For the second time since 2015, a court in the Netherlands has ruled that climate change poses a grave danger to Dutch citizens and the government should do its utmost to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
In 2015 the District Court ordered the government to significantly reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 2020. Despite widespread calls not to appeal, they fought the judgment. The court sided with us again.
This week in its decisive judgment, the court ruled that failure to reduce emissions would amount to a violation of Dutch citizens’ rights under the European Convention on Human Rights. Judge Tan de Sonnaville said:
The Dutch Government cannot hide behind other countries emissions. It has an independent duty to reduce emissions from its own territory
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