The Global Atmospheric Environment for the Next Generation
Air quality, ecosystem exposure to nitrogen deposition, and climate change are intimately coupled problems: we assess changes in the global atmospheric environment between 2000 and 2030 using 26 state…
Colloquium: How Member States use flexibility in EU directives
Generally speaking, EU environmental directives allow Member States to flexibly implement the required legislation in their national contexts. The aim of our colloquium, which took place on 8 December…
The role of nitrogen in world food production and environmental sustainability
In this paper the environmental consequences of FAO's agricultural projection until 2030 are shown. The FAO projection is focussed on agricultural production and trade in order to meet the Millennium…
New insights into the scale of the particulate matter problem in the Netherlands
There are strong indications that the particulate matter concentration in the Netherlands is currently 10-15% less than previously observed. The main reasons are the lower observed concentrations in…
Impacts of land-use change on biodiversity: an assessment of agricultural biodiversity in the European Region
The lowest ecosystem quality values are found in intensively used agricultural areas in lowlands (e.g. The Netherlands and northern France) and irrigation systems (e.g. Greece), whereas relatively…
Sustainability policy in Europe is currently dominated by the Lisbon Strategy for the promotion of more growth and jobs. This dominance represses other goals for sustainable development. Revision of…
PPP Versus Mer: Searching for Answers in a Multi-Dimensional Debate
Consistent with most of the existing literature, the economic growth in most of the SRES (Special Report on Emission) scenarios and their regions were reported in US dollars based on conversions using…
Exploring the ancillary benefits of the Kyoto Protocol for air pollution in Europe
An integrated approach to climate change and regional air pollution can harvest considerable ancillary benefits in terms of environmental impacts and costs. This is because both problems are caused to…
Multi-Stage: A Rule-Based Evolution of Future Commitments under the Climate Change Convention
This article presents the regional emission targets corresponding to different climate regimes for differentiating commitments beyond 2012 on the basis of the Multi-Stage approach. This approach…
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