Abstract
The final verdict to the Urgenda case provided by the Dutch Supreme Court has been called a victory in the fight to limit climate change and a milestone in public interest litigation, at least in the Netherlands. As a consequence, the Dutch state will have to reduce ghg-emissions by 25% compared with 1990 at the end of 2020. The judgment has attracted widespread acclaim for being ‘courageous’ and exploring unknown legal territory. However, a closer look at the reasoning of the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court still leaves many questions, which are address in this manuscript.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 307-321 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Journal for European Environmental and Planning Law |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jun 2020 |
Keywords
- climate change
- Urgenda
- tort law
- public interest litigation
