Global emissions of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) increased by 3% last year, reaching an all-time high of 34 billion tonnes in 2011. In China, average per capita CO 2 emissions increased by 9% to 7.2 tonnes…
The impact of surplus units from the first Kyoto period on achieving the reduction pledges of the Cancun Agreements
Countries with emission levels below their emission allowances have surplus Assigned Amount Units (AAUs) or other emission credits. Under the Kyoto Protocol, these surplus credits may effectively be…
Making scenarios for nature policy in the Netherlands
The 'Nature Outlook 2010 - 2040' was produced by applying the scenario approach. The outlook explores some alternative directions in which nature policy may evolve in the long term and the…
The Compact City: Planning strategies, recent developments and future prospects in the Netherlands
This paper gives insight into recent developments of dwellings, inhabitants and jobs in Dutch cities and their surroundings. It raises the question if the recent developments can be described as…
The plan review: A new approach to urban project assessment
Decision-makers experience problems with assessing urban investment plans. Currently, if national public funding is involved, cost–benefit analysis (CBA) is a mandatory component of the Dutch decision…
Multilevel Approaches and Firm-Agglomeration Ambiguity in Economic Growth Studies
Empirical studies in spatial economics have shown that agglomeration economies may be a source of the uneven distribution of economic activities and economic growth across cities and regions. Both…
Food security in sub-Saharan Africa: An explorative study
The agricultural production potential of sub-Saharan Africa would be sufficient to make the region food secure. Concerted and region-specific policies are needed to conserve and enhance the natural…
European-scale modelling of groundwater denitrification and associated N2O production
This paper presents a spatially explicit model for simulating the transport of nitrogen (N) and the denitrification and associated production of nitrous oxide (N 2 O) in groundwater, with a one…
Government interventions in sustainable supply chain governance: Experience in Dutchfront-running cases
Numerous multi-actor governance systems have recently emerged, ensuring sustainability of international traded products. Business and civil society actors play a dominant role in initiating and…
Report workshop 'Moving forward on the EU’s Resource Efficiency initiative – a global perspective'
This workshop, held in a round-table format, brought together around two dozen senior experts. Immediately following the UN’s Rio+20 conference, it sought to establish the most recent world view on…
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