The future of Europe’s rural areas will largely be determined by autonomous global driving forces like macroeconomic growth and demographic developments. This is the outcome of EUruralis 2.0, a study…
Sustainable production and consumption, an assessment for the Netherlands
Poverty, climate change and loss of biodiversity are among the key issues in relation to global sustainable development. The Netherlands is tightly embedded in a global network of economic relations…
Impacts of the Euro VI heavy duty emission standard for the Netherlands
The Euro VI proposal of the European Commission specifies the new emission standards for trucks and busses. In the Netherlands, the Euro VI emission standards will lead to local improvements in air…
A function of the Netherlands Environment Assessment Agency (MNP) is to provide support in seeking a political and societal balance between economic, ecological, spatial and socio-cultural qualities…
EU 2020 climate target: 20% reduction requires five-fold increase in impact of CO2 policies
MNP has estimated that without environmental policies in the EU between 1990 and 2005, emissions of the six greenhouse gases under the Kyoto Protocol would have been approximately 7 % higher in 2005…
This journal paper contains a statement which is the result of discussions held at the 2005 NERAM IV Colloquium “International Perspectives on Air Quality: Risk Management Principles for Policy…
Critical loads of nitrogen and dynamic modelling, CCE Progress Report 2007
The risk of deposition of nutrient nitrogen in Europe, including Natura 2000 areas, is underpinned by a novel compilation of empirical critical loads and uncertainty analysis inspired by the IPCC…
Economic impacts of bio-refinery and resource cascading systems: an applied general equilibrium analysis for Poland
Fossil fuels used for fertilizers and other chemical production account for around 15% of total fossil fuel consumption. Often, many of the chemical compounds that have a complex synthesis route in…
Review of the Gothenburg Protocol. Report of the Task Force on Integrated Assessment Modelling and the Centre for Integrated Assessment Modelling
In the last 25 years, air pollution in Europe has been substantially reduced. However, current reduction plans are insufficient to fully protect ecosystems and human health. These are the main…
Making integration of adaptation and mitigation work: mainstreaming into sustainable development policies?
Can an integrated approach to mitigation and adaptation offer opportunities for a more effective response to climate change than the current strategies? The nature of the linkages depends on the…
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