Downscaling socioeconomic and emissions scenarios for global environmental change research: a review
Global change research encompasses various scales from global to local. Impacts analysis in particular often requires spatial downscaling, whereby socioeconomic and emission variables specified at…
A meta-level analysis of major trends in environmental health risk governance
Internationally but also within countries, large differences exist regarding how environmental health risks (EHRs) are governed. Despite these differences, at a meta-level some general trends can be…
Spatial- and time-explicit human damage modeling of ozone depleting substances in life cycle impact assessment
Ozone-depleting substances (ODSs) are recalcitrant chemicals that contain chlorine and/or bromine atoms. They are a source of Cl and Br in the stratosphere due to their long atmospheric lifetime. Once…
Indirect effects of biofuels: intensification of agricultural production
Agricultural intensification has the potential to reduce indirect land-use change from biofuels. If such intensification is realised only by applying more fertiliser, this may lead to substantial…
Postponing emission reductions from 2020 to 2030 increases climate risks and long-term costs
Substantially postponing the emission reductions, compared to the ranges indicated in IPCC’s recent assessment for 2020 as required for meeting the longterm 2°C target, increases the risk of exceeding…
The contribution of by-products to the sustainability of biofuels
The cultivation of energy crops on arable land may lead to the displacement of food crops and to indirect land-use change (ILUC) with biodiversity loss and extra greenhouse gas emissions. Some of the…
Methodologies for estimating shipping emissions in the Netherlands
Proper estimation of shipping emissions is essential for an impact assessment of shipping on air quality and health in port cities and coastal regions. In the Netherlands shipping is an important…
Historical (1850-2000) gridded anthropogenic and biomass burning emissions of reactive gases and aerosols: Methodology and application
In this paper a new dataset of gridded emissions covering the historical period (1850–2000) in decadal increments at a horizontal resolution of 0.5° in latitude and longitude is presented and…
This report constituting the Netherlands Informative Inventory Report (IIR) contains information on the inventories in the Netherlands up to 2008. It includes descriptions of methods and data sources…
Greenhouse gas emissions for the EU in four future scenarios
The European Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) will be revised in the near future. A proposed agricultural policy reform will affect many dimensions of the sustainable development of agriculture. One…
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