Climate researcher wins wager with climate sceptic
Late 2009, in the run-up to the international climate conference in Copenhagen, PBL climate researcher Bart Strengers had an online discussion with climate sceptic Hans Labohm on the website of the...
A clean, healthy and safe human environment calls for strong policy today
The Netherlands is still not fully prepared for the far-reaching chances in demography, climate, biodiversity and resource availability that may become reality over the coming decades. In order to...
Global CO2 emissions increase to new all-time record, but growth is slowing down
2013 saw global CO2 emissions from fossil fuel use and cement production reach a new all-time high. This was mainly due to the continuing steady increase in energy use in emerging economies over the...
Proposed climate policy pledges important step forward but fall short of 2°C
Pledges to reduce greenhouse gas / CO2 emissions in China, Europe and the US provide an important step forward for climate change action, but a more comprehensive effort is needed to limit global...
UN Calls for Global Carbon Neutrality by Mid to Late Century to Stay within 2°C
In order to limit global temperature rise to 2 oC and head off the worst impacts of climate change, global carbon neutrality should be attained by mid-to‐late century. This would also keep in check...
Biomass: wishes and limitations – a new interactive one-page website
Today, PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency launched ‘Biomass. Wishes and limitations’ – an interactive one-page website on biomass, bioenergy and the biobased economy. Biomass is an...
New website shows the competitive position of European Regions
Which economic sectors are the most important in a region? Where does the technological industry sell its products? What are the most important regional trading partners? What are the competitors of...
PhD promotion Arthur Beusen: ‘Transport of nutrients from land to sea’
On 19 September PBL researcher Arthur Beusen obtained his PhD at the Utrecht University. His thesis is titled ‘Transport of nutrients from land to sea: Global modeling approaches and uncertainty...
Transformations required in agriculture, forestry, fisheries and water management to halt biodiversity loss
Although international efforts to halt biodiversity loss are producing results in some areas, they have not yet been able to improve the current state of biodiversity worldwide. Agriculture, forestry...
Common EU policies needed for scaling up sustainable supply chains
Preservation and sustainable management of natural resources are important elements of the EU Green Growth approach, where economic resource security can go hand in hand with environmental policy. For...
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