European Union System for the Evaluation of Substances 2.0 (EUSES 2.0); background report
This report describes the second version of the PC-program 'European Union System for the Evaluation of Substances', EUSES 2.0. It completely replaces the EUSES 1.0 program and documentation.
Environmental effects of manure policy options in the Netherlands
This study explores the effects of manure policy options for agricultural land in The Netherlands on nitrate leaching to groundwater, ammonia and nitrous oxide emissions to the atmosphere and on…
Assessment of the pesticide leaching risk at the Pan-European level. The EuroPEARL approach
The Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency developed a pan-European pesticide leaching model. The model covers approximately 75% of the area of the former EU-15. Model results have been used to…
Land-use/transport interaction models as tools for sustainability impact assessment of transport investments: review and research perspectives
Interest in the appraisal of the sustainability impacts of transport policies has grown the last few years, expressing the need for a balanced treatment of economic, environmental and social impacts…
Bottom up approaches to defining future climate mitigation commitments
This report analyses a number of alternative, bottom-up approaches, i.e. technology and performance standards; technology Research and Development agreements, sectoral targets, etc. While bottom-up…
Backcasting as a tool for sustainable transport policy making: the environmentally sustainable transport study in the Netherlands
This paper describes the backcasting approach used in the OECD's Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) Study, in which several countries participated. The backcasting approach can be seen as an…
Sectoral CO2 emissions in the Netherlands up to 2010. Update of the Reference Projection for Policy-making on Indicative Targets
This ECN/RIVM-report presents the future sectoral emissions, including industry and energy supply. The results have been used to set indicative targets for sectoral CO 2 emissions. The results have…
Nitrate leaching by atmospheric N deposition to upper groundwater in the sandy regions of the Netherlands in 1990
The European Community asks its Member States to provide a comprehensive and coherent overview of their groundwater chemical status. It is stated that simple conceptual models are necessary to allow…
Economic and environmental effects of the manure policy in the Netherlands: synthesis of integrated ex-post and ex-ante evaluation
This paper summarises the results of both an ex-post evaluation of the Dutch Mineral Accounting System (MINAS) and an ex-ante evaluation of the effect of different levy-free surplus values.
PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
