Climate and Energy Outlook of the Netherlands 2022
This annual outlook is published as required under the 2019 Dutch Climate Act and is regarded as one of the accountability instruments of Dutch climate and energy policy.
View ArticleThe IPCC Sixth Assessment Report WGIII climate assessment of mitigation...
While the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) physical science reports usually assess a handful of future scenarios, the Working Group III contribution on climate mitigation to the IPCC's...
View ArticleAchieving net-zero emissions targets: An analysis of long-term scenarios...
More than 100 countries have communicated or adopted new Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and net-zero target pledges.
View ArticleGlobal Maps of Agricultural Expansion Potential at a 300 m Resolution
The global expansion of agricultural land is a leading driver of climate change and biodiversity loss. However, the spatial resolution of current global land change models is relatively coarse, which...
View ArticleGeography of Future Water Challenges
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.
View ArticleYangtze and Rhine River Basins 1950-2050
The comparative study on the river basins of the Yangtze in China and the Rhine in Europe describes the developments of habitat themes such as environmental pollution, biodiversity, urbanisation,...
View ArticleWorking Paper: 'An Evaluation Framework for the Transformative Capacity of...
In this background report, we explain how PBL & VU developed the evaluation framework for the Reflexive Evaluation of Dutch climate policy.
View ArticleSummary and evaluation of selected Country Climate and Development Reports of...
Climate change and development are closely intertwined: economic growth has caused increasing greenhouse gas emissions which impact climate change, and climate change, in turn, has a significant...
View ArticleAnalysis of Projected Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Levels in 2040 for...
This report presents a methodology aiming to identify the greenhouse gas emission reduction levels for 2040 and the corresponding greenhouse gas emission budgets for 2030–2050 necessary to achieve the...
View ArticleThe impact of policy and model uncertainties on emissions projections of the...
Tracking progress towards the Paris Agreement climate goal requires understanding the 2030 emission levels implied by countries' National Determined Contributions (NDCs).
View ArticleThe role of peatland degradation, protection and restoration for climate...
Peatlands only cover a small fraction of the global land surface (∼3%) but store large amounts of carbon (∼600 GtC). Drainage of peatlands for agriculture results in the decomposition of organic...
View ArticleUncertainty in non-CO2 greenhouse gas mitigation contributes to ambiguity in...
Despite its projected crucial role in stringent, future global climate policy, non-CO2 greenhouse gas (NCGG) mitigation remains a large uncertain factor in climate research.
View ArticleCredibility gap in net-zero targets leaves world at high risk
Global climate policy is undergoing a rite of passage. What used to be a conversation about ambitious target-setting now focuses increasingly on implementation and interventions to put these targets in...
View ArticleEnergy planning in Sub-Saharan African countries needs to explicitly consider...
Studies show the role of various electrification technologies in providing electricity access to households in Sub-Saharan Africa, with a focus on electricity demand for end-use services such as...
View ArticleEnergy efficiency options in the Dutch manufacturing industry
This report on energy efficiency options in the Dutch industry is part of the MIDDEN project (Manufacturing Industry Decarbonisation Data Exchange Network) initiated by PBL and TNO.
View ArticleAnalysis of cost-effective reduction pathways for major emitting countries to...
This report presents cost-effective greenhouse gas emission reduction pathways for major emitting economies to keep global warming below 1.5 °C or well below 2 °C, as projected from least-cost...
View ArticlePolicy 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 dirty or too much water.
View ArticleIdentifying energy model fingerprints in mitigation scenarios
Energy models are used to study emissions mitigation pathways, such as those compatible with the Paris Agreement goals. These models vary in structure, objectives, parameterization and level of detail,...
View ArticleGreenhouse gas mitigation scenarios for major emitters
This report by NewClimate Institute, PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) provides an overview of projected greenhouse...
View ArticleUNEP Emissions Gap report 2023
As global temperatures and greenhouse gas emissions break records, the latest Emissions Gap Report from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) finds that current pledges under the Paris Agreement put the...
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