Publications

Energy and emission scenarios for China in the 21st century - exploration of baseline development and mitigation options

Together with the Chinese Energy Research Institute, RIVM has developed a set of energy and emission scenarios for China between 1995 and 2100.

A 1°×1° resolution data set of historical anthropogenic trace gas emissions for the period 1890–1990

An anthropogenic emissions data set has been constructed for CO 2, CO, CH 4, nonmethane volatile organic compounds, SO 2, NOx, N 2O, and NH 3 spanning the period 1890–1990.

Estimating global land use change over the past 300 years: The HYDE database

Testing against historical data is an important step for validating integrated models of global environmental change.

From Kyoto to The Hague - European perspectives on making the Kyoto Protocol Work

Summary of the 2nd Climate policy workshop in the framework of EFIEA, held in Amsterdam, April 18-19, 2000.

Mitigation scenarios in a world oriented at sustainable development: the role of technology, efficiency and timing

Two different mitigation scenarios for stabilising carbon dioxide concentration at 450 ppmv by 2100 have been developed, founded on the recently developed IPCC-SRES B1 baseline scenario. In both, a…

PEARL model for pesticide behaviour and emissions in soil-plant systems

The use of pesticides in agriculture presents risks to the environment, which are evaluated more and more by using computation models. The new PEARL model simulates the behaviour of pesticides in soil…

Sustainability and the cultural factor. Results from the Dutch GOES MASS PUBLIC MODULE

The Dutch government declared sustainable development as the cornerstone of its environmental policy. This strategic policy shift presupposes a concerned citizenry willing to accept the way this might…

Diverging Business Strategies towards Climate Change. A USA-Europe comparison for four sectors of industry

Private companies will play a critical role in successful efforts to address climate change, due to both their role as major emitters of greenhouse gases and to their capacity to invest in mitigation…

Climate Change: How to control the risks?

The policy brochure "Climate Change - how to control the risks?" gives a bird-eye's view of the capabilities of MNP's Climate Change Research Team. It covers key aspects of the climate change problem…

Assessment of major uncertainties in calculating regional contributions to climate change

During the negotiations on the Kyoto Protocol, Brazil proposed a methodology to link the relative contribution of Annex-I Parties to emission reductions with the relative contributions of Parties to…