Accurate assessment of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions and their redistribution among the atmosphere, ocean, and terrestrial biosphere – the “global carbon budget” – is important to…
Integrated scenarios to support analysis of the food–energy–water nexus
The literature emphasizes the important relationships between the consumption and production of food, energy and water, and environmental challenges such as climate change and loss of biodiversity…
Increasing variety in response to decreasing biodiversity
Inaugural lecture by Rob Alkemade upon taking up the position of Special Professor of Global Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Modelling at Wageningen University & Research on 12 September 2019.
Scenario analysis for promoting clean cooking in Sub-Saharan Africa: Costs and benefits
Nearly 900 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa rely on traditional biomass (wood, charcoal, dung, or agricultural residues) for cooking. This has major health consequences, as inefficient and…
Evaluating the ecological realism of plant species distribution models with ecological indicator values
The authors evaluated the ecological realism of BioScore, a European scale species distribution model (SDM) of 1476 terrestrial vascular plant species. It is shown that the species niche optima of…
Planetary security: in search of drivers of violence and conflict
The potential links between climate change, environmental change, migration and conflict have received growing attention from scientists, media and global institutions over the last decade. This…
On 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. Technologies and policy knowledge exist to cut…
Growers, buyers and suppliers have not been sufficiently successful in reducing the use of chemical plant protection products. Policy is needed, by both the government and the sector, to stop the…
Decarbonisation options for the Dutch glass fibre industry
This report on decarbonisation options for the Dutch glass fibre industry is part of the MIDDEN project (Manufacturing Industry Decarbonisation Data Exchange Network) initiated by PBL and ECN part of…
Analysing interactions among Sustainable Development Goals with Integrated Assessment Models
To achieve all Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, it is necessary to understand how they interact with each other. Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) represent many human–environment…
PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
