The road to Paris: INDC tool shows effect of emission reduction proposals
The interactive PBL Climate Pledge INDC tool tracks the emission reduction proposals and policies that countries are submitting in the run-up to the Paris Climate Summit. Updated each time new...
Environmental damage and energy tax reform: the Dutch challenge
The ‘green result’ of the Dutch energy tax system could be significantly improved by better aligning the tax structure with overall environmental damage costs. For some energy products, such as...
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...
By 2050, around 70% of the world's population of 9,2 billion people is expected to live in an urban environment. Especially in developing countries this increasing population and expanding cities pose...
In ‘The Netherlands in 21 infographics – Facts and figures on the human environment’ the PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency presents facts and figures in a novel way. The booklet covers...
The European climate and energy package for 2030: is it adequate?
On Wednesday 22 January, the European Commission published a new climate target for 2030: a reduction in greenhouse gases of 40%, relative to 1990 levels. This target is to be achieved domestically...
A European greenhouse gas emission reduction target for 2030 is currently under discussion. For a 2030 EU reduction target of 40%, compared to 1990 levels, indicative reduction targets under the...
Tree felling for bioenergy could lead to an increase in CO2 emissions
Using logged trees as a bioenergy source – replacing fossil fuel – carries the risk of first increasing CO2 emissions before reducing them. It could in fact take up to 100 years before emissions begin...
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