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...
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...
Large areas around the world are under pressure from land degradation
A study by PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency shows that land degradation is a global problem. This is especially risky in vulnerable drylands where the population is growing much faster...
PhD promotion Mariësse van Sluisveld: 2°C through different lenses
On 4 July PBL researcher Mariësse van Sluisveld obtained her PhD at Utrecht University. The main conclusion of her research is that, in order to stay well below the 2°C climate objective, combining...
New tool designed to help food industry set climate change targets
About 25% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are caused by the production and consumption of agricultural products. A new tool has been launched which enables agriculture and food companies and...
PBL contributes to European study on Transitions to a sustainable mobility system
Which changes are needed to move towards a more sustainable mobility system in Europe? A new report by the European Environment Agency (EEA) assesses the progress that European Union Member States are...
Income and energy efficiency projections key determinants of future CO2 emissions
To assess future climate change, it is important to have an understanding of future long-term emissions. Model-based scenarios are often used for this purpose. A new study published in ‘Nature Climate...
In the Netherlands, the cost for society of land subsidence occurring in peatlands amounts to billions of euros. In urban areas the weak surface subsides under a physical load; up to 2050, the cost of...
Global decrease in coal burning leads to stalling of CO2 emissions in 2015
In 2015, after three years of slow growth, the growth of global CO2 emissions from fossil-fuel use and from steel and cement production was brought to a standstill. One of the main causes was the 2%...
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