Maatschappelijke trendbreuken en klimaatverandering

Abstract niet beschikbaarThe Dutch National Research Program (NRP) on global air pollution and climate change commissioned a study on major shifts in societal trends that are relevant for the climate problem. The main objective of this study was to give direction to future research on this topic for the National Research Program. Several methods were used to achieve this goal: literature study, interviews with experts, researchers, policymakers and involved parties and a concluding workshop on the subject. The conclusion of the study was that four main trends in our society have a relationship, either positive or negative, with the climate problem: individualisation, ageing of the population, globalisation and the rapid development of information and communication technologies. Options to change or break trends can be found in technological innovations, changes in institutions and changes in human behaviour. Several recommendations were made for future research in the framework of the Dutch NRP. This research should focus on trends as such, on behaviour and on policy strategies for coping with trends and shifts in trends. The following research topics were recommended to the Steering Group for further study: - a general study on trends, trendbreaks and climate change, - development of information and communication technologies as a driver of trendbreaks, - interaction between technology and behaviour, - time spending, trendbreaks and the climate problem, - globalization, - new policy methods and strategies aiming at trendbreaks.SG-NOPI

[Procesdescription open fireplaces, woodstoves and coalstoves.]

In this report emissions and emissionfactors of open fireplaces, woodstoves and coalstoves are presented. Also research has been done to find out how to reduce these emissions

CO2 reductie in nieuwe woningen: een workshop als bouwsteen

Abstract niet beschikbaarThe issue of climate change and related to that reduction of CO2 emissions has gained a prominent place on the agenda of environmental policymakers. The project 'From Greenhouse to Green Housing' aimed to analyse barriers and opportunities for CO2-reduction in building locations and to develop and test, based on this analysis, a participatory method for the design of future urban areas with low CO2 emissions. The first phase of the project included an overview of the state-of-the-art knowledge about options for CO2-reduction and an empirical analysis of the role of options for CO2-reduction in planning processes for new housing estates. In the second phase a participatory method for the design of future urban areas with low CO2 emissions, the CO2-reduction workshop, was developed and tested. The workshop consists of two days with an interval of three or four weeks between the two sessions and should be held early in the planning process. The results show that the workshop:- stimulates awareness about options for CO2-reduction among key actors, - gives the actors more insight into the kinds of options available for CO2-reduction,- involves actors who could play a role in realising options in an early phase of the planning process, and - facilitates to make agreements about the actual implementation of options for CO2-reduction. To disseminate the workshop method and to bring the CO2-reduction workshop under the attention of local governments and project managers of building locations, a manual aimed at these actors has been written.SG-NO