PBL session at Adaptation Futures 2018 in South Africa
Adaptation Futures is the world’s leading conference on climate change adaptation; this year, held from 18 to 21 June, in Cape Town, South Africa. PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency is...
EU Green Week: leadership and collaboration key for achieving greener cities
On 21 May, the EU Green Week started in Utrecht, the Netherlands. At the request of the EU (DG Environment), the day was organised by PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency and the city of...
The natural capital accounting (NCA) community is growing, both in terms of the amount of emerging evidence and the number of people, countries and organisations involved, as is shown in a joint...
Increasing water risks are a barrier to sustainable development
Where in the world will people’s lives be affected by water issues (i.e. where there is too much, too dirty or too little water) by the year 2050? What is the impact of the growing global population...
Professor Detlef van Vuuren, climate scientist at PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, has been awarded membership of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). Van Vuuren...
The 1.5°C target can also be met using less negative emissions
The objectives of the Paris Climate Agreement can be attained with fewer negative emissions than shown in the majority of analyses. A greater focus on lifestyle change, increased use of renewable...
‘Prosperity all-round: Sustainable Development Goals feature prominently on the international stage’, by Janez Potočnik (UNEP-IRP)
Will the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide direction for our national policy processes? Will the SDGs help to strike a balance between public values and economic, social and ecological...
Prevention of worldwide degradation of land and nature can contribute to human wellbeing
The world’s prosperity and wellbeing are seriously being threatened by the degradation of land and nature. Although there are opportunities to turn the tide, fears of further deterioration in the...
Models show how to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
New model-based scenarios show that that there are ways to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C instead of 2.0˚C by 2100. In a research paper published in Nature Climate Change, researchers, among...
Fossil fuel subsidy removal has less impact on greenhouse gas emissions than hoped for
Ending fossil fuel subsidies would reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by 1-5%, according to a paper published in Nature. Most of this impact would be achieved in fossil fuel exporting countries...
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