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NL can become climate neutral, if all options are on the table

The Netherlands can technically achieve and afford its goal of being completely climate-neutral by 2050. However, the feasibility depends on the timely implementation of planned measures, including controversial ones like CO2 storage, livestock shrinkage, and biofuels, the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) said in a new report.

The Dutch government is fond of setting sustainability goals but almost never puts in the effort necessary to achieve them, according to the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL). As a result, the Netherlands is at risk of missing deadlines for almost all its climate goals, ranging from improving water quality to the more economical use of raw materials, the PBL said in its biennial report, De Telegraaf reports.

During the annual conference of the EWUU alliance (TU/e, WUR, UU, UMC Utrecht), held in the Omnia dialogue centre in Wageningen on 19 April, the alliance partners will show how collaborating across the borders of the scientific disciplines can contri