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Climate and Air Pollution : - future challenges for the Nordic countries in relation to the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution and the EU »
Series: Nordic Council of Ministers
Author(s): Peringe Grennfelt , and Øystein Hov
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
Publication Date: 01 June 2009
ISBN: 9789289318716
Keywords: Nordic, Norden, Baltic, Baltics, Climate, Air Group, Long-Range Transport, Air Pollution, Multi-Pollutant and Effect Approach, Climate Change
The Climate and Air Group under Nordic Council of Ministers supports the work within the Convention on Long-Range Transport of Air Pollution (CLRTAP). It has promoted science and policy tools including atmospheric...
Climate Change and Cultural Heritage in the Nordic Countries »
Series: Nordic Council of Ministers
Author(s): Anne S. Kaslegard
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
Publication Date: 01 June 2011
ISBN: 9789289321952
Keywords: Nordic, Norden, Baltic, Baltics, Climate Change, Cultural Heritage Sites, Cultural Environments, Seven Nordic Countries, Anticipated Effects of Climate Change, Collaboration
The project Effects of Climate Change on Cultural Heritage Sites and Cultural Environments is a collaboration between the cultural heritage administrations of seven Nordic countries: Iceland, Greenland, the Faeroe...
Climate Change and Energy Systems : Impacts, Risks and Adaptation in the Nordic and Baltic countries »
Series: Nordic Council of Ministers
Author(s): Halldór Björnsson , and Thorsteinn Thorsteinsson
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
Publication Date: 01 June 2012
ISBN: 9789289321907
Keywords: Nordic, Norden, Baltic, Baltics, Renewable Energy, Global Energy Consumption, Fossil Fuel, Forest Growth Data, Global Circulation Models, Energy Sector
Renewable energy sources contribute 16% of the global energy consumption and most nations are working to increase the share of renewables in their total energy budget, to reduce the dependence on fossil fuel source...
Climate Policy: Costs and Design : A survey of some recent numerical studies »
Series: Nordic Council of Ministers
Author(s): Mads Greaker , Christian Grorud , Michael Hoel , and Ingeborg Rasmussen
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
Publication Date: 01 June 2009
ISBN: 9789289318884
Keywords: Nordic, Norden, Baltic, Baltics, Climate Change, Climate Policies, Numerical Analyses, Costs of Reducing Emissions, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Economy and national budget
There is a large and growing literature focusing on economic issues related to climate change and climate policies. This report presents a discussion of some of the recent studies. The focus is on various numerical...
Climate 2050 - Literature review »
Series: Nordic Council of Ministers
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
Publication Date: 01 June 2008
ISBN: 9789289316903
Keywords: Nordic, Norden, Baltic, Baltics, Literature, Studies Undertaken, Scenarios Analyses, Ambitious Emission Reduction Targets, Corresponding Policies, Achieve the Targets
This literature review aims to provide a brief overview of the studies undertaken regarding large-scale emission reductions in the long term. The purpose of the review is to provide an indication the consequences o...
Co-ordination of research on working hours and health in the Nordic countries : Working hours and Health »
Series: Nordic Council of Ministers
Author(s): J. Axelsson , B. Bjorvatn , A.H. Garde , Å.M. Hansen , M. Härmä , P.U. Hjarsbech , M. Ingre , M.Aa. Jensen , G. Kecklund , H.A. Kolstad , J.A.S. Lie , A. Lowden , D. Matre , S.V. Møller , K. Nabe-Nielsen , S. Pallesen , R. Rugulies , P. Tucker , and H.T. Vistisen
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
Publication Date: 01 June 2014
ISBN: 9789289327763
Keywords: Nordic, Norden, Baltic, Baltics, National Research Centre, Working Hours, Working Environment, Denmark, Research Projects, Cohorts
This report presents a summary of a workshop entitled Co-ordination of research on working hours and health in the Nordic countries. The workshop was held at the National Research Centre for the Working Environment...
The coexistence of two Ecolabels : - The Nordic Ecolabel and the EU Ecolabel in the Nordic Countries »
Series: Nordic Council of Ministers
Author(s): Ulrik Boe Kjeldsen , Anja Krag , Peter Lange , Kasper Lindgaard , and Maja Tofteng
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
Publication Date: 01 June 2014
ISBN: 9789289327657
Keywords: Nordic, Norden, Baltic, Baltics, Ecolabels, EU Ecolabel, Regional Ecolabels, DAMVAD, Swan Group, HKP-gruppen
This analysis looks closer at the synergies and positioning between the fee structures and criteria of the two ecolabels, the dissemination and success of the two labels within different product groups and the expe...
Collection and utilisation of landfill gas in the Nordic countries »
Series: Nordic Council of Ministers
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
Publication Date: 01 June 2004
ISBN: 9789289309707
Keywords: Nordic, Norden, Baltic, Baltics, Council Directive, Utilise Landfill Gas, Energisystemer AS, Nordic Council of Ministers, Products and Waste, Landfill Gas Systems
The EC's Council Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste directs member states to treat and utilise landfill gas. The Nordic countries implemented the Directive during the period between 1999 - 2002. Energisy...
Collection & recycling of plastic waste : Improvements in existing collection and recycling systems in the Nordic countries »
Series: Nordic Council of Ministers
Author(s): Malin Zu Castell-Rüdenhausen , Anna Fråne , Stefán Gíslason , Søren Løkke , Kari-Anne Lyng , Åsa Stenmarck , and Margareta Wahlström
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
Publication Date: 01 June 2014
ISBN: 9789289328043
Keywords: Nordic, Norden, Baltic, Baltics, Plastic Waste, Nordic Countries, Plastic Packaging Waste, Green Growth Initiative, Green Growth the Nordic Way, MSW Sources
The first report from the project "Improvements in existing collection and recycling systems for plastic waste from households and other municipal waste sources" is focused on describing the existing situation when...
The Common Nordic Labour Market at 50 »
Series: Nordic Council of Ministers
Author(s): Peder J. Pedersen , Marianne Røed , and Eskil Wadensjö
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
Publication Date: 01 June 2008
ISBN: 9789289316910
Keywords: Nordic, Norden, Baltic, Baltics, Nordic Countries, Labour Mobility, Intra-Nordic Mobility, Intra-Nordic Migrants, Nordic Labour Market Agreement, Nordic Area
In 1954 the Nordic countries entered a formal agreement on free labour mobility. Migration profiles have changed very much over the years since then. The Nordic agreement on free mobility is however still a clear a...