Evaluation of the European Commission’s proposal to set aside emission allowances
A set-aside of CO 2 allowances would reduce the current oversupply in the European Emissions Trading System (ETS). This would result in temporary higher CO 2 prices. However, a literature study has…
Reform of the EU Common Agricultural Policy: Environmental impacts in developing countries
The proposed reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) will have little impact in developing countries. This is the conclusion by the PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency…
The Netherlands in 2040: A country of regions - Spatial Outlook 2011
For many years spatial and transport planning has been a process of guiding and directing growth. Population, housing stock, jobs and kilometres travelled more or less continuously increased for…
Climate and Energy Roadmaps towards 2050 in north-western Europe
Although energy markets are interlinked and energy companies operate internationally, European countries have a strong national focus in their climate and energy policies. Countries have little regard…
Shifting Gear: Beyond Classical Mobility Policies and Urban Planning
The ‘big’ agenda for sustainable mobility is that of climate change and natural resources. Many options to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transport have been identified, however…
Choices Outlined 2013-2017. The outlines of the election programmes
The CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis and PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency have analysed the election manifestos of 10 political parties in the book Keuzes in Kaart…
The plan review: A new approach to urban project assessment
Decision-makers experience problems with assessing urban investment plans. Currently, if national public funding is involved, cost–benefit analysis (CBA) is a mandatory component of the Dutch decision…
European-scale modelling of groundwater denitrification and associated N2O production
This paper presents a spatially explicit model for simulating the transport of nitrogen (N) and the denitrification and associated production of nitrous oxide (N 2 O) in groundwater, with a one…
Assessment of the environmental impacts and health benefits of a nitrogen emission control area in the North Sea
Two studies have analysed the costs and benefits of creating a nitrogen emission control area in the North Sea and the English Channel. Such a control area requires new ships to emit 75 percent less…
Including CO2 implications of land occupation in LCAs-method and example for livestock products
Until recently, life cycle assessments (LCAs) have only addressed the direct greenhouse gas emissions along a process chain, but ignored the CO 2 emissions of landuse. However, for agricultural…
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