According to the Global Land Outlook 2 up to 40 % of the planet’s land is degraded which directly affects half of humanity and threatens roughly half of global GDP (USD 44 trillion). If business as usual continued through 2050, the report projects additional degradation of an...
In their report ‘From Paris to Kunming - Enabling a carbon net zero and nature-positive financial sector’, the Sustainable Finance Lab, Utrecht University, at the request of PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, analysed the impact of the financial sector on...
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Anet Weterings to the special chair Regional and Circular Economic Development. This chair is a joint initiative of the Faculty of Economics and Business, the Faculty of Spatial Sciences of the University of Groningen and the...
Most of the biodiversity targets that were agreed on by the United Nations for 2020 have not been achieved, with the exception of a few, such as the area of protected land. This was concluded by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem...
In 2015, UN member states agreed on 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to pursue global sustainable development. They include combating poverty and hunger and promoting responsible consumption and production. Although a variety of scenarios have been developed to achieve...
How can we enhance nature to improve our physical environment and prevent biodiversity loss? During her PBL Academy Lecture, which took place on 15 November 2021, internationally renowned ecologist Sandra Díaz elaborated on the need for a transformative, integral approach;...
An accelerated, global roll-out of good practices in reducing greenhouse gas emissions may help to limit global warming to well below 2 °C, as agreed in the Paris Agreement on climate change. This is the main outcome of the newly developed Bridge scenario, which - if...
Taking adopted and proposed policies as the point of reference, Dutch greenhouse gas emissions are expected to decrease by between 38% and 48% in 2030, compared to 1990 levels. This means that the government’s emission reduction target of 49% by 2030 is not yet in view....
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...
