Global climate action from cities, regions and businesses, 2019 report
Although the ambition levels shown by cities, regions and business are high and will go a long way towards meeting the Paris Agreement goals, the bottom-up efforts still need to manifest themselves…
In the 2019 Informative Inventory Report (IIR) by the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), the Dutch emission data on transboundary air polluting substances are published…
Biomass residues as twenty-first century bioenergy feedstock—a comparison of eight integrated assessment models
In the twenty-first century, modern bioenergy could become one of the largest sources of energy, partially replacing fossil fuels and contributing to climate change mitigation. Agricultural and…
Methods for calculating the emissions of transport in the Netherlands 2019
This report describes the methodologies, emission factors and relevant activity data used to calculate the emission of environmental pollutants from mobile sources in the Netherlands. The emissions…
Grootschalige concentratie- en depositiekaarten Nederland: Rapportage 2019
Het rapport Grootschalige concentratie- en depositiekaarten Nederland (GCN) geeft elk jaar de concentraties in de lucht van onder andere stikstofdioxide en fijnstof in Nederland op kaarten weer. Ook…
Not all carbon dioxide emission scenarios are equally likely: a subjective expert assessment
Climate researchers use carbon dioxide emission scenarios to explore alternative climate futures and potential impacts, as well as implications of mitigation and adaptation policies. Often, these…
The role of the discount rate for emission pathways and negative emissions
The importance of the discount rate in cost-benefit analysis of long term problems, such as climate change, has been widely acknowledged. However, the choice of the discount rate is hardly discussed…
De beschikbaarheid van duurzame biomassa en de toepassingsmogelijkheden daarvan in Nederland
In het klimaatakkoord wordt aangegeven dat het kabinet ervan overtuigd is dat de inzet van biomassa nu en richting 2030 en 2050 noodzakelijk is voor de verduurzaming van onze economie en het…
This policy brief presents insights that can be derived from the gap indicators in the ‘global stocktake’ dynamic web tool. We know that there is a global emissions gap, as current policies on the…
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