PBL: Updated spatial density dataset provides new insights into land use
What is the building density of your neighbourhood, how does it compare with those of other neighbourhoods and how can territorial evidence about building densities contribute to the ambitions of the...
The importance of understanding differences in climate policy scenario outcomes
To understand the consequences of climate policies, scientists use scenarios to explore the future. These influential scenarios are based on complex models of the global energy system. Between these...
Sizeable global emission gap in 2050 remains for net-zero pledges
The Paris agreement implies that greenhouse gas emissions need to be reduced significantly. To limit the temperature increase to 1.5 degrees, global CO 2 -emissions must reach net-zero around 2050...
Science-policy interfaces for transformative change? Insights from our innovative session at the Earth System Governance conference
Global calls for transformative change in the face of urgent sustainability challenges are growing increasingly louder, across science, policy and society. Transformations are inherently political...
Promotion Timo Maas: Transforming relations between science, policy and society for sustainable futures?
On Thursday, November 9, Timo Maas, who works at the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL), received his PhD from Wageningen University (WUR). With his dissertation Transforming relations...
‘Fingerprints’ provide new insights into energy models
Climate policy is often based on complex energy models. A new paper in Nature Energy proposes ‘model fingerprints’ as a new method to better compare the behaviour of these models. These snapshots of...
Symposium Report: Reducing land take - examples from abroad
The European objective to achieve ‘No Net Land Take in 2050’ (NNLT) took spatial planners in the Netherlands by surprise. Other member states, however, have been actively trying to reduce their urban...
Net zero targets require implementation to meet climate goals
Without further implementation net zero targets will not deliver their intended climate mitigation. Many countries have promised to cut their greenhouse gas emissions to almost zero around mid-century...
Achieving the Paris climate goals critically depends on reducing non-CO2 greenhouse gases
Achieving the stringent global climate target of the Paris agreement, limiting global temperature change to well-below 2 or even 1.5 degrees, requires unprecedented emission reductions of CO 2 , as...
Environmental challenges around the Rhine and Yangtze rivers are very similar
The river basins of the European Rhine and the Chinese Yangtze feature similar challenges: environmental pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, biodiversity, urbanisation and climate adaptation. The...
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