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Court Orders Dutch to Cut Emissions

First climate change liability suit.

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A court in The Hague has overturned the Netherlands’ climate-change policy and ordered the government to cut carbon emissions by 25 percent within the next five years, in the world’s first climate-change liability lawsuit. The original policy called for cuts of 14-17 percent from 1990 levels in that same time period. More than 800 plaintiffs accused the government of negligence for “knowingly contributing” to the global failure to meet carbon-emissions goals. “The state should not hide behind the argument that the solution to the global climate problem does not depend solely on Dutch efforts,” the ruling said.

Read it at The Guardian

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