The importance of three centuries of land-use change for the global and regional terrestrial carbon cycle
Large amounts of carbon (C) have been released into the atmosphere over the past centuries. Less than half of this C stays in the atmosphere. The remainder is taken up by the oceans and terrestrial…
Challenges in integrating the concept of ecosystem services and values in landscape planning, management and decision making
Despite the growing body of literature on ecosystem services, still many challenges remain to structurally integrate ecosystem services in landscape planning, management and design. This paper…
CO2 emission reduction in transport - Confronting medium-term and long-term options for achieving climate targets in the Netherlands
To meet long-term climate targets, developed countries should reduce greenhouse gas emission with 65 to 95% compared to 2000 levels. If the transport sector should match these reductions three crucial…
Haalbaarheid van PM2,5 luchtkwaliteitnormen, situatie voor Nederland in een Europese context
Nederland zal de Europese normen voor kleine deeltjes fijn stof (PM 2,5) waarschijnlijk gaan halen bij het huidige en voorgenomen nationale en Europese beleid. In 2015 moet Nederland aan die normen…
Fossil Fuel Deposit Fires; Occurrence Inventory, design and assessment of Instrumental Options
This project brings together existing knowledge on the problem of combustion of in-situ fossil-fuel deposits, in particular coal occurrences. It links the physical properties of coal and its…
Verbranding van fossiele brandstof voorkomens: inventarisatie, ontwerp en evaluatie van instrumentele opties
Dit project inventariseert bestaande kennis betreffende het probleem van ontbranding van in-situ fossiele brandstof voorkomens, in het bijzonder steenkool afzettingen. De fysische eigenschappen van…
Op 3 november 2009 organiseerde het Planbureau voor de Leefomgeving de jaarlijkse Ruimteconferentie in de Cruise Terminal te Rotterdam. Dit jaar verzorgden Carolyn Steel (auteur van 'The Hungry City')…
Het Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) van de World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) coördineert op verzoek van de United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) de mondiale…
Adapting EU governance for a more sustainable future
This paper identifies a number of internal and external governance issues influencing the EU's capacity to bring itself and the rest of the world on a more sustainable path. By using different…