Afforestation can mitigate climate change, but only to a certain extent
Afforestation can provide an important contribution to limiting climate change, as trees take up CO 2 from the atmosphere. However, the implementation of relatively cheap afforestation should not lead...
Reducing global emissions by 7.6% annually, over next decade, would achieve the 1.5 °C Paris target
Under current unconditional pledges, the world is heading for a 3.2 °C temperature rise, according to the 2019 edition of UNEP’s annual Emissions Gap Report. The technologies and policy knowledge on...
Delaying climate action to achieve Paris target leads to strong dependence on CO2 removal
Several organisations and companies have developed scenarios to explore global future energy pathways that achieve the Paris climate goal of limiting temperature change to well below 2 °C. A new...
Closing the emission gap between the Paris goals and national policies
We know there is a global emission gap between current policies, nationally determined contributions (NDCs), and the Paris Agreement goal to keep the global temperature rise this century well below 2...
Transition to clean cooking good for people and planet
More than 700 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa still use traditional biomass (wood or charcoal) on open fires or inefficient traditional cookstoves for cooking. This results in serious health...
Stocktake tool hosted by PBL measures progress towards Paris goals
What are the implications of the implementation of national climate policies, and how do they add up to the greenhouse gas emission reductions needed to keep global warming to well below 2 ˚C or even...
Two-thirds of major emitting countries still not on track to reach Paris climate proposals
In the Paris Climate Agreement, which went into effect on 4 November 2016, countries promised to implement policies to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. A report by NewClimate Institute, PBL...
Consequences of scenarios that limit global warming in line with the Paris Agreement
This new PBL-JRC-IIASA report presents a set of scenarios that limit global warming to below 2 °C and 1.5 °C, by using either the full portfolio of reduction options, as represented in the IMAGE and...
Opportunities for Enhanced Action to Keep Paris Goals within Reach
Current climate policies are inconsistent with the objectives of the Paris Agreement, but model-based scenario analyses also show that there are several opportunities to strengthen current climate...
PBL research supports Katowice Climate Conference (COP24)
The UN Climate Change Conference in Katowice (COP24) is the next step for governments to implement the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement. PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency contributes to this...
PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
