15 May 2023 -
What spatial planning policies are needed to best prepare the Netherlands for the impacts of climate change, both in the short and longer term?
15 May 2023 -
How can the Netherlands, with the help of European regulations, make the transition from throw-away society to a society that produces and uses sustainable, circular consumer goods? What interventions are needed to make this possible? These are the key questions in the advisory report that the Council for the Environment and Infrastructure (Rli) is preparing.
11 May 2023 -
In its advisory report "Good Water, Good Policy", presented to Mark Harbers, Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management on 11 May 2023, the Rli concludes that current and planned policies to achieve healthy water systems and their implementation are inadequate and do not fully follow through into all policy areas affecting water systems. Additional measures are needed and the effectiveness of all the measures should be assessed to allow timely adjustments to be made if necessary.
19 April 2023 -
On the 3rd and the 10th of May, the European Environment and Sustainable Development Advisory Councils (EEAC) together with the Belgium Federal Council for Sustainable Development (FRDO-CFDD), the Rli and the German Council for Sustainable Development (RNE) are organising two high-level expert webinars on sustainable finance.
19 April 2023 -
How can the government reinforce the implementation capacity needed to put into practice (in good time) the proposed policies for tackling the major challenges within the living environment, and what factors impede or promote this? These are the key questions in the advisory report that the Rli is preparing on implementation capacity in the living environment.
2 November 2022 -
How can we accelerate the sustainability of business parks and the companies located there? What does this mean for the roles, responsibilities, and instruments of central government and other public authorities, market players, and society? These are the key questions in the advisory report that the Rli is preparing on making business parks more sustainable. For a long time, business parks received relatively little attention; the Dutch climate agreement, for instance, does not mention them. And that's despite the fact that business parks fulfil an important economic function and have a major impact on the living environment.
27 September 2022 -
What is needed to prevent problematic disparities between regions, to promote overall well-being and development opportunities in all parts of the Netherlands, and to strengthen cohesion between the regions? And what role do central government and other entities play in this?
7 September 2022 -
On 7 September 2022 the Rli presented his advisory report to the Dutch Minister for Climate and Energy Policy, Rob Jetten. The Rli identifies the issues that should be addressed in the decision-making process relating to nuclear energy. It also describes the best way to conduct the public debate in this area.