Accurate assessment of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and their redistribution among the atmosphere, ocean, and terrestrial biosphere – the “global carbon budget” – is important to better understand the global carbon cycle, support the development of climate...
Global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have increased at an annual rate of 1.5%, over the last decade, with only a slight slowdown from 2014 to 2016. In 2018, the growth in global greenhouse gas emissions resumed at an annual rate of 2.0%, reaching 51.8 gigatonnes in CO2...
Inaugural lecture by Rob Alkemade upon taking up the position of Special Professor of Global Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Modelling at Wageningen University & Research on 12 September 2019.
The literature emphasizes the important relationships between the consumption and production of food, energy and water, and environmental challenges such as climate change and loss of biodiversity. New tools are needed to analyse the future dynamics of this nexus. Here, we...
The authors evaluated the ecological realism of BioScore, a European scale species distribution model (SDM) of 1476 terrestrial vascular plant species. It is shown that the species niche optima of temperature are ecologically most realistic, which reflects that temperature is...
Nearly 900 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa rely on traditional biomass (wood, charcoal, dung, or agricultural residues) for cooking. This has major health consequences, as inefficient and incomplete combustion of traditional biomass is associated with high levels of...
The potential links between climate change, environmental change, migration and conflict have received growing attention from scientists, media and global institutions over the last decade. This report aims to deepen scientific insights in these complex processes and to...
On current unconditional pledges, the world is heading for a 3.2°C temperature rise, according to the 2019 edition of UNEP’s annual Emissions Gap Report. Technologies and policy knowledge exist to cut emissions, but transformations must begin now. Researchers at PBL were...
Growers, buyers and suppliers have not been sufficiently successful in reducing the use of chemical plant protection products. Policy is needed, by both the government and the sector, to stop the routine use of plant protection products and to promote alternatives.
This report on decarbonisation options for the Dutch glass fibre industry is part of the MIDDEN project (Manufacturing Industry Decarbonisation Data Exchange Network) initiated by PBL and ECN part of TNO. The project aims to support industry, policymakers, analysts and the...
