Publications

Both mitigation of and adaptation to climate change require actions to be taken in many sectors of society, but so far this is hardly happening.

A combined cost-benefit analysis on both local air pollution and global climate change - two closely related problems since both are driven by energy production and consumption patterns - shows that…

If the future 9 billion people on this planet are to be assured of food and clean drinking water, the demand for land will be just as pressing a problem in the coming decades as climate change is now…

Every year the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (MNP) publishes an Environmental Balance in the framework of the Dutch Environmental Management Act. This Environmental Balance provides an…

In this article critical nutrient loads to prevent duckweed dominance loads in polder ditches were assessed using the eutrophication model PCDitch.

In 2005 the European Commission launched a Thematic Strategy on air pollution for the European Union. We use an analytical framework that relates credibility, legitimacy and relevance of assessments…

People move to another house for different reasons. It is sometimes presumed that a process of self-selection might take place on the basis of noise sensitivity, i.e., sensitive people would either…

It is technically feasible for the EU to meet the 20% unilateral and 30% multilateral greenhouse gas emission reduction targets as adopted in 2007. The emission reductions and costs for the individual…

Our results suggest that socio-economic conditions and farm characteristics should be considered when analyzing effects of climate conditions on farm yields and income. Next to climate, input…

The current European policies on air pollution and climate change exacerbate the dilemma on nuclear power. On the one hand there are risks involved with nuclear waste and proliferation. On the other…