The feasibility of low CO2 concentration targets and the role of bio-energy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS)
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC 1992) calls for stabilization of atmospheric greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic…
International agreements for achieving a worldwide reduction in biodiversity loss by 2010, have not been attained. However, there are options for halting the decline in biodiversity. This is one of…
Sharing the reduction effort to limit global warming to 2 degree C
In order to stabilise long-term greenhouse gas concentrations at 450 ppm CO 2 eq or less, developed countries as a group should reduce emissions by 25 to 40% below 1990 levels, by 2020, while…
Wetenschapper versus scepticus; Verslag van een weblogdiscussie tussen een klimaatonderzoeker en een klimaatscepticus
In de aanloop naar de internationale klimaatconferentie in december 2009 in Kopenhagen gingen klimaatscepticus Hans Labohm en klimaatonderzoeker van het Planbureau voor de leefomgeving Bart Strengers…
Nederland dreigt de doelen te missen voor de terugdringing van broeikasgassen, energiebesparing en het aandeel duurzame energie. Ook mét de maatregelen die het kabinet voor zijn val overwoog, blijven…
Sharing developed countries’ post-2012 greenhouse gas emission reductions based on comparable efforts
The Bali Action Plan as adopted under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 2007, states that Annex I (developed) countries should reduce their greenhouse gas emissions…
Increasing anthropogenic nitrogen inputs and riverine DIN exports from the Changjiang River basin
Our result indicates that anthropogenically enhanced N inputs dominate and will continue to dominate river DIN yields under changing human pressures in the basin. Therefore, nitrogen pollution is and…
N:P:Si nutrient export ratios and ecological consequences in coastal seas evaluated by the ICEP approach
Calculated Indicator for Coastal Eutrophication Potential (ICEP) for the year 2050 based on Global NEWS data for the four Millennium Ecosystem Assessment scenarios show increasing values particularly…
Downscaling socioeconomic and emissions scenarios for global environmental change research: a review
Global change research encompasses various scales from global to local. Impacts analysis in particular often requires spatial downscaling, whereby socioeconomic and emission variables specified at…
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