Adapting EU governance for a more sustainable future
This paper identifies a number of internal and external governance issues influencing the EU's capacity to bring itself and the rest of the world on a more sustainable path. By using different…
This report constituting the Netherlands Informative Inventory Report (IIR) contains information on the inventories in the Netherlands up to 2007. It includes descriptions of methods and data sources…
The GISMO User Support System (GUSS) allows exploring long-term human development trends and dynamics, which have been used in the report: ‘Beyond 2015: Long-term development and the Millennium…
Oil and natural gas prices and greenhouse gas emission mitigation
The hikes in hydrocarbon prices during the last years have lead to concern about investment choices in the energy system and uncertainty about the costs for mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions. On…
Deforestation is the second largest anthropogenic source of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, after fossil fuel combustion. Following a budget reanalysis, the contribution from deforestation is…
The effect of different mitigation strategies on international financing of adaptation
During the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties on its thirteenth session (COP 13), held in Bali in December 2007, it was decided that developing countries should be compensated for adaptation costs to…
Future bio-energy potential under various natural constraints
Climate policy, concerns about energy security, and the search for alternative sources of agricultural income have greatly increased interest in bio-energy as an alternative to fossil fuel. Many…
Getting into the Right Lane for 2050. A primer for debate
Reasoning back from 2050, specific strategic actions are identified for the EU in the coming five to ten years. Key factors in the analysis are the magnitude and inherent slow pace of change.The…
Growing within limits. A report to the Global Assembly 2009 of the Club of Rome
Current trends in fossil-fuel use and inefficient land use will lead to large global environmental problems with respect to climate change and biodiversity loss. Technical and economically feasible…