Publications

Ozone in the atmosphere serves as a partially protective filter against the most harmful part of the solar UV-spectrum. Decreases in ozone lead to increases in ambient UV with a wide variety of…

Before implementing the second European directive, the member states of the European Union should assess the air quality for carbon monoxide and benzene in their countries.

This report aims at exploring the implications of various international climate regimes for differentiating future commitments compatible with Article 2 of Climate Change Convention, i.e. stabilising…

Results are presented of the project 'reference projection for energy and greenhouse gases' carried out by RIVM and ECN for the Ministries of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment, and of…

RIVM offers a report evaluating the President's proposal to reduce the greenhouse gas intensity of the US economy by 18 per cent between 2002 and 2012. This policy target can be regarded as being very…

One of the main causes of the low efficiency in nitrogen (N) use by crops is the volatilization of ammonia (NH 3 ) from fertilizers. Information taken from 1667 NH 3 volatilization measurements…

Special report for the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa.

This report documents the 2002 Netherlands' annual submission of its greenhouse gas emission inventory in accordance with the United Nation's Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the…

Never before in history was the interaction between people and their natural environment as complex and problematic as it is today.

Recently, RIVM has calculated the consequences of the Marrakesh Accords. This report updates RIVM's earlier report "Evaluating the Bonn Agreement and some key issues" by incorporating the impacts…