Climate policy through changing consumption choices: Options and obstacles for reducing greenhouse gas emissions
While national climate policy can address countries’ production or consumption, climate mitigation via changes in consumption has previously received relatively little attention in climate policy…
A methodology to assess future development in patterns of vulnerability is presented which can support the assessment of global policies with regard to their impacts on specific vulnerabilities on the…
Aggregated indices for trends in eutrophication of different types of fresh water in the Netherlands
As in many European countries, eutrophication of surface waters is a key problem in the Netherlands, caused by high concentrations of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P). For implementation of the EU…
The role of technology for achieving climate policy objectives: overview of the EMF 27 study on global technology and climate policy strategies
This article presents the synthesis of results from the Stanford Energy Modeling Forum Study 27, an inter-comparison of 18 energy-economy and integrated assessment models. The study investigated the…
Will enclosed residential domains affect the public realm of Dutch cities?
In recent years, enclosed residential domains have emerged in Dutch housing developments. Commentators fear that enclosed residential domains will lead to a loss of the public realm. This article…
Column Energie Actueel - Het Europese beleidspakket voor 2030
Op 22 januari presenteerde de Europese Commissie haar energie- en klimaatpakket voor 2030. Een belangrijk onderdeel van het pakket plannen zijn de doelen die voor 2030 geformuleerd kunnen worden.
Armed conflict distribution in global drylands through the lens of a typology of socio-ecological vulnerability
Motivated by an inconclusive debate over implications of resource scarcity for violent conflict, and common reliance on national data and linear models, we investigate the relationship between socio…
Greening the Dutch car fleet: the role of differentiated sales taxes
In the Netherlands, car taxes since 2006 have become increasingly dependent on a vehicle's CO 2 emission level. This ultimately resulted in the introduction of a progressive tax system, related to…
Vergroening van het Nederlandse wagenpark: de rol van de gedifferentieerde BPM
Sinds 2006 zijn de autobelastingen in Nederland steeds meer afhankelijk geworden van de CO 2 -uitstoot van de auto. In 2010 is een nieuw belastingsysteem voor de Belastingen op personenauto's en…
Verhaallijnen van de Deltascenario’s voor 2050 en 2100
Het consortium van Deltares, PBL, KNMI, WUR-LEI en CPB werkten in 2012 een aantal verbeterpunten uit met betrekking tot de verhaallijnen van de Deltascenario’s: vier toekomstbeelden voor Nederland in…
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