Book launch: A history of the Global Environment Outlook
On 1 June 2022, the book ‘Keeping the World’s Environment under Review: An Intellectual History of the Global Environment Outlook’ will be launched. The event is organised by The Integrated Assessment...
Looking back on the Circular Economy seminar on 16 May 2022
On May 16 PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency held a seminar to discuss the risks and opportunities of the Dutch circular economy transition for low- and middle-income countries.
Chronic Land Degradation: UN Offers stark warnings and practical remedies in Global Land Outlook 2
According to the Global Land Outlook 2 up to 40 % of the planet’s land is degraded which directly affects half of humanity and threatens roughly half of global GDP (USD 44 trillion). If business as...
The biodiversity-related role of the financial sector requires an integrated approach with climate
In their report ‘ From Paris to Kunming - Enabling a carbon net zero and nature-positive financial sector’, the Sustainable Finance Lab, Utrecht University, at the request of PBL Netherlands...
New global biodiversity policy framework for 2030 central topic at upcoming meetings of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity
Most of the biodiversity targets that were agreed on by the United Nations for 2020 have not been achieved, with the exception of a few, such as the area of protected land. This was concluded by the...
New framework of indicators for achieving Sustainable Development Goals fills gap
In 2015, UN member states agreed on 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to pursue global sustainable development. They include combating poverty and hunger and promoting responsible consumption...
Looking back on the PBL Academy Lecture: Biodiversity from an integral perspective
How can we enhance nature to improve our physical environment and prevent biodiversity loss? During her PBL Academy Lecture, which took place on 15 November 2021, internationally renowned ecologist...
Global roll-out of successful policies may help limit global warming to well below 2 °C
An accelerated, global roll-out of good practices in reducing greenhouse gas emissions may help to limit global warming to well below 2 °C, as agreed in the Paris Agreement on climate change. This is...
Climate target 2030 requires vigorous implementation of existing and new policy
Taking adopted and proposed policies as the point of reference, Dutch greenhouse gas emissions are expected to decrease by between 38% and 48% in 2030, compared to 1990 levels. This means that the...
Updated climate commitments fall short ahead of COP26 summit, but net-zero pledges could provide additional emissions reductions
New and updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) only take an additional 7.5% off projected 2030 emissions of greenhouse gases. The latest emission reduction pledges for 2030 would result in...
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