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...
Symposium: Ukraine’s housing recovery forum - rebuilding a place to call home
On Wednesday February 15th 2023, PBL organized 'Ukraine’s housing recovery forum - rebuilding a place to call home’. The aim of the event was ‘sharing knowledge for action’. Why talking about recovery...
Integrated assessments for environmental policy in a ‘post-truth society’
It is now almost a cliché to refer to the ‘post-truth’ society, implying a knowledge crisis in science and society. But although this phenomenon is widely discussed, the question of what this means...
A circular bioeconomy can dramatically rein in the fast-growing plastic sector’s climate, pollution, and resource consumption impacts. Under current policies, global plastic production will likely...
Inadequate progress on climate action since Glasgow
Since the Glasgow climate summit (COP26) governments have made little progress in terms of strengthening short term policies, a new UN Environment Programme (UNEP) finds. Last year all countries...
PBL provides climate change research for UN Climate Conference (COP27) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt
The 27th UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) will be held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, from 6 to 18 November 2022. It will bring parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris...
Better policy design for sustainable land management
The land use sector can play a major role in achieving the binding EU target of climate neutrality by 2050. It has more potential for carbon sequestration than any other sector and is in fact already...
Achieving zero emissions in all sectors is a difficult task
Many countries have made a commitment to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by or around 2050. If some sectors have residual emissions, these must be compensated for by removing CO 2...
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