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12-05-2011
Key findings of IPCC on regional climate-change impacts found to be robust
PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency has found no errors that would undermine the main conclusions in the 2007 report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on possible future regional impacts of climate change. However, in some instances the foundations for the summary statements should have been made more transparent. The PBL believes that the IPCC should invest more in quality control in order to prevent mistakes and shortcomings, to the extent possible.
05-07-2010
Models of limited value to determine indirect land use change (ILUC) factors for biofuels
Biofuels have the potential to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. Besides direct emissions from the production chain emissions from indirect land use change (ILUC) can reduce this potential. Therefore, the possibility to include an ILUC-emission factor in the EU sustainability criteria is investigated. Integral global models can be used to explore these emissions. However, the complexity of the system and its related assumptions introduce significant differences in the results of different models. Moreover, the ILUC-emission of biofuels vary in time due to a changing context.
25-05-2010
Website GLOBIO model fully renewed
The GLOBIO model is a tool to assess past, present and future human impact on biodiversity. As a policy tool, it is regularly applied in global, regional and national assessments. The GLOBIO model is the result of a collaboration between the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL), the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) and UNEP/GRID-Arendal. The renewed website provides information on the workings of the model and its applications.
22-03-2010
New generation climate scenarios also focus on policy targets
Currently, a new generation of climate scenarios is being developed to enable a better understanding of the influence that greenhouse gases have on our climate. For the first time, these scenarios will focus on the various objectives of climate policy, varying from ‘no climate policy’ to ‘very ambitious climate policy’. In addition, knowledge is being integrated into these scenarios from various disciplines in the field of climate science. The scenarios are being developed by a team of international scientists, including from the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL).
15-02-2010
Release GISMO User Support System 1.0
05-11-2009
Sustainability Monitor for the Netherlands 2009
In many respects, the Netherlands is a prosperous country, where public health, average incomes and education levels all have increased considerably since the Second World War. People trust each other and trust national institutions. From a sustainable development perspective, attention needs to be directed towards areas of employment and an ageing population, knowledge, and social cohesion. However, the major ‘Concerns for Tomorrow’ are environmentally oriented.
21-10-2009
Environmental Balance 2009
The feasibility of meeting both the short-term and long-term targets of environmental policy is heavily influenced by the consequences of the current recession. In the short term, the environment will profit from the recession because the decline in economic activity will result in lower emissions, especially to the air. In the long term, the recession will have unfavourable effects on the environment because it will slow down the development and introduction of environmentally-friendly technologies.
06-10-2009
