Intensified environmental policies can make the world healthier, reduce poverty, and provide long term economic growth. This is a key conclusions from the 7th Global Environmental Outlook, a…
Scenarios for the Seventh Global Environment Outlook
The seventh edition of the Global Environmental Outlook (GEO-7), the flagship publication of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), provides a comprehensive assessment of the state and…
Raw materials critical for energy, defence and digital technologies are largely extracted in low- and middle income countries, where mining is often linked to adverse social impacts. This study…
Water-related conflict and migration: Risks and ambition pathways
This background report concerns water-related conflict and water-related migration. The results are published in Geography of future water challenges – Bending the trend. This report gives an overview…
Just transitions: Conceptual tools for policy reflection
The need to balance environmental and social objectives is increasingly included in sustainability agendas at all levels – from local to global. This has given rise to the concept of a 'just…
Zonder nieuw beleid ligt het gebruik van grondstoffen 60 procent hoger in 2060 dan nu. Om doelen rond klimaat, biodiversiteit en vervuiling te halen is het belangrijk deze groei te beperken. Dit kan…
Policy Summary of The Geography of Future Water Challenges - Bending the Trend
Water is a critical resource, but our freshwater resources and water systems are under heavy pressure and hundreds of millions of people are at risk of having too little, too polluted, or too much…
On Wednesday 15 February 2023, the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (Planbureau voor de Leefomgeving, PBL) organised 'Ukraine’s housing recovery forum — rebuilding a place to call home’…
This study The Geography of Future Water Challenges – Bending the trend shows that there is a great urgency to tackle global water and climate adaptation issues. This will require radical changes in…
The potential impacts of climate change on various security dimensions are multifaceted. These potentially wide-spread risks have increased political concern along with scientific and security…
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