Participatory approaches for a transition in agriculture: the case of The Netherlands
Chapter in book 'Agriculture and Climate beyond 2015'. It describes some examples of processes and methods to support transition processes. A description of the first version of an evaluation method…
A method for the analysis of assumptions in assessments: Exploring the value-ladenness of two indicators in the Fifth Dutch Environmental Outlook
When analysts do quantitative scientific assessments of complex policy problems, they have to make many assumptions in the chain of calculations that lead to the end results. These assumptions…
European Critical Loads and Dynamic Modelling - CCE Status Report 2005
The analysis of air pollution impacts on environment and health becomes ever more important for the support of air pollution policies also because the health risk op particulate matter has recently…
There is a growing need for comparative indicators to measure Member State’s environmental performance. To fulfill this need, MNP has developed the European Benchmark Indicators (EBI) to draw…
Global inventory of ammonia emissions from global livestock production and fertilizer use
Ammonia is an important atmospheric pollutant with a wide variety of impacts ranging from aerosol formation, soil acidification, eutrophication, and biodiversity loss in ecosystems. One of the major…
CO2 and albedo climate impacts of extratropical carbon and biomass plantations
We explored the climate impacts for two land-use change scenarios, aimed at mitigating the buildup of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Using the integrated assessment model IMAGE 2.2, we found that…
Climate change policies beneficial for European air quality
European climate change action will benefit air pollution abatement by 2030, with costs for controlling emissions dropping by EUR 10 billion per year. Reduced emissions will lead to a fall in damage…
Halting the loss of biodiversity in the Netherlands
In its recent Communication on biodiversity, the European Commission has proposed actions to halt the loss of biodiversity. According to MNP, effective actions for the Netherlands could be the further…
The Dutch Environmental Balance 2006 describes the Dutch state of the environment in 2005. It offers an evaluation of policy influences on the environment, including the barriers, opportunities and…
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