Publicaties
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Risk of increased food insecurity under stringent global climate change mitigation policy
Food insecurity can be directly exacerbated by climate change due to crop-production-related impacts of warmer and drier conditions that are expected in important agricultural regions. However,...
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A global analysis of future water deficit based on different allocation mechanisms
Freshwater scarcity is already an urgent problem in some areas, but may increase significantly in the future. To assess future developments, we need to understand how future population growth,...
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Policy mix: mess or merit?
Most policies consist of mixes, new interventions being implemented on top of already existing policies. Whether this is a good idea or not is often unclear: evaluating policy mixes is difficult,...
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Potentieel en kosten klimaatneutrale gebouwde omgeving in de gemeente Utrecht
Het PBL heeft een verkenning uitgevoerd naar de warmte- en koudevoorziening van de gebouwde omgeving in de gemeente Utrecht die zo snel mogelijk klimaatneutraal wil worden. Zowel het potentieel van...
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Interaction of consumer preferences and climate policies in the global transition to low-carbon vehicles
Burgeoning demands for mobility and private vehicle ownership undermine global efforts to reduce energy-related greenhouse gas emissions. Advanced vehicles powered by low-carbon sources of...
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Implications of eutrophication for biogeochemical processes in the Three Gorges Reservoir, China
Three Gorges Reservoir, the largest man-made lake in the Changjiang River traps a small fraction of the nitrogen (N) and dissolved silicate (DSi) inflows, and a larger fraction of P. This leads...
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Operationalising the concept of a safe operating space at the EU level – first steps and explorations
The Planetary Boundaries framework proposes quantitative limits for human perturbation of critical Earth System processes, defining a global ‘safe operating space’. The framework can help in...
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Towards a safe operating space for the Netherlands
This policy brief discusses normative choices in setting national policy targets that are in line with SDG ambitions related to global environmental challenges. Based on scientific insights into...
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Ontwikkeling luchtvaart en CO2-emissies in Nederland
Luchtvaart beïnvloedt de opwarming van de aarde door de emissies die plaatsvinden hoog in de lucht. De CO 2 -emissies van vliegtuigen die in Nederland hebben getankt zijn in 20 jaar met 33%...
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Reducing global GHG emissions by replicating successful sector examples: the ‘good practice policies’ scenario
This article shows the potential impact on global greenhous gas (GHG) emissions in 2030, if all countries were to implement sectoral climate policies similar to successful examples already...
