Evaluation of Water Framework Directive metrics to analyse trends in water quality in the Netherlands
The Water Framework Directive (WFD), implemented in 2000, is the major policy instrument for water quality in the European Union. Its main aim is to homogenise and standardise water quality…
Ecosystem services have become a popular concept for policymakers and practioners to explain the societal value of ecosystems and biodiversity to the general public. However, in translating the…
The Climate Dialogue weblog was a climate change communication project, following a request by Dutch Parliament to involve sceptics more in the climate debate. It was commissioned by the Ministry of…
Baseline projections for Latin America: base-year assumptions, key drivers and greenhouse emissions
This paper provides an overview of the base-year assumptions and baseline projections for the set of models participating in the LAMP and CLIMACAP projects. We present the range in baseline…
The roads ahead: Narratives for shared socioeconomic pathways describing world futures in the 21st century
Long-term scenarios play an important role in research on global environmental change. The climate change research community is developing new scenarios integrating future changes in climate and…
The first Netherlands National Energy Outlook reveals that objectives for renewable energy and energy saving are not yet being met. The climate target for 2020, however, will be achieved. Employment…
Existing data and knowledge gaps about air-climate inter-linkages and way forwards for improvement
Over the past years progress has been made in understanding the linkage between air pollution with climate change. Using data available from current integrated assessment models and activities and…
Growing demand for natural resources in combination with climate change have put increasing pressure on nature. It's negative effects are most prominent in developing countries. The landscape approach…
Options for the road freight sector to meet long term climate targets
The road freight sector is responsible for about a quarter of CO2 emissions from road transport in the EU and for some 6% of total EU emissions. CO2 emissions are still rising, mainly due to…
Vehicle taxation has made new EU passenger vehicles more fuel-efficient
Tax incentives have motivated motorists to opt for more fuel-efficient vehicles more often, in 15 of the studied EU Member States. CO 2 emissions from new passenger vehicles, per kilometre driven…
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