Willem‐Jan van Zeist

Biographic Data

ID	6547099
NAME	Willem‐Jan van Zeist
GIVEN NAMES	Willem‐Jan
FAMILY NAME	van Zeist
SIGNATURE	VAN ZEIST W J
AFFILIATIONS	Wageningen University & Research
ORCID	0000-0002-6371-8509
VERIFIED	Yes
TOTAL WORKS	13
TOTAL CITATIONS	5
AUTHOR COUNT	13
EDITOR COUNT	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	2018
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2025
H-INDEX	1

Bundling measures for food systems transformation: A global, multimodel assessment
Open AccessMarina Sundiang, Thais Diniz Oliveira et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet Planetary Health2025References: 9
Exploring environmental and distributional impacts of different transition pathways for healthier and sustainable diets: An economic modelling study
Open AccessMarijke Kuiper, Thijs de Lange et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet Planetary Health2025References: 4
Socio-economic, environmental and health impacts of dietary transformation in Bangladesh
Open AccessThijs de Lange, Michiel van Dijk et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2024
The transition to healthier diets might be accompanied by trade-offs that occur in other parts of the food system. In this study the trade-offs between socio-economic, environmental, and health indicators were analyzed in different dietary scenarios for Bangladesh between 2022 and 2050. We used a global economic simulation model with updated national food consumption data, extended with a footprint module to track environmental impacts through th…
Multiple pathways towards sustainable development goals and climate targets
Open AccessBjoern Soergel, Sebastian Rauner et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2024
The UN sustainable development goals (SDGs) and the Paris climate target require a holistic transformation towards human well-being within planetary boundaries. However, there are growing debates on how to best pursue these targets. Proposed transformation strategies include market- and technology-driven green-growth, shifting towards a sufficiency-oriented post-growth economy, and a transformation driven primarily by strong government action. He…
Food and land system transformations under different societal perspectives on sustainable development
Open AccessIsabelle Weindl, Bjoern Soergel et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2024
The future of food and land systems is crucial for achieving multiple UN Sustainable Development Goals, given their essential role in providing adequate nutrition and their significant impact on Earth system processes. Despite widespread consensus on the need for transformation, discussed strategies vary widely, from technology-driven to sufficiency-focused approaches, emphasizing different agents of change and policy mixes. This study assesses t…
The development of bio-based industry in the European Union: A prospective integrated modelling assessment
Open AccessGeorge Philippidis, Rodrigo Xavier Álvarez et al.ARTICLEEcological Economics2024Cited by: 1
Exploring economy-wide sustainable conditions for EU bio-chemical activities
Open AccessGeorge Philippidis, Robert M’Barek et al.ARTICLEEcological Economics2023
The EU's Green Deal sets out a vision for a clean, competitive, climate neutral circular economy. As a part-solution for decarbonising its industrial base and improving its strategic autonomy, the role of bio-based substitutes is envisaged. Focusing on EU chemicals, the MAGNET simulation model is employed to quantify the impacts from EU bio-based chemical, pharmaceutical and plastic output increases over a thirty-year time horizon to 2050. To sup…
Quantifying synergies and trade-offs in the global water-land-food-climate nexus using a multi-model scenario approach
Open AccessJonathan Doelman, Felicitas Beier et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2022
The human-earth system is confronted with the challenge of providing a range of resources for a growing and more prosperous world population while simultaneously reducing environmental degradation. The sustainable development goals and the planetary boundaries define targets to manage this challenge. Many of these are linked to the land system, such as biodiversity, water, food, nutrients and climate, and are strongly interconnected. A key questi…
Integrated spatial planning for biodiversity conservation and food production
Open AccessConstance Fastré, Willem‐Jan van Zeist et al.ARTICLEOne Earth2021
Bending the curve of terrestrial biodiversity needs an integrated strategy
Open AccessDavid Leclère, Michael Obersteiner et al.ARTICLENature2020
Increased efforts are required to prevent further losses to terrestrial biodiversity and the ecosystem services that it provides1,2. Ambitious targets have been proposed, such as reversing the declining trends in biodiversity3; however, just feeding the growing human population will make this a challenge4. Here we use an ensemble of land-use and biodiversity models to assess whether—and how—humanity can reverse the declines in terrestrial biodive…
Are scenario projections overly optimistic about future yield progress
Open AccessWillem‐Jan van Zeist, Willem-Jan van Zeist et al.ARTICLEGlobal Environmental Change2020Cited by: 4References: 1
Key determinants of global land-use projections
Open AccessElke Stehfest, Willem‐Jan van Zeist et al.ARTICLENature Communications2019
Land use is at the core of various sustainable development goals. Long-term climate foresight studies have structured their recent analyses around five socio-economic pathways (SSPs), with consistent storylines of future macroeconomic and societal developments; however, model quantification of these scenarios shows substantial heterogeneity in land-use projections. Here we build on a recently developed sensitivity approach to identify how future …
Comparing impacts of climate change and mitigation on global agriculture by 2050
Open AccessHans Van Meijl, Peter Havlík et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2018
Systematic model inter-comparison helps to narrow discrepancies in the analysis of the future impact of climate change on agricultural production. This paper presents a set of alternative scenarios by five global climate and agro-economic models. Covering integrated assessment (IMAGE), partial equilibrium (CAPRI, GLOBIOM, MAgPIE) and computable general equilibrium (MAGNET) models ensures a good coverage of biophysical and economic agricultural fe…

Comparing impacts of climate change and mitigation on global agriculture by 2050
Open AccessHans Van Meijl, Peter Havlík et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2018
Systematic model inter-comparison helps to narrow discrepancies in the analysis of the future impact of climate change on agricultural production. This paper presents a set of alternative scenarios by five global climate and agro-economic models. Covering integrated assessment (IMAGE), partial equilibrium (CAPRI, GLOBIOM, MAgPIE) and computable general equilibrium (MAGNET) models ensures a good coverage of biophysical and economic agricultural fe…
Key determinants of global land-use projections
Open AccessElke Stehfest, Willem‐Jan van Zeist et al.ARTICLENature Communications2019
Land use is at the core of various sustainable development goals. Long-term climate foresight studies have structured their recent analyses around five socio-economic pathways (SSPs), with consistent storylines of future macroeconomic and societal developments; however, model quantification of these scenarios shows substantial heterogeneity in land-use projections. Here we build on a recently developed sensitivity approach to identify how future …
Bending the curve of terrestrial biodiversity needs an integrated strategy
Open AccessDavid Leclère, Michael Obersteiner et al.ARTICLENature2020
Increased efforts are required to prevent further losses to terrestrial biodiversity and the ecosystem services that it provides1,2. Ambitious targets have been proposed, such as reversing the declining trends in biodiversity3; however, just feeding the growing human population will make this a challenge4. Here we use an ensemble of land-use and biodiversity models to assess whether—and how—humanity can reverse the declines in terrestrial biodive…
Are scenario projections overly optimistic about future yield progress
Open AccessWillem‐Jan van Zeist, Willem-Jan van Zeist et al.ARTICLEGlobal Environmental Change2020Cited by: 4References: 1
Integrated spatial planning for biodiversity conservation and food production
Open AccessConstance Fastré, Willem‐Jan van Zeist et al.ARTICLEOne Earth2021
Quantifying synergies and trade-offs in the global water-land-food-climate nexus using a multi-model scenario approach
Open AccessJonathan Doelman, Felicitas Beier et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2022
The human-earth system is confronted with the challenge of providing a range of resources for a growing and more prosperous world population while simultaneously reducing environmental degradation. The sustainable development goals and the planetary boundaries define targets to manage this challenge. Many of these are linked to the land system, such as biodiversity, water, food, nutrients and climate, and are strongly interconnected. A key questi…
Exploring economy-wide sustainable conditions for EU bio-chemical activities
Open AccessGeorge Philippidis, Robert M’Barek et al.ARTICLEEcological Economics2023
The EU's Green Deal sets out a vision for a clean, competitive, climate neutral circular economy. As a part-solution for decarbonising its industrial base and improving its strategic autonomy, the role of bio-based substitutes is envisaged. Focusing on EU chemicals, the MAGNET simulation model is employed to quantify the impacts from EU bio-based chemical, pharmaceutical and plastic output increases over a thirty-year time horizon to 2050. To sup…
Socio-economic, environmental and health impacts of dietary transformation in Bangladesh
Open AccessThijs de Lange, Michiel van Dijk et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2024
The transition to healthier diets might be accompanied by trade-offs that occur in other parts of the food system. In this study the trade-offs between socio-economic, environmental, and health indicators were analyzed in different dietary scenarios for Bangladesh between 2022 and 2050. We used a global economic simulation model with updated national food consumption data, extended with a footprint module to track environmental impacts through th…
Multiple pathways towards sustainable development goals and climate targets
Open AccessBjoern Soergel, Sebastian Rauner et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2024
The UN sustainable development goals (SDGs) and the Paris climate target require a holistic transformation towards human well-being within planetary boundaries. However, there are growing debates on how to best pursue these targets. Proposed transformation strategies include market- and technology-driven green-growth, shifting towards a sufficiency-oriented post-growth economy, and a transformation driven primarily by strong government action. He…
Food and land system transformations under different societal perspectives on sustainable development
Open AccessIsabelle Weindl, Bjoern Soergel et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2024
The future of food and land systems is crucial for achieving multiple UN Sustainable Development Goals, given their essential role in providing adequate nutrition and their significant impact on Earth system processes. Despite widespread consensus on the need for transformation, discussed strategies vary widely, from technology-driven to sufficiency-focused approaches, emphasizing different agents of change and policy mixes. This study assesses t…
The development of bio-based industry in the European Union: A prospective integrated modelling assessment
Open AccessGeorge Philippidis, Rodrigo Xavier Álvarez et al.ARTICLEEcological Economics2024Cited by: 1
Bundling measures for food systems transformation: A global, multimodel assessment
Open AccessMarina Sundiang, Thais Diniz Oliveira et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet Planetary Health2025References: 9
Exploring environmental and distributional impacts of different transition pathways for healthier and sustainable diets: An economic modelling study
Open AccessMarijke Kuiper, Thijs de Lange et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet Planetary Health2025References: 4