India is playing an increasingly important role in the global economy and, correspondingly, in resource use and emissions. Yet, the modelling tools for exploring the opportunities and threats for…
International review of the GLOBIO model version 3
In April 2005, a review committee gathered to assess the scientifically validity and policy-relevance of the GLOBIO3 model as part of the International Biodiversity project. Four members of the…
Uncertainty communication in environmental assessments: views from the Dutch science-policy interface
Scientific assessments of environmental problems, and policy responses to those problems, involve uncertainties of many sorts. Meanwhile, potential impacts of wrong decisions can be far-reaching. This…
A2M - a program to compute all possible mineral modes from geochemical analyses
A2M (‘Analysis to Mineralogy’) is a computer program to determine, for given total chemical analyses, all possible mineral modes from an arbitrary but pre-specified set of minerals.
Evidence for large average concentrations of the nitrate radical (NO3) in Western Europe from the HANSA hydrocarbon database
The nitrate radical (NO 3 ) was first measured in the atmosphere in the 1970s and suggestions were made that it could play a major role in oxidising many unsaturated hydrocarbons, such as those…
Combining biodiversity modeling with political and economic development scenarios for 25 EU countries
Due to urbanization and increase in stress factors, biodiversity is projected to decrease between now and 2030 in most countries for all scenarios, indicating that it is unlikely that the EU will be…
The consequences of interpolating or calculating first on the simulation of pesticide leaching at the regional scale
Models for calculating pesticide leaching require soil data, which is collected at drilling points. This article describes how this information can be interpolated to maps on the national scale and…
Differentiation of countries'future commitments in a post-2012 climate regime: an assessment of the "South-North dialogue" proposal
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…
Strengthening the science-policy interface: experiences from a European Thematic Network on Air pollution and Health (AIRNET)
The science-policy-stakeholder interplay in the area of air pollution becomes increasingly important when developing health-effective and cost-efficient risk control strategies that are also…
Realisation of Environmental Targets - Progress report 2007. Summary
This report is intended to assist the annual policy accountability process (the VBTB debate) by providing information about trends in pressure on the environment and environmental quality.It also…
PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
