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Dutch court rules that government should do more to protect the island of Bonaire, in the Caribbean Netherlands, against climate change (sea level rise, loss of coral reefs). Plan needs to kick in by
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In the case, brought by Greenpeace, the court ruled, based on human rights treaties, that the Netherlands has to establish binding emission targets on its way to climate neutrality by 2050. That goal
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Environmental Assessment Agency PBL had already warned government that the 2030 climate target was getting out of reach, but government (the latest one led by climate denying PVV) did not have to take
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As was the case in the
@Urgenda climate verdict, some politicians will complain that 'the judge has taken the role of politics', but no. Signing treaties (and the Paris Agreement, with which the binding targets will have to be in line) has consequences, and citizens have (human) rights.
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