Etiket: PBL
PBL: enforcing circular goals more vigorously
The objectives were ambitious in 2016, but seven years later little has come of the circular economy. That was the hard conclusion that the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) drew…
PBL: holy cow wins over train, bus and bicycle in large parts of the Netherlands | Inland
Public transport and bicycles are not a good alternative to the car for millions of Dutch people. Outside the Randstad and the major cities, work and facilities are often difficult…
Appointment director PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency | News item
News item | 07-10-2022 | 15:30 Marko Hekkert will be the new director of the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL). The Council of Ministers has approved the nomination on the…
PBL: Cabinet expects unrealistically much from farmers’ buyouts
The Rutte IV cabinet has unrealistically high expectations of the buy-out scheme with which it hopes to buy out thousands of farmers and which should drastically reduce nitrogen emissions. This…
PBL: Cabinet must apply more ‘compulsion and pressure’ to achieve green goals | Inland
Previous governments have set the goal of running a ‘fully circular economy’ by 2050. There is no waste in it and raw materials are used again and again. In eight…
PBL: Cabinet must enforce reduction of raw material consumption harder to achieve targets
The government must apply more ‘pressure and coercion’ if it wants to achieve its ambitions for a sustainable economy. Only focusing on recycling is not enough to reduce the consumption…