Options to accelerate ozone recovery: ozone and climate benefits
Hypothetical reductions in future emissions of ozone-depleting substances (ODSs) and N 2O are evaluated in terms of effects on equivalent effective stratospheric chlorine (EESC), globally-averaged…
Evaluatie van een IPCC-klimaatrapport: Een analyse van conclusies over de mogelijke regionale gevolgen van klimaatverandering
Het Planbureau voor de Leefomgeving (PBL) heeft geen fouten gevonden die de hoofdconclusies van het wetenschappelijke VN-klimaatpanel IPCC uit 2007 over de mogelijke toekomstige gevolgen van…
Assessing an IPCC assessment. An analysis of statements on projected regional impacts in the 2007 report
PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency has found no errors that would undermine the main conclusions in the 2007 report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on possible…
Low stabilization scenarios and implications for major world regions from an integrated assessment perspective
It is not possible to unambiguously translate the objective of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (i.e. to avoid dangerous anthropogenic climate change) into greenhouse gas (GHG)…
Bioenergy revisited: key factors in global potentials of bioenergy
The growing use of bioenergy goes hand in hand with a heated public debate, in which conflicting claims are made regarding the amount of biomass that can be sustainably used for this purpose. This…
Nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) in developing countries: Challenges and oppertunities
It is increasingly evident that, in order to avoid dangerous climate change, greenhouse gas emissions need to be reduced – not only in the industrialised countries, but also in the developing world…
Misrepresentation of the IPCC CO2 emission scenarios
Fossil fuel CO 2 emissions have increased significantly during the last decade. However, contrary to some statements in recent publications, current emissions are not higher than covered in the…
Evaluation of the Copenhagen Accord: Chances and risks for the 2°C climate goal
Het Kopenhagen Akkoord blijkt wezenlijk bij te dragen aan de doelstelling om de opwarming van de aarde tot twee graden te beperken. Sinds de klimaattop hebben landen toezeggingen gedaan om hun…
Evaluation of the Copenhagen Accord: Chances and risks for the 2°C climate goal
The Copenhagen Accord has proven beneficial to the efforts of achieving the target of limiting global warming to two degrees Celsius. Since the climate conference was held, countries have pledged to…
Charted Choices 2011-2015 - Effects of nine election platforms on the economy and the environment
At the request of nine political parties, CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis and PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency have mapped out the effects of the respective election…
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