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Struggling to deal with uncertainties. What is known about indirect land-use change?

The efforts that are required in order to mitigate indirect land-use change (ILUC) and achieve a considerable reduction in emissions from biofuels crops, compared to the fossil-fuel alternative…

CO2 emissions from fuel combustion, 2014 Edition

To show the changes in energy-related CO 2 emission in response to economic and policy developments, this annual reference publication by the International Energy Agency (IEA) describes the trends in…

European Regional Competitiveness Scoreboard

The European regional competitiveness scoreboard offers a powerful tool for analysing a region’s competitive position and its position in global economic networks, using a visualisation of regional…

Mapping and modelling trade-offs and synergies between grazing intensity and ecosystem services in rangelands using global-scale datasets and models

Vast areas of rangelands across the world are grazed with increasing intensity, but interactions between livestock production, biodiversity and other ecosystem services are poorly studied. This study…
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The reflective futures practitioner: Balancing salience, credibility and legitimacy in generating foresight knowledge with stakeholders

This paper explores how foresight researchers involved in environmental, nature and planning issues attempt to balance salience, credibility and legitimacy while generating knowledge in interaction…
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Evaluating the macroeconomic impacts of bio-based applications in the EU

In 2012, the European Commission launched the Bioeconomy Strategy and Action Plan with the objective of establishing a resource-efficient and competitive society that reconciles food security with the…
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Sustainability of international Dutch supply chains: Progress, effects and perspectives

Imported natural resources and products, such as coffee, timber, palm oil, cacao, fish and soya, increasingly more often carry a sustainability label, based on the certification of production…

Reflections on coordination mechanisms for accommodating increasing amounts of wind and solar in the power market

European power markets are being confronted with an unprecedented transition process toward a low-carbon power system. The speed and complexity of this shift are raising serious challenges and…

How sectors can contribute to sustainable use and conservation of biodiversity

Developments in sectors such as agriculture, wood production, water management and fisheries largely shape the world’s current and future biodiversity, as they exert direct pressures on biodiversity…

Competing uses of biomass for energy and chemicals: Implications for long-term global CO2 mitigation potential

Biomass is considered a low carbon source for various energy or chemical options. This paper assesses it′s different possible uses, the competition between these uses, and the implications for long…