The Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (Dutch: Planbureau voor de Leefomgeving - abbr.

Operating as an autonomous entity within the Dutch Government organization, specifically under the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management.

[1] The research fields include sustainable development, energy and climate change, biodiversity, transport, land use, and air quality.

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 (IenW, Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat).