Capacity vs Energy Subsidies for Renewables: Benefits and Costs for the 2030 EU Power Market
Policy makers across Europe have implemented renewable support policies with several policy objectives in mind. Among these are achieving ambitious renewable energy targets at the lowest cost and…
In de Balans van de Leefomgeving geeft het PBL eens in de twee jaar een feitelijk onderbouwd beeld van de kwaliteit van de fysieke leefomgeving: milieu, natuur en ruimte. In 2018 waren vier…
The future of biomass and bioenergy deployment and trade: a synthesis of 15 years IEA Bioenergy Task 40 on sustainable bioenergy trade
Current biomass production and trade volumes for energy and new materials and bio‐chemicals are only a small fraction to achieve the bioenergy levels suggested by many global energy and climate change…
De serie Global Environment Outlook (GEO) is wereldwijd het voorbeeld voor beleidsgerichte rapportage over milieu en ontwikkeling. GEO rapporten belichten toekomstige uitdagingen en opties voor beleid…
Insights from the intellectual history of the Global Environment Outlook
The Global Environment Outlook (GEO) has successfully established a template for global, regional and local reporting on environment and development. GEO highlights upcoming challenges and options for…
Benchmarking eco-efficiency and footprints of Dutch agriculture in European context: implications for policies for climate and environment
This article benchmarks eco-efficiencies (defined as gross added value per unit of resource input or pollution) and environmental pressures (defined as resource use or emissions per unit of land or…
PCLake+: an extended version of the lake water quality model PCLake
The lake ecosystem model PCLake is a process-based model that was developed to simulate water quality based on ecological interactions in shallow, non-stratifying lakes in the temperate climate zone.
Aquatic risks from human pharmaceuticals - modelling temporal trends of carbamazepine and ciprofloxacin at the global scale
Despite the worldwide presence of pharmaceuticals in the aquatic environment, a comprehensivempicture of their aquatic risk (AR) at the global scale has not yet been produced. Here, we present a…
The Nitrogen Fix: From Nitrogen Cycle Pollution to Nitrogen Circular Economy
At the fourth session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-4), a resolution was adopted calling for a coordinated and collaborative approach to sustainable nitrogen (N) management. In parallel the UN…
Broeikasgasemissies door landbouwproductie en voedselconsumptie
Er zijn verschillende manieren om te berekenen wat het aandeel van landbouw en voedsel is in het geheel van de broeikasgasemissies en in welke mate deze uitstoot kan afnemen. Zo worden landbouw- en…
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