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Dutch Court rules that the Dutch state must take further action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (Urgenda vs. the State of The Netherlands)



Here is a link to today's decision from The Hague District Court in case Urgenda Foundation vs. the State of The Netherlands. The Court ruled that the Dutch state "must" take more action to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions in The Netherlands.

The operative part of the decision states that:

THE RULING
The court:
5.1. orders the State to limit the joint volume of Dutch annual greenhouse gas emissions, or have them limited, so that this volume will have reduced by at least 25% at the end of 2020 compared to the level of the year 1990, as claimed by Urgenda, in so far as acting on its own behalf;
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