The Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
(Dutch: Planbureau voor de Leefomgeving - abbr.
PBL) is a Dutch research institute that advises
the Dutch government on environmental policy
and regional planning issues.
The research fields include sustainable development,
energy and climate change, biodiversity, transport,
land use, and air quality.
It is one of three applied policy research
institutes of the Dutch government, the other
two being Centraal Planbureau (CPB), and Sociaal
en Cultureel Planbureau (SCP).
Since November 2015 Hans Mommaas is director
of the Netherlands Environmental Assessment
Agency.
The PBL was created on May 15, 2008 by merging
the Netherlands Environmental Agency (Dutch:
Milieu- en Natuurplanbureau) (MNP) with the
Netherlands Institute for Spatial Research
(Dutch: Ruimtelijk Planbureau) (RPB).
The English name for the new organization
was borrowed from the MNP, which was part
of the Netherlands National Institute for
Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) until
May 1, 2005.
It is currently an agency of the Dutch Ministry
of Infrastructure and the Environment (IenM,
Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Milieu).
The Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
is located in The Hague and employs approximately
300 people
