In A Landmark Ruling, Dutch Court Asks Govt To Cut Carbon Emissions By 25% Within A Year

Image via Getty In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court of Netherlands on December 20, 2019, ordered the Netherlands government to act upon climate change and reduce the greenhouse gases emissions by 25% compared to the 1990 levels by the end of 2020. In 2013, Urgenda, a Dutch environmental foundation, had sued the state government on behalf of 900 citizens to act upon climate change.

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