Better soils for healthier lives? Assessing the link between soil nutrients and malnutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa
Malnutrition, the sub-optimal consumption of essential nutrients like zinc, severely affects human health. This burden of malnutrition falls disproportionally heavy on developing countries, directly…
Deliverable D2.2 Nexus-relevant policies at national and regional scale
Implementation of the UNFCCC Paris agreement on climate change gets more attention from European national governments than the multi-sectoral Sustainable Development Goals. This unilateral focus may…
Risk of increased food insecurity under stringent global climate change mitigation policy
Food insecurity can be directly exacerbated by climate change due to crop-production-related impacts of warmer and drier conditions that are expected in important agricultural regions. However…
Dit essay over de governance-opgave in de landbouw ontrafelt waarom de landbouw volhardt in schaalvergroting en intensivering en nauwelijks rekening lijkt te houden met de maatschappelijke roep om de…
Transparantie verplicht: verwachtingen over het instrument transparantie om maatschappelijk verantwoord ondernemen te stimuleren
Transparantie van bedrijven over hun duurzaamheidsprestaties kan een stimulans zijn voor maatschappelijk verantwoord ondernemen. Recent is het EU-beleid voor transparante bedrijfsrapportages over…
Comparing impacts of climate change and mitigation on global agriculture by 2050
Systematic model inter-comparison helps to narrow discrepancies in the analysis of the future impact of climate change on agricultural production. This paper presents a set of alternative scenarios by…
Reducing global GHG emissions by replicating successful sector examples: the ‘good practice policies’ scenario
This article shows the potential impact on global greenhous gas (GHG) emissions in 2030, if all countries were to implement sectoral climate policies similar to successful examples already implemented…
Exploring spatiotemporal changes of the Yangtze River (Changjiang) nitrogen and phosphorus sources, retention and export to the East China Sea and Yellow Sea
Since 1900, N export by the Yangtze river increased 17-fold and that of P 7-fold. This dramatic increase in coastal nutrient loading could lead to declining oxygen concentrations waters, and the…
Reducing external costs of nitrogen pollution by relocation of pig production between regions in the European Union
Relocation of pig production between provinces (224 NUTS2 regions) within the EU27 can reduce the total external costs of nitrogen pollution by about 10% (14 billion €). Eligible regions for…
Voedsel in Nederland: Verduurzaming bewerkstellingen in een veelvormig systeem
Het voedselsysteem dat schuilgaat achter de Nederlandse voedselconsumptie heeft grote effecten op de leefomgeving. In deze notitie bespreken we hoe voedselbeleid, dat consument en ketens als…
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