In deze notitie beschrijft het PBL de tussentijdse resultaten van de Nationale analyse waterkwaliteit, een onderdeel van de Delta-aanpak Waterkwaliteit. De Nationale analyse is een traject van joint…
Gewasbeschermingsmiddelen en de realisatie ecologische kwaliteit van oppervlaktewater 2018
Het aantal gemeten overschrijdingen van de waterkwaliteitsnormen voor chronische blootstelling van waterorganismen aan gewasbeschermingsmiddelen is in de periode 2016-2018 met 30% afgenomen ten…
Integrated Solutions for the Water-Energy-Land Nexus: Are Global Models Rising to the Challenge?
Increasing human demands for water, energy, food and materials, are expected to accentuate resource supply challenges over the coming decades. Experience suggests that long-term strategies for a…
Aquaculture production is a large, spatially concentrated source of nutrients in Chinese freshwater and coastal seas
This article presents a spatially explicit inventory of nutrient emissions from aquaculture to waterbodies for 2006 and 2017. Aquaculture production and nutrient excretion are now comparable to that…
Reconciling global sustainability targets and local action for food production and climate change mitigation
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) imply country-led implementation. Yet, their achievement depends on sustainability targets compatible across different sectors and scales. Our study examines…
Decreasing ammonia loss from an Australian pasture with the use of enhanced efficiency fertilizers
Mitigating ammonia (NH3) volatilization from intensive pasture systems is critical for environmental sustainability. However, field-scale evaluation on the potential of enhanced efficiency fertilizers…
Land use is at the core of various sustainable development goals. Long-term climate foresight studies have structured their recent analyses around five socio-economic pathways (SSPs), with consistent…
Achtergronddocument Effecten Ontwerp Klimaatakkoord: Landbouw en Landgebruik
Dit rapport beschrijft de achtergronden bij de PBL-analyse van de effecten van het ontwerp klimaatakkoord voor de sector landbouw en landgebruik. De analyse verkent wat het effect is van de…
Malnutrition, the suboptimal consumption of essential nutrients like zinc, severely affects human health. This burden of malnutrition falls disproportionally heavy on developing countries, directly…
The scenario study ‘The Future of the North Sea’ explores the spatial and ecological impact of possible developments on the North Sea, up to 2050, with regard to nature, energy transition and food…