English Abstract In view of the parliamentary elections in May 1994, the
National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection has
evaluated the environmental effects of the election programmes of two
political parties: D66 and GroenLinks. This report presents the findings of
this evaluation. Four chapters deal with the environmental policy proposals
of both parties, their results for social developments (primarly traffic,
energy and agriculture) and areas of environmental concern and its
environmental costs. The outcomes are presented in respect to the first and
second National Environmental Policy Plans (NEPP-1 and NEPP-2). The main
conclusion of this first electoral environmental outlook is that when the
proposed environmental measures are fully implemented and enforced,
environmental pressures will be further reduced. However, the intended
measures of GroenLinks and D66 are insufficient to achieve the targets for
all areas of environmental concern within the fixed time. However, the
environmental policy proposals of GroenLinks have more impact than those
mentioned in NEPP-1 and NEPP-2, both in 2000 and 2010. The environmental
policy proposals of GroenLinks will lead to a substantial reduction of the
emissions of CO2 to probably below the 2000 target level. In addition, the
emissions of acidifying substances (particularly NOx and SO2) will be
strongly reduced even in comparison to NEPP-2 proposals. The most important
impact of the environmental policy proposals of D66 is also an additional
reduction of the CO2 emissions, but not as large as the reduction, resulting
from the GroenLinks election programme.
