Stakeholder Participation Guidance for the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency: Practice Guide
The Guidance for Stakeholder Participation is intended to support and guide project leaders at the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (MNP) in their choices in the area of stakeholder…
Stakeholder Participation Guidance for the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency: Checklist
The Guidance for Stakeholder Participation is intended to support and guide project leaders at the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (MNP) in their choices in the area of stakeholder…
International environmental policy has a chance of succeeding, only if Brazil, Russia, India and China participate, and if swift action is taken; only then will it be affordable and feasible. The OECD…
Methods for quantifying the benefits of sustainable development policies and measures (SD-PAMs)
Negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its Kyoto Protocol seek to build an effective and equitable multilateral response to climate change. Several…
Integrating development and climate policies: national and international benefits
Development efforts will be seriously hampered by the risks of climate change if these are not tackled. Reduced economic growth due to climate change damages, threatened or under-performing…
Local and global consequences of the EU renewable directive for biofuels. Testing the sustainability criteria
The climate has more to gain from converting biomass into electricity, than to use it to replace petrol or diesel. Therefore, proposals to replace current transport fuels by biofuels are not the best…
The Triptych approach revisited: A staged sectoral approach for climate mitigation
The focus of attention in international climate negotiations is to strengthen the international framework for the years following the Kyoto Protocol's initial commitment period, i.e. after 2012. The…
European characterization factors for human health damage of PM10 and ozone in life cycle impact assessment
This paper presents characterization factors (CFs) for human health effects of fine particulate (PM 10 ) and ozone in Europe for the purpose of life cycle impact assessment. The CFs express the change…
The future of Europe’s rural areas will largely be determined by autonomous global driving forces like macroeconomic growth and demographic developments. This is the outcome of EUruralis 2.0, a study…
Sustainable production and consumption, an assessment for the Netherlands
Poverty, climate change and loss of biodiversity are among the key issues in relation to global sustainable development. The Netherlands is tightly embedded in a global network of economic relations…