Grootschalige concentratie- en depositiekaarten Nederland
Het rapport Grootschalige concentratie- en depositiekaarten Nederland geeft jaarlijks de concentraties in de buitenlucht van onder andere stikstofdioxide en fijnstof in Nederland op kaarten weer. Ook…
Building obsolescence in the evolving city. Reframing property vacancy and abandonment in the light of urban dynamics and complexity
This conceptual article analyses how both policymakers and academics often discuss the state of buildings. Property vacancy and abandonment are generally approached statically, in an undifferentiated…
Contextualizing local landscape initiatives in global change: A scenario study for the High Forest Zone, Ghana
Integrated landscape management (ILM) is increasingly considered as an approach to reconcile multiple, often conflicting, demands on a landscape scale. This research compared two sustainability…
Op 17 maart 2021 vinden de Tweede Kamerverkiezingen plaats. De leefomgevingskwaliteit zal naar verwachting een van de onderwerpen zijn die in verkiezingsprogramma’s aandacht krijgen om potentiële…
Food is a basic necessity of life. Our food production does have a downside for the physical environment, such as biodiversity loss and climate change. By putting consumers and supply chains at the…
Projected material requirements for the global electricity infrastructure – generation, transmission and storage
We analyse how the global material stocks and flows related to the electricity sector may develop towards 2050. We focus on three electricity sub-systems, being generation, transmission and storage…
Implications of climate change mitigation strategies on international bioenergy trade
Most climate change mitigation scenarios rely on increased use of bioenergy to decarbonize the energy system. Here we use results from the 33rd Energy Modeling Forum study (EMF-33) to investigate…
Het verbeteren van de brede welvaart in regio’s vergt normatieve keuzes
Het verbeteren van brede welvaart vraagt om normatieve keuzes, die grote consequenties hebben voor het te voeren beleid. In dit artikel zet het PBL uiteen welke keuzes er moeten worden gemaakt. De…
A comprehensive quantification of global nitrous oxide sources and sinks.
Global human-induced emissions of nitrous oxide, which are dominated by nitrogen additions to croplands, increased by 30% over the past four decades to 7.3 (4.2-11.4) teragrams of nitrogen per year…
Decarbonisation options for the Dutch chlor-alkali industry
This report on decarbonisation options for the Dutch chlor-alkali industry is part of the MIDDEN project (Manufacturing Industry Decarbonisation Data Exchange Network) initiated by PBL and TNO. The…