Global climate action from cities, regions and businesses, 2019 report
Although the ambition levels shown by cities, regions and business are high and will go a long way towards meeting the Paris Agreement goals, the bottom-up efforts still need to manifest themselves…
In the 2019 Informative Inventory Report (IIR) by the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), the Dutch emission data on transboundary air polluting substances are published…
Biomass residues as twenty-first century bioenergy feedstock—a comparison of eight integrated assessment models
In the twenty-first century, modern bioenergy could become one of the largest sources of energy, partially replacing fossil fuels and contributing to climate change mitigation. Agricultural and…
Methods for calculating the emissions of transport in the Netherlands 2019
This report describes the methodologies, emission factors and relevant activity data used to calculate the emission of environmental pollutants from mobile sources in the Netherlands. The emissions…
Grootschalige concentratie- en depositiekaarten Nederland: Rapportage 2019
Het rapport Grootschalige concentratie- en depositiekaarten Nederland (GCN) geeft elk jaar de concentraties in de lucht van onder andere stikstofdioxide en fijnstof in Nederland op kaarten weer. Ook…
Archaeological assessment reveals Earth’s early transformation through land use
Environmentally transformative human use of land accelerated with the emergence of agriculture, but the extent, trajectory, and implications of these early changes are not well understood. An…
Not all carbon dioxide emission scenarios are equally likely: a subjective expert assessment
Climate researchers use carbon dioxide emission scenarios to explore alternative climate futures and potential impacts, as well as implications of mitigation and adaptation policies. Often, these…
The role of the discount rate for emission pathways and negative emissions
The importance of the discount rate in cost-benefit analysis of long term problems, such as climate change, has been widely acknowledged. However, the choice of the discount rate is hardly discussed…
From visions to scenarios for nature and nature’s contributions to people for the 21st century: workshop report
PBL co-organised a workshop to build on the Nature Futures Framework, developed by the IPBES scenarios and models expert group, which serves to discuss future visions based on how people value nature…
Nederlands landschapsbeleid en ruimtelijke restricties in kaart
In dit achtergrondrapport bij de publicatie transities, ruimteclaims en landschap, wordt de huidige stand van zaken van het landschapsbeleid in kaarten, korte teksten en cijfers beschreven.
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