This study provides an overview of projected greenhouse gas emissions in seven major emitting countries (Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, and the United States) up to 2030, resulting from current, planned and selected enhanced mitigation policies. The emission...
In decision-making processes on emission reduction, not only are emission data needed but also information on the uncertainty of these data. Here, structured expert elicitation was used an uncertainty analysis on NOx emissions from Dutch passenger cars in 1998.
The economic assessment of priorities for a European environmental policy plan focuses on twelve identified Prominent European Environmental Problems such as climate change, chemical risks and biodiversity. The study, commissioned by the European Commission (DG Environment)...
The Dutch Government aims to attract more investments by foreign firms, especially by those involved in knowledge-intensive activities. This study addresses the question of how attractive the Netherlands currently is to such investments. We compared numbers and types of...
This paper describes a conceptual framework for the health implications of the globalisation process in the following three steps: 1) defining the concept of population health and identifying its main determinants; 2) defining the concept of globalisation and identifying its...
A rigorous statistical analysis reveals changes in Dutch climate that are statistically significant over the last century. Annually averaged temperatures have increased by 1.5 about 0.5 degrees Centigrade; the number of summer days has roughly doubled from 14 about 5 to 27...
This report presents the input variables for the calculated manure and ammonia data in the annual issued Environmental Balance. The applied Manure model is developed by the Agricultural Economics Research Institute and the input data are divided into general and specific....
India is playing an increasingly important role in the global economy and, correspondingly, in resource use and emissions. Yet, the modelling tools for exploring the opportunities and threats for India, and for other parts of the world as a consequence of this development,...
The economic assessment of priorities for a European environmental policy plan focuses on twelve identified Prominent European Environmental Problems such as climate change, chemical risks and biodiversity. The study, commissioned by the European Commission (DG Environment)...
In many respects, the Netherlands is a prosperous country, where public health, average incomes and education levels all have increased considerably since the Second World War. People trust each other and trust national institutions. From a sustainable development...
