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Technical description of the RIVM trajectory model

The RIVM trajectory model, described in this report, enables calculation of a backward or forward trajectory. These trajectories are used to "follow" previous released air pollution in a backward mode…
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SusClime: a simulation game on population and development in a resource- and climate-constrained two-country world

In this paper we introduce simulation-gaming as a tool to explore long-term futures.
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Calculation and mapping of Critical Thresholds in Europe: Status Report 1995

The present aim of the Coordination Center for Effects (CCE) is to give scientific and technical support to the development of the critical loads and level methodology, in collaboration with the…
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Analysis of metals and calorific value in components from household waste, 1988-1992 (including the results from 1986 and 1987)

The National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection (RIVM) analyses over a long period the physical composition of household refuse in the Netherlands. Since 1986 a start was made…
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Modelling the long-term atmospheric behaviour of pollutants on various spatial scales

This report describes the TREND/OPS model for the simulation of the long-term dispersion of air pollution on a local to regional (Europe) scale.
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Netherlands. Methodology and data for 1993 and provisional data for 1994

This report was written at the request of the Dutch Ministry of Housing, Physical Planning and Environment to comply with the European Unions Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Mechanism (Council Decision 93…
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A Framework for the Assessment of the Global Potential of Joint Implementation

Joint Implementation (JI) is a means for reaching cheaper solutions to CO 2 emission reductions. The global potential for JI is defined as the portion of the necessary regional CO 2 emission…
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Modelling Regional Energy Use for Evaluating Global Climate Scenarios

The Energy-Economy model presented in this report is a submodel of the integrated IMAGE 2.1 model (Integrated Model for Analyzing Greenhouse Effects). The Energy-Economy submodel computes total energy…
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Modelling global biogeochemical cycles; an integrated assessment approach

Global biogeochemical cycles describe the transformation and movement of chemical substances in the global environment. Disturbances in these global biogeochemical cycles, in particular the cycles of…
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Scenario study of the effects of CFC, HCFC and HFC emissions on stratospheric ozone

It is widely accepted that anthropogenic emissions of chlorine and bromine species are responsible for the major part of the destruction of the ozone layer in the last two decades. The future…
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