PBL Academy Lecture 2026: A healthy diet, a healthy planet - Transformation towards a safe climate future
On Monday March 23 rd, Professor Johan Rockström will deliver the PBL Academy Lecture 2026 in the Atrium at B30, Bezuidenhoutseweg 30 in the Hague. In the lecture, he will discuss the concept of...
Long-term outlook for Dutch aviation: the end of cheap flying? Decarbonization and capacity limits will reshape air travel growth in a mature market
Air travel to and from the Netherlands is facing a paradigm shift where the historical trend of declining airfares is likely to reverse. New research by PBL, published in the journal Case Studies on...
Links between climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution highlight need for policies that work together
Environmental challenges are becoming increasingly interconnected, with climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution and resource pressures reinforcing one another in ways that require policies in...
Reaching the 2030 climate goal is extremely unlikely; additional and structural policy is needed
It is extremely unlikely that the Netherlands will reach the climate goal of a 55% reduction in emissions by 2030. With current implemented policy, per January 1st (‘basis pathway)’*, the country is...
PhD-thesis Lucy Oates: broader approach to urban basic infrastructure services
Urban infrastructure for energy, housing, transport, waste management, and water is fundamental for human and ecological wellbeing. As urban populations worldwide continue to grow, equitable and...
New global model shows how to bring environmental pressures back to 2015 levels by 2050
A first-of-its-kind study in Nature finds that with bold and coordinated policy choices—across emissions, diets, food waste, and water and nitrogen efficiency—humanity could, by 2050, bring global...
Reaching 2030 climate goal becomes extremely unlikely; extra policy with rapid effect is needed
It is extremely unlikely that the Netherlands will reach the legal climate goal of a 55% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by 2030. With current implemented policy (‘proposed and adopted’)...
Achieving global biodiversity goals makes a big difference for nature and people
By meeting the 2030 targets in the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) the world’s forest and other natural land would increase by 3 million km 2 (roughly the size of India) by 2050 compared to today...
Climate researcher who bridges different disciplines
Spinoza laureate Detlef van Vuuren: “May the future be not only sustainable, but also just” The “greenhouse accountant of the world,” Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant has called him. A deserved...
PBL: Updated spatial density dataset provides new insights into land use
What is the building density of your neighbourhood, how does it compare with those of other neighbourhoods, and how can territorial evidence about building densities contribute to the ambitions of the...
PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
