The Netherlands is expected to miss its 2030 greenhouse gas emissions reduction target, its main environmental advisory body, PBL, has said. The country had hoped to achieve a 49% reduction in GHG emissions relative to those of 1990, but instead is on track to achieve 34% at present rates – emissions would have to fall at double the rate over the next decade to achieve the target. By 2019, emissions had fallen 17% from 1990 levels, meaning there is significant work to do to achieve even the projected 34%. Apart from looking likely to miss the national target, the Netherlands looks even more likely to fail to meet the proposed European Commission 2030 target of 55%. It appears the PBL projection does not take into account some of the national government’s already-stated plans to reduce emissions, which may point to a somewhat higher emissions reduction by 2030, but the finding suggests just what a difficult task reducing GHG emissions by large amounts in economies will be, both by 2030 and by 2050.