Integrated Development and Climate Policies: how to realise benefits at national and international level?
Development efforts will be seriously hampered by the risks of climate change if these are not tackled. Reduced economic growth due to climate change damages, threatened or under-performing…
Global greenhouse gas emissions increased 75% since 1970
Recent research by the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, in collaboration with the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the EU in Ispra, showed that global emissions of the six Kyoto greenhouse…
Greenhouse gas emissions in the Netherlands 1990-2004
This report documents the Netherlands' annual submission of the greenhouse gas emission inventory in accordance with the United Nation's Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the…
Integrated modelling of global environmental change. An overview of IMAGE 2.4
New IMAGE model integrates global change for sustainability.There is an increasing recognition in science for policy making that problems of human development and the state of the natural environment…
Scientific assessment of solar induced climate change
In order to assess the understanding of the solar terrestrial relation, an assessment was made of the knowledge of the solar dynamo, the proxy records as well as on the understanding of the possible…
Mapping hotspots of nature areas with lowered groundwater tables
Ever since the 1980s it is politically accepted that nature areas in the Netherlands have been suffering from lowered groundwater tables due to intensified drainage of agricultural areas ('verdroging'…
Downscaling drivers of global environmental change. Enabling use of global SRES scenarios at the national and grid levels
Global environmental change scenarios typically distinguish between about 10-20 global regions. However, various studies need scenario information at a higher level of spatial detail. This paper…
Does the evidence about health risks associated with nitrate ingestion warrant an increase of the nitrate standard for drinking water?
According to this paper, the answer is no. This paper outlines why nitrate in vegetables and fruit is harmless for humans, while it can be harmful in drinking water. There is evidence, albeit scarce…
Comparison of spatial and temporal variations of aerosol optical thickness and particulate matter over Europe
The understanding of particulate matter (PM) levels over Europe as a whole is at present limited by the diversity of ground level measurements methods. This study explores the relation between…