Long-term impact of COVID-19 on CO2 emissions dependent on ‘greenness’ of recovery packages
The COVID-19 pandemic has a substantial impact on socio-economic activities and energy use, and therefore on CO 2 emissions. For the short term, in the case of prolonged lockdowns worldwide until the...
Role of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage in achieving climate targets depends on timing
Large-scale implementation of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) is often considered to be an important measure to reach the climate targets set out in the Paris Agreement. A new study...
PBL study prelude for a biomass sustainability framework
Biomass will likely play an important role in a climate-neutral, circular economy. At the same time, there is ongoing public debate on biomass. Biomass use, in any case, needs to comply with clear...
Nature and biodiversity are being lost worldwide, and the capacity of ecosystems to provide services to people is deteriorating. Most of the targets for 2020 of the UN-Convention on Biological...
DNB and PBL: biodiversity loss is a source of financial risk
The financial sector is exposed to risks as a result of biodiversity loss. This emerged from a joint study by Dutch Central Bank (DNB) and PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency. The new...
New tool shows worldwide river and coastal flooding
On 23 April 2020, the World Resource Institute, PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, VU Amsterdam, Deltares and Utrecht University published a new interactive website on global flooding...
Five years after the Paris Agreement: Large gap between promises and current implementation
Achieving the overall goals of the Paris Agreement will require a deep reduction in global greenhouse gas emissions, ideally by around 40%–50% by 2030. An international study involving modelling teams...
EU Emissions Trading System: effective and credible way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, PBL researchers conclude
Overall, the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) is an effective instrument for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In an article published today in the ifo DICE Report, researchers Herman...
In the scientific journal Nature Climate Change, researchers from PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency and Utrecht University are presenting a new meta-model for estimating the costs of...
Emissions: four times the work or one-third of the time to comply with the Paris Agreement
New synthesis shows what a wasted decade means for the climate pact made in Paris. New research shows that nations must now do much more and much faster to limit global warming to well below 2 °C, let...
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