New and updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) only take an additional 7.5% off projected 2030 emissions of greenhouse gases. The latest emission reduction pledges for 2030 would result in a global temperature rise of at least 2.7 °C by the end of this century....
The 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) will be held in Glasgow, from 31 October to 12 November 2021. It will bring parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. PBL Netherlands...
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 work programme. During the workshop, feedback was given on the draft Nature...
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 addition, it also has global potential to contribute to multiple sustainability...
Food systems require urgent transformations to meet goals around food security, livelihoods, and environmental sustainability. These transformations require knowledge on the multiple dimensions of food systems, as well as a mechanism to translate these insights and analyses...
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 positive, but sometimes also negative impacts. In its study 'Climate Change...
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, biodiversity and climate change. This study provides projections on the extent and...
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 factors such as the potential for afforestation and carbon capture and...
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 infographics website ‘Navigating rivers and deltas towards a sustainable...
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 2010. Dutch consumption requires more and more land in production chains...
