Compensating biodiversity loss on the global scale is possible, but has limited effect on the average global biodiversity, in terms of mean species abundance (MSA). Compensation on smaller scales…
Comparison of top-down and bottom-up estimates of sectoral and regional greenhouse gas emission reduction potentials
The amount of greenhouse gas emissions that can be avoided at costs below a certain level plays a key role in climate policy analysis. Estimates of economic reduction potentials (the amount of…
Comparison of different climate regimes: the impact of broadening participation
Several studies have shown that international climate policy can only be effective and cost-efficient if all major emitting countries at some point of time participate in reducing greenhouse gas…
Meeting radiative forcing targets under delayed participation
Early participation of key developing countries is critically important for the feasibility of achieving low greenhouse gas concentration targets. The IMAGE framework is able to identify mitigation…
Attainability of PM2.5 air quality standards, situation for the Netherlands in a European context
It is likely that the air quality standards for PM2.5 will be met in time under current and proposed national and European policies, assuming average meteorological conditions. In 2015, the…
The Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) coordinates, at the request of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the global…
The importance of three centuries of land-use change for the global and regional terrestrial carbon cycle
Large amounts of carbon (C) have been released into the atmosphere over the past centuries. Less than half of this C stays in the atmosphere. The remainder is taken up by the oceans and terrestrial…
Challenges in integrating the concept of ecosystem services and values in landscape planning, management and decision making
Despite the growing body of literature on ecosystem services, still many challenges remain to structurally integrate ecosystem services in landscape planning, management and design. This paper…
CO2 emission reduction in transport - Confronting medium-term and long-term options for achieving climate targets in the Netherlands
To meet long-term climate targets, developed countries should reduce greenhouse gas emission with 65 to 95% compared to 2000 levels. If the transport sector should match these reductions three crucial…
Fossil Fuel Deposit Fires; Occurrence Inventory, design and assessment of Instrumental Options
This project brings together existing knowledge on the problem of combustion of in-situ fossil-fuel deposits, in particular coal occurrences. It links the physical properties of coal and its…
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