In the environmental assessments by the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL), the GeoPEARL model is used to calculate the leaching of pesticides to the groundwater at the national scale…
Modelling local environmental quality and its impact on health. Background document for an international scientific audit of PBL team LOK
This report describes the methods used by the Quality of the Local Environment Team (LOK) for evaluation of government policy concerning the quality of the local environment and the consequences…
The VELD experiment: An evaluation of the ammonia emissions and concentrations in an agricultural area
From July 2002 until September 2003, a detailed ammonia emission inventory was carried out in concurrence with detailed measurements of the ammonia concentrations in air in a 3 × 3 km area in the East…
Reductions of greenhouse gas emissions in Annex I and non-Annex I countries for meeting concentration stabilisation targets
Studies from IPCC and the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency show that industrialised countries can achieve stabilisation at 450 ppm, if their emissions are reduced by 25 to 40% below 1990…
Modeling Energy and Development: An Evaluation of Models and Concepts
In this study, we found that the results of the IPCC/SRES global energy models for Asia are consistent with general “energy development” theories such as the environmental Kuznets curve and the energy…
The risks posed to society from "emerging technologies" constitute a topic of intense academic and social debate. This report addresses the appraisal and regulation of these risks from a variety of…
Towards a Global Integrated Sustainability Model: GISMO1.0 status report
Sustainable Development deals with the link between the environment and development issues. This link is very complex, including many interrelations between social, economic and environmental…
Evaluation of the Water Framework Directive in the Netherlands; costs and benefits
Just as all other European Member States, the Netherlands also has the obligation to implement the European Water Framework Directive (WFD). This requires a number of policy choices at the edge of…
Effects of Climate Policies on Emissions of Air Pollutants in the Netherlands
Overall, for air quality, the Dutch climate policy plan ‘Clean and Efficient’ (Schoon en Zuinig) appears to work out well. However, its effect on air quality also remains largely uncertain, partly due…
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