Climate & air quality

Limiting climate change and air pollution is one of today’s greatest societal challenges. Discover how we contribute to this with research on climate and air quality.

Climate change and air pollution

We’re developing methods to measure particulate matter, nitrogen, and greenhouse gases. And we're identifying the sources and effects of emissions.

Our latest developments

14 resultaten, getoond 6 t/m 10

Why the current particulate matter standard does not solve the problem

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Insight
12 July 2022
If the Netherlands achieves the particulate matter standard, the health risks will not be eliminated. The damage to health is still very high. Read why.

Measuring air quality for a healthy environment

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Article

Poor air quality causes around 80% of diseases due to environmental factors. For a healthier future, we research and measure the air quality.

What is nitrogen and can we control it?

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Article

At present, knowledge of nitrogen still contains many uncertainties. We can improve this by measuring more often and with new technologies. Learn more.

Greenhouse gas monitoring and verification

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Article
Measuring greenhouse gases is important for combating climate change. This is why we’re working on emission inventories and a verification system.

Climate change and air pollution

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Article

Reducing air pollution and climate change is a major challenge. TNO helps companies and governments to take effective measures.