The use of scenarios as the basis for combined assessment of climate change mitigation and adaptation
Scenarios are used to explore the consequences of different adaptation and mitigation strategies under uncertainty. In this paper, two scenarios are used to explore developments with no mitigation…
The trend in particulate matter (PM 10) and its most important constituents does not contradict the developments in registered emissions. At first glance there appears a contradiction; 'concentrations…
Composition and origin of Particulate Matter in the Netherlands
Particulate matter has a negative impact on human health and plays a role in climate change. To develop effective mitigation strategies to reduce the concentrations of both PM 2.5 and PM 10 one needs…
The relationship between short-term emissions and long-term concentration targets
The relationship between long-term climate goals and short/medium-term emission targets forms crucial information for the design of international climate policy. Since IPCC’s 4th Assessment Report…
Uncertainty and risk in climate projections for the 21st century
There are by now many studies on estimation of uncertainty of climate system properties and model parameters but still only few on probabilistic climate projections. Moreover, most of these studies…
The Common Agricultural Policy: Possible contribution towards achieving biodiversity targets for Dutch agricultural areas
In discussions on reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the EU, currently, the general opinion is that payments (made to farmers) within the framework of the CAP should be better linked to…
Contribution of the CAP to achieving environmental, nature and landscape policy targets
Reform of the Common Agricultural Policy offers options for remunerating farmers for taking measures that benefit agricultural nature, landscape, water quality, adaptation to climate change, and…
Impact of future land use and land cover changes on atmospheric chemistry‐climate interactions
To demonstrate potential future consequences of land cover and land use changes beyond those for physical climate and the carbon cycle, we present an analysis of large-scale impacts of land cover and…
Co-impacts of climate policies on air polluting emissions in the Netherlands
Several indicative climate policy packages for 2020 have been found to result in mainly favourable co-impacts on Dutch air quality. The extent of their contribution to air quality does depend on the…
International mitigation and adaptation strategies for climate change policy: An integrated assessment approach
What is the best strategy to reduce climate change (mitigation)? And what are the interactions between mitigation and adjusting to climate change (adaptation)? To answer these questions an integrated…
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