Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency

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Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency

Agency overview
Formed	May 15, 2008
Preceding agency	Netherlands Institute for Spatial Research (RPB) and Netherlands Environmental Agency (MNP)
Jurisdiction	Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management
Headquarters	Bezuidenhoutseweg 30, The Hague, Netherlands
Employees	250
Agency executive	Marko Hekkert (as of January 1, 2023)
Website	https://www.pbl.nl

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. Operating as an autonomous entity within the Dutch Government organization, specifically under the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management. While primarily associated with the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, PBL's expertise is also sought by other government departments, including the Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.^[1] 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 The Netherlands Institute for Social Research (SCP). Since January 2023 Marko Hekkert is director of the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency.