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    Nuclear Energy

    Nuclear energy is taking centre stage as one of the options within the energy transition. However, conducting a proper debate about the usefulness and necessity of nuclear energy proves difficult in practice. The Council has been asked for an advisory report.
    22 April 2021
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    OECD & EEAC jointly organized a webinar on better policies for food systems

    The session recordings of the joint webinar on April 13, 2021 are now available.
    22 April 2021
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    Advisory councils share insights on future European Climate Change Council

    Upon the invitation of EU institutions, a group of governmental and parliamentary advisory councils on climate change, the environment and sustainable development shared their insights on the mandate, tasks, composition and governance of a future European Climate Change Council (ECCC).

    1 March 2021
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    Work programme 2021-2022 has been announced

    The Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management submitted the Work Programme 2021-2022 of the Council for the Environment and Infrastructure to the House of Representatives.
    February 2021
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    Digitally Sustainable

    Digital technology and data use are changing our society in fundamental ways. These changes are having a major impact on the sustainability of our living environment. How can we create a society that is both digital and sustainable?
    February 2021
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    Towards an integrated accessibility policy

    More and more solutions for accessibility issues are being advanced. Policy choices regarding accessibility are increasingly linked to other challenges in the living environment. How do we arrive at an integrated accessibility policy?

    January 2021
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    Hydrogen: the missing link

    What is the significance and strategic importance of climate-neutral hydrogen as a feedstock, fuel and energy carrier as part of a sustainable Dutch economy?
    5 January 2021
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    Rli commences advisory report Reviewing nature policy

    Rli is exploring how, in the Netherlands, the worrying decline in the quality of the natural environment and biodiversity can be reversed in time to achieve the restoration of resilient nature. The advisory report is scheduled to be issued in ...
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