Climate and Energy Outlook of the Netherlands 2023
This annual outlook is published as required by the Dutch Climate Act and is regarded as one of the accountability instruments of Dutch climate and energy policy.
As global temperatures and greenhouse gas emissions break records, the latest Emissions Gap Report from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) finds that current pledges under the Paris Agreement put the…
Greenhouse gas mitigation scenarios for major emitters
This report by NewClimate Institute, PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), provides an overview of projected greenhouse…
Assessing the impact of international cooperative initiatives on biodiversity
Biodiversity conservation within the gamut of global environmental governance has gained significant traction over the past three decades. Many initiatives to meet global biodiversity conservation…
Policy Summary of The Geography of Future Water Challenges - Bending the Trend
Water is a critical resource, but our freshwater resources and water systems are under heavy pressure and hundreds of millions of people are at risk of having too little, too polluted, or too much…
Analysis of cost-effective reduction pathways for major emitting countries to achieve the Paris Agreement climate goal
This report presents cost-effective greenhouse gas emission reduction pathways for major emitting economies to keep global warming below 1.5 °C or well below 2 °C, as projected from least-cost…
Energy efficiency options in the Dutch manufacturing industry
This report on energy efficiency options in the Dutch industry is part of the MIDDEN project (Manufacturing Industry Decarbonisation Data Exchange Network) initiated by the Netherlands Environmental…
On Wednesday 15 February 2023, the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (Planbureau voor de Leefomgeving, PBL) organised 'Ukraine’s housing recovery forum — rebuilding a place to call home’…
Analysis of Projected Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Levels in 2040 for Major Emitting Countries
This report presents a methodology aiming to identify the greenhouse gas emission reduction levels for 2040 and the corresponding greenhouse gas emission budgets for 2030–2050 necessary to achieve the…
Integral Circular Economy Report 2023 Assessment for the Netherlands
Every two years, the Integral Circular Economy Report (ICER) provides an overview of the status of the desired transition towards a circular economy in the Netherlands. PBL is producing this report at…
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