PBL research supports Bonn Climate Conference (COP23)
The UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn (COP23) is the next step for governments to implement the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement. PBL Netherlands Environmental Asessment Agency contributes to this...
There are various pathways towards achieving the 1.5 degree Celsius target
There are several important factors that influence the size of the carbon budgets that are consistent with the ambition of the Paris Climate Agreement ‘to limit global temperature increase to well...
Two-thirds of major emitting countries not on track to reach Paris climate proposals
In the Paris Climate Agreement, which went into effect on 4 November 2016, countries promised to implement policies to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. A new study by NewClimate Institute, PBL...
Governments and non-state actors need to take urgent action to meet Paris Agreement goals
Governments and non-state actors need to deliver an urgent increase in ambition to ensure the Paris Agreement goals can still be met, according to a new UN assessment. Researchers of PBL Netherlands...
EU targets for air quality, climate and energy, for 2030; greenhouse gases down by 43% at the cost of 0.4% of household income
With the implementation of the proposed EU policies on air quality, climate and energy, the greenhouse gas emission reduction level would further increase to 43%, compared to 1990 levels, involving...
Transition towards an EU sustainable food system involves many challenges
Making the EU’s production, consumption and trade in food environmentally sustainable is possible, but requires not only a major shift in public attitudes, policies and knowledge, but also seizing...
Greenhouse gas emission levels continued to rise in 2016
In 2016, total global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions continued to increase, by about 0.5%, reaching 49.3 gigatonnes in CO2 equivalent. This was mainly due to the rise in non-CO2 emission levels...
LWE Nexus challenges gain from integrated policy approaches
The analysis, which combines PBL’s IMAGE and OECD’s ENV-Linkages models, contains a set of scenarios on the potential bottlenecks in the supply of water, land and energy. To alleviate negative side...
On 12 October Professor Harriet Bulkeley (Durham University) will deliver a PBL Academy lecture, titled: Governance by Experimentation: climate politics and the city.
Micronutrients: a looming concern for Sub-Saharan agriculture
A PBL study explores how a lack of soil micronutrients puts countries in Sub-Sahara Africa at risk. A range of metals and minerals is essential to sustainably increase agricultural production. Though...
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