Incorporating ecological perspectives in European groundwater management policy
Implementation of the European Union (EU) Water Framework Directive (WFD 2000) and its planned supplement ‘Directive on the Protection of Groundwater against Pollution’ (EU GWD [European Union…
Describing scientific uncertainties in climate change to support analysis of risk and of options. Workshop report, May 2004
This IPCC workshop was convened in order to consider past experience and new developments in the determination and communication of uncertainties in order to make that knowledge available to Lead…
Implementing the Kyoto Protocol in the European Community
This paper describes the role of the European Community (EC) in negotiating the Kyoto Protocol and then focuses on the progress of the European Union (EU) towards meeting its Kyoto commitments.
Environmental Balance 2004. The State of the Dutch environment
Environmental Balance 2004 describes trends in the environment in the Netherlands and the effectiveness of the policies pursued. It also evaluates the degree to which the goals of environmental…
European Union System for the Evaluation of Substances 2.0 (EUSES 2.0); background report
This report describes the second version of the PC-program 'European Union System for the Evaluation of Substances', EUSES 2.0. It completely replaces the EUSES 1.0 program and documentation.
Environmental effects of manure policy options in the Netherlands
This study explores the effects of manure policy options for agricultural land in The Netherlands on nitrate leaching to groundwater, ammonia and nitrous oxide emissions to the atmosphere and on…
Assessment of the pesticide leaching risk at the Pan-European level. The EuroPEARL approach
The Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency developed a pan-European pesticide leaching model. The model covers approximately 75% of the area of the former EU-15. Model results have been used to…
Land-use/transport interaction models as tools for sustainability impact assessment of transport investments: review and research perspectives
Interest in the appraisal of the sustainability impacts of transport policies has grown the last few years, expressing the need for a balanced treatment of economic, environmental and social impacts…
Bottom up approaches to defining future climate mitigation commitments
This report analyses a number of alternative, bottom-up approaches, i.e. technology and performance standards; technology Research and Development agreements, sectoral targets, etc. While bottom-up…
Backcasting as a tool for sustainable transport policy making: the environmentally sustainable transport study in the Netherlands
This paper describes the backcasting approach used in the OECD's Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) Study, in which several countries participated. The backcasting approach can be seen as an…
PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
