Publicaties

Nederland komt zijn verplichting om in het kader van het Kyoto Protocol de uitstoot van broeikasgassen te reduceren na. De totale uitstoot van broeikasgassen kwam in de periode 2008-2012 volgens de…

Limited attention has been paid to how neighbourhood conditions affect firm relocation choices. Using a panel dataset (1999-2006) of actual firm relocations in the Netherlands, the effect of different…

Europees regionaal beleid is gebaseerd op zogeheten ‘slimme specialisatiestrategieën’. Daarbij wordt uitgegaan van de positie en de kracht van de regio. Deze strategieën zijn dan ook een voorwaarde…

In the Netherlands, several fiscal measures exist to stimulate investments in energy saving and emission abatement technologies. This working paper reviews the Dutch Energy Investment Tax Allowance…

Nederland kent verscheidene fiscale regelingen om investeringen in energiebesparing en hernieuwbare energieopwekking te stimuleren. Dit working paper evalueert de Energie Investeringsaftrek (EIA) in…

Total greenhouse gas emissions in the Netherlands decreased in 2011 by 7%, compared to the emission level in 2010. This decrease was mainly the result of a drop in fuel combustion in the energy sector…

The functioning of the European Union (EU) emission trading system (ETS) is under debate. Although the ETS guarantees emission reductions by 2020, the current low prices fuel doubts about whether it…

Emissions of nitrogen oxides (NO x ) in the Netherlands decreased in 2011, for the first time to a level below the cap set by the European Union for 2010. Hereby, the Netherlands complies with all…

Greening the economy is a major and necessary task for the world as a whole as well as for the Netherlands. Using energy, raw materials and natural resources more efficiently will strengthen the…

As part of the Cancún Agreements, 45 non-Annex I countries (non-industrialised) have pledged mitigation action plans, of which 16 countries, including the seven major emitting countries, have…