Report on the IPBES workshop on modelling Nature Futures scenarios, January 2021
In January 2021, the IPBES technical support unit (TSU) on Scenarios and Models, which is hosted by PBL, co-organized the workshop on modelling Nature Futures scenarios under the 2030 IPBES rolling...
A scoping study coordinated by PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency shows that improved and integrated river basin management is essential for adequate adaptation to climate change. In...
A new global science-policy interface for food systems?
Food systems require urgent transformations to meet goals around food security, livelihoods, and environmental sustainability. These transformations require knowledge on the multiple dimensions of...
Climate mitigation measures have mainly positive effects on achieving Sustainable Development Goals
Fast action is needed to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Many measures to mitigate climate change also relate to achieving other SDGs, with often...
Land restoration can make a significant contribution to sustainable development at the global level
A study by PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency shows that land restoration has global potential to contribute to multiple sustainability challenges, on food and agriculture, water...
Clear differences between countries regarding the time needed to achieve net-zero emissions
Over 100 countries and regions have recently formulated so-called net-zero emission targets. A crucial question is what the exact moment of net-zero should be for different countries. This depends on...
A choice for 2050: The Netherlands more compact, more polycentric, or more diffuse?
The new National Environment and Planning Strategy (NOVI) has identified a great housing shortage in the coming decades. It urges that new homes be built at locations within the existing urban...
New interactive site shows challenges for deltas and explores options for bending the trend
River basins and deltas are hotspot landscapes because they are home to large — and in developing countries growing — populations that depend on the many ecosystem services these systems provide. The...
ICER 2021: Use of natural resources hardly declining in the Netherlands, stronger policy on circular economy is needed
Several trends in natural resource use are not moving in the right direction. Although the Dutch economy has become more efficient, the total amount of natural resources used has hardly changed since...
Long-term climate change may have substantial impacts on local renewable energy supply
Renewable energy resources may be sensitive to climate change. With their increasing share in world primary energy supply (possibly over 30% in 2030), the question whether this makes the future energy...
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