Responsibility for Past and Future Global Warming: Uncertainties in Attributing Anthropogenic Climate Change
During the negotiations on the Kyoto Protocol, Brazil proposed a methodology to link the relative contribution of Annex I Parties to emission reductions with the relative contributions of Parties to…
Biodiversity: how much is left? The Natural Capital Index framework (NCI)
The Natural Capital Index framework (NCI), developed as a contribution to the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), was designed to answer the questions ‘How much…
Comparison of global passenger transport models and available literature
Over the last decade transport has been strongest growing sector in terms of worldwide energy demand. As a result, proper modelling of transport has become more important in models describing global…
Preliminary modelling and mapping of critical loads for cadmium and lead in Europa
The Working Group on Effects (WGE) of the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE-CLRTAP), noted the need to further develop…
Ozone layer - climate change interactions. Influence on UV levels and UV related effects
Ozone in the atmosphere serves as a partially protective filter against the most harmful part of the solar UV-spectrum. Decreases in ozone lead to increases in ambient UV with a wide variety of…
Exploring post-Kyoto climate regimes for differentiation of commitments to stabilise greenhouse gas concentrations
This report aims at exploring the implications of various international climate regimes for differentiating future commitments compatible with Article 2 of Climate Change Convention, i.e. stabilising…
Preliminary assessment of air quality for carbon monoxide and benzene in the Netherlands under EU legislation
Before implementing the second European directive, the member states of the European Union should assess the air quality for carbon monoxide and benzene in their countries.
Reference projections for greenhouse gases in the Netherlands: emission projections for 2001 - 2010
Results are presented of the project 'reference projection for energy and greenhouse gases' carried out by RIVM and ECN for the Ministries of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment, and of…
RIVM offers a report evaluating the President's proposal to reduce the greenhouse gas intensity of the US economy by 18 per cent between 2002 and 2012. This policy target can be regarded as being very…
Estimation of global NH3 volatilization loss from synthetic fertilizers and animal manure applied to arable lands and grasslands
One of the main causes of the low efficiency in nitrogen (N) use by crops is the volatilization of ammonia (NH 3 ) from fertilizers. Information taken from 1667 NH 3 volatilization measurements…
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