C stays in the atmosphere. The remainder is taken up by the oceans and terrestrial…
Challenges in integrating the concept of ecosystem services and values in landscape planning, management and decision making
Despite the growing body of literature on ecosystem services, still many challenges remain to structurally integrate ecosystem services in landscape planning, management and design. This paper…
CO2 emission reduction in transport - Confronting medium-term and long-term options for achieving climate targets in the Netherlands
To meet long-term climate targets, developed countries should reduce greenhouse gas emission with 65 to 95% compared to 2000 levels. If the transport sector should match these reductions three crucial…
Fossil Fuel Deposit Fires; Occurrence Inventory, design and assessment of Instrumental Options
This project brings together existing knowledge on the problem of combustion of in-situ fossil-fuel deposits, in particular coal occurrences. It links the physical properties of coal and its…
Adapting EU governance for a more sustainable future
This paper identifies a number of internal and external governance issues influencing the EU's capacity to bring itself and the rest of the world on a more sustainable path. By using different…
This report constituting the Netherlands Informative Inventory Report (IIR) contains information on the inventories in the Netherlands up to 2007. It includes descriptions of methods and data sources…
The GISMO User Support System (GUSS) allows exploring long-term human development trends and dynamics, which have been used in the report: ‘Beyond 2015: Long-term development and the Millennium…
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