Countries' climate mitigation commitments under the 'South-North Dialogue' Proposal - a quantitative analysis using the FAIR 2.1 world model
The 'South–North Dialogue Proposal' outlines an approach for an 'equitable' differentiation of post-2012 commitments. An analysis of the proposal shows that for the stringent stabilisation targets…
Pesticide transport in groundwater at the national scale: coupling an unsaturated zone model with a groundwater flow model
Evaluation of the leaching potential of a pesticide and its metabolites is a crucial part of European registration procedures. So far, these procedures consider the movement into the shallow…
Environmental load from Dutch private consumption - How much damage takes place abroad?
This article describes a method for determining the environmental load of Dutch private consumption. The method generates detailed information about consumption-related environmental impacts.
Traffic noise in Europe: a comparison of calculation methods, noise indices and noise standards for road and railroad traffic in Europe
As the international dimension of environmental laws and legislation is gaining in importance, it has become increasingly essential to compare and assess international data. Can international data on…
Model-based geostatistical interpolation of the annual number of ozone exceedance days in the Netherlands
This paper discusses two model-based geostatistical methods for spatial interpolation of the number of days that ground level ozone exceeds a threshold level.
Denitrification in agricultural soils: summarizing published data and estimating global annual rates
Information taken from 336 measurements of denitrification in agricultural soils was summarized to assess the influence on denitrification of several factors related to soil, climate, agricultural…
Estimation of global river transport of sediments and associated particulate C, N, and P
This paper presents a multiple linear regression model developed for describing global river export of sediments (suspended solids, TSS) to coastal seas, and approaches for estimating organic carbon…
Changes in Nature's Balance Sheet: Model-based estimates of future worldwide ecosystem services
Four quantitative scenarios are presented that describe changes in worldwide ecosystem services up to 2050-2100. A set of soft-linked global models of human demography, economic development, climate…
As part of its mandate, the European Environment Agency (EEA) provides a comprehensive review of the state of the European Environment every five years: ‘The European environment: state and outlook…
The European Commission’s proposal of September 2005 to include the aviation sector in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU-ETS) can be seen as a step forward in including the aviation sector in…
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