Energy and Climate Change
Assessment Agency
PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency

The book 'Visualising Knowledge' marks 25 years of experience in data visualisation at PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency. Over the years, how did PBL visualise data and research results, in graphs, maps, diagrams and infographics?
How do we take stock of the state and changing trend of the world’s environment and distill lessons from policy experiences? Amongst the myriad detailed narratives about the condition of the planet, the periodic Global Environment Outlook (GEO), published by the United Nations Environment Programme, stands out as the most ambitious. On 1 June 2022 the book ‘Keeping the World’s Environment under Review: An Intellectual History of the Global Environment Outlook’ will be launched.
On 16 May PBL held a seminar about the international impact of the Dutch circular economy transition. What are the risks and opportunities of this transition for low- and middle-income countries?
The Circular Economy Progress Report 2022 provides an update of the progress and transition towards a circular economy. It builds on the conclusions published by PBL in January 2021 in the Integral Circular Economy Report (ICER 2021). This progress report looks more closely at the possible role of the circular economy in tackling the various challenges within the human environment.
The 15th UN Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP15) will be held in the second half of 2022, calling for halting biodiversity loss and restoring nature, and to agree on a global policy framework that stimulates urgent and transformative action on biodiversity by governments and society towards 2030. Negotiations resumed in person in March 2022 in Geneva. PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency contributes with knowledge and insights, for example, in scenarios on achieving biodiversity goals.
This study assesses the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated recovery measures on emissions out to 2030 and global emission pathways towards meeting the Paris climate goals.