Western Europe: G. The Netherlands

The most interesting development in the Netherlands this year was foreseen in the report on 2014. The reasoning in, and consequences of, the Urgenda Foundation v The State of the Netherlands decision (Urgenda decision), will be discussed below. This now world famous judgment of the Dutch district court in The Hague has rightfully received much attention for being the first judgment that orders a state to do more against climate change. Although international environmental law has had its relevance for many of the developments in environmental law in the Netherlands, no new international enviro... Mehr ...