Options for international climate policies: towards an effective regime
The authors contribute to the many discussions on international climate policy and provide an in-depth analysis of the main characteristics of the problem of climate change. They highlight the various…
Are we sure? Some thoughts about uncertainty treatment in integrated assessment
‘Are we sure?’ ‘Are we right?’ ‘Do we feel confident?’ These questions summarise the feeling of uncertainty that is always nagging at our conscience whenever a policy decision is going to be based on…
Value of decomposition figures in emission reduction policy analysis at international level - Report of a traineeship at RIVM
Decomposition analysis is a method for dis-entangling the different key-factors that determine temporal changes in emission levels. It is a 'top-down' method starting from general available…
Het Natuurcompendium bevat feiten en cijfers over de ontwikkeling van de Nederlandse natuur, van ecologie tot beleid, bijeengebracht in één Natuurcompendium. Het boek brengt daarmee lijn in de grote…
Present state and future prospects for groundwater ecosystems
Ecological and socioeconomic aspects of subterranean hydrosystems have changed during the past 40–50 years. The major environmental pressures (mainly anthropogenic ones) impact the quantity and…
Documentation of the activities within the framework of the completion of the CRF for the 2003 submission to the UNFCCC
The ministry of VROM is obliged to report the Dutch emission data for greenhouse gases to the EU (European Union's Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Mechanism) and the UNFCCC ( United Nation's Framework…
The integrated modeling system STONE for calculating nutrient emissions from agriculture in the Netherlands
For the Netherlands, a nutrient emission modeling system, called STONE, has been developed. It was designed for evaluation at the national and regional scale of the effects of changes in the…