Press releases 2010

Up to 2011 the PBL had separate press releases and news items; after 2012 these were combined on the website. For press releases from 2012 onwards, see the news items.

• Producers hold the key to halt biodiversity loss

  Dutch demand for products from tropical regions is influential in the rapid decline of local plant and animal species (biodiversity) in those regions. These are not only products such as palm oil, coffee, wood, or soy for animal feed, but also meat ... read more

  Press release | 19-10-2010

• Global ecosystems heavily under pressure; the PBL identifies new strategies for the COP10 in Nagoya

  The mere protection of valuable nature areas, although still necessary, will not be sufficient for reducing global biodiversity loss in the coming decades. Population growth and rising prosperity, together, create an ever increasing pressure on global ... read more

  Press release | 05-10-2010

• Key findings of IPCC on regional climate-change impacts overall considered well founded

  PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency 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. The IPCC report ... read more

  Press release | 05-07-2010

• China and India nullify global reduction in CO2 emissions

  Despite the continued economic crisis, global emissions of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas, have remained constant in 2009, as strong increases in CO₂ emissions from fast-growing developing countries, such as China and India, have ... read more

  Press release | 01-07-2010

• Serious indirect effects of some biofuels on global biodiversity and greenhouse gas emissions

  Many biofuels that are presently sold on the European transport market need agricultural land for their production. It can make them less favourable to the environment than fossil fuels. Effects from indirect land-use change (ILUC) have a negative ... read more

  Press release | 31-05-2010

• ‘Copenhagen’ target is coming closer

  The Copenhagen Accord has proven beneficial to the efforts of achieving the target of limiting global warming to two degrees Celsius. Since the climate conference was held, countries have pledged to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. These pledges ... read more

  Press release | 28-05-2010

• CPB and PBL have analyzed election platforms

  At the request of nine political parties, CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis and PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency have mapped out the effects of the respective election platforms on the economy and the environment. The ... read more

  Press release | 20-05-2010