CO2 injustice
The judgment is based on a human rights argument claiming that Dutch citizens were at risk from “extreme weather, shrinking ice caps and shortages of food and water”.
Taking short-term action to meet the 25 per cent target by 2020 will be mega-expensive and the Dutch public are unlikely to welcome this.
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Hide AdNetherlands emissions are infinitesimal and hardly register on a global scale whereas China and India are refusing to reduce their CO2 emissions until after 2030.
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